John D. Birkmeyer

42.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
253 papers, 32.5k citations indexed

About

John D. Birkmeyer is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Birkmeyer has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 32.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 108 papers in Surgery and 74 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in John D. Birkmeyer's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (107 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (59 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (29 papers). John D. Birkmeyer is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (107 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (59 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (29 papers). John D. Birkmeyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John D. Birkmeyer's co-authors include Justin B. Dimick, Thérèse A. Stukel, Andrea E. Siewers, David E. Wennberg, Emily Finlayson, F. Lee Lucas, Amir A. Ghaferi, Philip P. Goodney, Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer and H. Gilbert Welch and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

John D. Birkmeyer

247 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2003 2009 2011 2013 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States
    2002 3.8k citations John D. Birkmeyer, Andrea E. Siewers et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Surgeon Volume and Operative Mortality in the United States
    2003 2.3k citations John D. Birkmeyer, Thérèse A. Stukel et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. Variation in Hospital Mortality Associated with Inpatient Surgery
    2009 1.0k citations Amir A. Ghaferi, John D. Birkmeyer et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  4. Trends in Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality for High-Risk Surgery
    2011 1.0k citations John D. Birkmeyer et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  5. Surgical Skill and Complication Rates after Bariatric Surgery
    2013 1.0k citations John D. Birkmeyer, Justin B. Dimick et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  6. Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States
    2004 949 citations John D. Birkmeyer, Thérèse A. Stukel et al. profile →
  7. Complications, Failure to Rescue, and Mortality With Major Inpatient Surgery in Medicare Patients
    2009 617 citations Amir A. Ghaferi, John D. Birkmeyer et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
  8. Hospital Volume and Late Survival After Cancer Surgery
    2007 504 citations John D. Birkmeyer, Thérèse A. Stukel et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
  9. Understanding of regional variation in the use of surgery
    2013 381 citations John D. Birkmeyer et al. profile →
  10. The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Hospital Admissions In The United States
    2020 368 citations John D. Birkmeyer, Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Birkmeyer United States 92 17.4k 9.4k 9.1k 8.3k 4.2k 253 32.5k
Clifford Y. Ko United States 98 20.0k 1.2× 7.2k 0.8× 9.3k 1.0× 12.1k 1.5× 2.2k 0.5× 533 36.8k
Justin B. Dimick United States 83 13.1k 0.8× 6.1k 0.6× 8.3k 0.9× 4.2k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 501 26.0k
William G. Henderson United States 92 16.2k 0.9× 7.6k 0.8× 15.1k 1.7× 3.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 409 35.4k
Thérèse A. Stukel Canada 75 7.0k 0.4× 6.2k 0.7× 3.9k 0.4× 5.7k 0.7× 5.0k 1.2× 307 26.5k
Karl Y. Bilimoria United States 69 9.6k 0.6× 4.4k 0.5× 4.3k 0.5× 7.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 413 20.3k
Shukri F. Khuri United States 75 11.2k 0.6× 5.0k 0.5× 9.0k 1.0× 2.6k 0.3× 1.0k 0.2× 221 20.8k
David E. Wennberg United States 40 5.5k 0.3× 3.8k 0.4× 3.6k 0.4× 2.7k 0.3× 3.6k 0.9× 76 14.4k
H. Gilbert Welch United States 66 7.5k 0.4× 5.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.2× 7.6k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 176 24.3k
Jennifer Daley United States 64 6.4k 0.4× 3.4k 0.4× 5.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.2× 1.7k 0.4× 134 15.2k
Jane Blazeby United Kingdom 73 9.9k 0.6× 6.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.2× 5.5k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 477 25.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaies, Michael, Sara K. Pasquali, Mousumi Banerjee, et al.. (2019). Improvement in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcomes Through Interhospital Collaboration. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 74(22). 2786–2795. 39 indexed citations
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Chen, Lena M., Ellen Meara, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2015). Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative: expanding enrollment suggests potential for large impact.. PubMed. 21(11). 814–20. 21 indexed citations
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Nagendran, Myura, Justin B. Dimick, Andrew A. Gonzalez, John D. Birkmeyer, & Amir A. Ghaferi. (2015). Mortality Among Older Adults Before Versus After Hospital Transition to Intensivist Staffing. Medical Care. 54(1). 67–73. 14 indexed citations
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Vaughan‐Sarrazin, Mary, et al.. (2013). Re: Black patients more likely than whites to undergo surgery at low-quality hospitals in segregated regions. The Journal of Urology. 190(6). 1 indexed citations
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Revels, Sha’Shonda, Mousumi Banerjee, Huiying Yin, Christopher J. Sonnenday, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2012). Racial Disparities in Surgical Resection and Survival among Elderly Patients with Poor Prognosis Cancer. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 216(2). 312–319. 33 indexed citations
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Henke, Peter K., et al.. (2011). Racial disparities in the use of revascularization before leg amputation in Medicare patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 54(2). 420–426.e1. 134 indexed citations
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Ghaferi, Amir A., John D. Birkmeyer, & Justin B. Dimick. (2009). Variation in Hospital Mortality Associated with Inpatient Surgery. New England Journal of Medicine. 361(14). 1368–1375. 1048 indexed citations breakdown →
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Warrillow, Stephen, et al.. (2008). Major surgery in Victoria and the United States: a comparison of hospital mortality in older patients. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 10(4). 288–295. 8 indexed citations
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Morris, Arden M., Kevin G. Billingsley, Barbara Matthews, et al.. (2008). Response: Re: Residual Treatment Disparities After Oncology Referral for Rectal Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 100(23). 1740–1740. 1 indexed citations
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Hollenbeck, Brent K., Yongliang Wei, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2007). Volume, Process of Care, and Operative Mortality for Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer. Urology. 69(5). 871–875. 118 indexed citations
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Morris, Arden M., Yongliang Wei, Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2006). Racial Disparities in Late Survival after Rectal Cancer Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 203(6). 787–794. 76 indexed citations
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Dimick, Justin B., Philip P. Goodney, Mark B. Orringer, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2005). Specialty Training and Mortality After Esophageal Cancer Resection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 80(1). 282–286. 96 indexed citations
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Goodney, Philip P., F. L. Lucas, Thérèse A. Stukel, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2005). Surgeon Specialty and Operative Mortality With Lung Resection. Annals of Surgery. 241(1). 179–184. 144 indexed citations
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Birkmeyer, Nancy J. O., Philip P. Goodney, Thérèse A. Stukel, Bruce E. Hillner, & John D. Birkmeyer. (2004). Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?. Cancer. 103(3). 435–441. 208 indexed citations
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Finlayson, Emily & John D. Birkmeyer. (2003). The association between provider volume and characteristics and patient outcomes in colorectal surgery. Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 14(1). 53–61. 3 indexed citations
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Birkmeyer, John D., Thérèse A. Stukel, Andrea E. Siewers, et al.. (2003). Surgeon Volume and Operative Mortality in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 349(22). 2117–2127. 2346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schermerhorn, Marc L., John D. Birkmeyer, David Gould, & Jack L. Cronenwett. (2000). Cost-effectiveness of surgery for small abdominal aortic aneurysms on the basis of data from the United Kingdom small aneurysm trial. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 31(2). 217–226. 23 indexed citations
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Gould, Debby & John D. Birkmeyer. (1999). Efficacy versus effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy.. PubMed. 2(1). 30–6. 8 indexed citations
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Heaney, John A., et al.. (1999). Trends in the use of radical prostatectomy for treatment of prostate cancer.. PubMed. 2(5). 228–33. 28 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Gerald T., John D. Birkmeyer, Lawrence J. Dacey, et al.. (1998). Results of a regional study of modes of death associated with coronary artery bypass grafting. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 66(4). 1323–1328. 85 indexed citations

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