Robert Kocher

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Kocher is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Kocher has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert Kocher's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (13 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (7 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 papers). Robert Kocher is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (13 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (7 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 papers). Robert Kocher collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Robert Kocher's co-authors include Eli Y. Adashi, Nikhil R. Sahni, Ezekiel Emanuel, Phillip Factor, Hayley B. Gershengorn, Dhruv Khullar, Dena M Bravata, Christopher Whaley, Patrick H. Conway and Neeraj Sood and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Kocher

21 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Hospital Readmissions and the Affordable Care Act 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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 Readmissions and the Affordable Care Act
    2011 395 citations Robert Kocher, Eli Y. Adashi JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Kocher United States 12 526 447 196 146 120 22 1.1k
Kenneth Pietz United States 21 537 1.0× 475 1.1× 205 1.0× 183 1.3× 155 1.3× 39 1.5k
Enrique Bernal‐Delgado Spain 20 650 1.2× 529 1.2× 130 0.7× 182 1.2× 127 1.1× 79 1.4k
Nils Gutacker United Kingdom 20 590 1.1× 557 1.2× 145 0.7× 167 1.1× 84 0.7× 67 1.3k
Tracy Urech United States 13 715 1.4× 686 1.5× 137 0.7× 160 1.1× 229 1.9× 28 1.3k
Norbert Goldfield United States 15 680 1.3× 520 1.2× 191 1.0× 93 0.6× 116 1.0× 74 1.3k
Lena M. Chen United States 21 566 1.1× 458 1.0× 226 1.2× 216 1.5× 88 0.7× 43 1.3k
Steven H. Sheingold United States 18 643 1.2× 506 1.1× 319 1.6× 140 1.0× 145 1.2× 42 1.3k
Robert E. Mechanic United States 17 924 1.8× 916 2.0× 109 0.6× 153 1.0× 101 0.8× 36 1.4k
Rachael B. Zuckerman United States 11 475 0.9× 333 0.7× 299 1.5× 113 0.8× 143 1.2× 25 1.0k
Matthew P. Manary United States 8 1.1k 2.1× 353 0.8× 113 0.6× 104 0.7× 163 1.4× 12 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Kocher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Kocher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Kocher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kocher, Robert & Eli Y. Adashi. (2023). A New Approach to Cancer Bundled Payments in Medicare—The Enhancing Oncology Model. JAMA Health Forum. 4(1). e224904–e224904. 6 indexed citations
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Kocher, Robert, Soleil Shah, & Amol S. Navathe. (2021). Overcoming the Market Dominance of Hospitals. JAMA. 325(10). 929–929. 7 indexed citations
3.
Kocher, Robert. (2021). Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System. JAMA. 325(5). 427–427. 14 indexed citations
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Kocher, Robert, et al.. (2016). The Coming Battle over Shared Savings — Primary Care Physicians versus Specialists. New England Journal of Medicine. 375(2). 104–106. 11 indexed citations
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Khullar, Dhruv, Dave A. Chokshi, Robert Kocher, et al.. (2015). Behavioral Economics and Physician Compensation — Promise and Challenges. New England Journal of Medicine. 372(24). 2281–2283. 51 indexed citations
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Adashi, Eli Y. & Robert Kocher. (2015). Physician Self-referral. JAMA. 313(5). 457–457. 10 indexed citations
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Gershengorn, Hayley B., Robert Kocher, & Phillip Factor. (2014). Management Strategies to Effect Change in Intensive Care Units: Lessons from the World of Business. Part I. Targeting Quality Improvement Initiatives. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(2). 264–269. 11 indexed citations
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Gershengorn, Hayley B., Robert Kocher, & Phillip Factor. (2014). Management Strategies to Effect Change in Intensive Care Units: Lessons from the World of Business. Part III. Effectively Effecting and Sustaining Change. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(3). 454–457. 12 indexed citations
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Gershengorn, Hayley B., Robert Kocher, & Phillip Factor. (2014). Management Strategies to Effect Change in Intensive Care Units: Lessons from the World of Business. Part II. Quality-Improvement Strategies. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11(3). 444–453. 20 indexed citations
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Khullar, Dhruv, Robert Kocher, Patrick H. Conway, & Rahul Rajkumar. (2014). How 10 leading health systems pay their doctors. Healthcare. 3(2). 60–62. 17 indexed citations
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Milstein, Arnold & Robert Kocher. (2014). Widening Gaps in the Wall Obscuring Physician Performance Differences. JAMA Internal Medicine. 174(6). 839–839. 2 indexed citations
12.
Whaley, Christopher, et al.. (2014). Association Between Availability of Health Service Prices and Payments for These Services. JAMA. 312(16). 1670–1670. 87 indexed citations
13.
Kocher, Robert & Ernst B. Zwick. (2014). Growth Dynamics in the Context of Pediatric Sports Injuries and Overuse. Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology. 18(5). 465–468. 10 indexed citations
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Kocher, Robert & Eli Y. Adashi. (2013). Health Policy and the American Taxpayer Relief Act. JAMA. 309(8). 777–777. 4 indexed citations
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Kocher, Robert & Nikhil R. Sahni. (2011). Hospitals' Race to Employ Physicians — The Logic behind a Money-Losing Proposition. New England Journal of Medicine. 364(19). 1790–1793. 165 indexed citations
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Kocher, Robert & Eli Y. Adashi. (2011). Hospital Readmissions and the Affordable Care Act. JAMA. 306(16). 1794–5. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kocher, Robert & Nikhil R. Sahni. (2011). Rethinking Health Care Labor. New England Journal of Medicine. 365(15). 1370–1372. 50 indexed citations
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Kocher, Robert & Nikhil R. Sahni. (2010). Physicians versus Hospitals as Leaders of Accountable Care Organizations. New England Journal of Medicine. 363(27). 2579–2582. 57 indexed citations
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Duggan, Mark & Robert Kocher. (2010). The Economics, Opportunities, and Challenges of Health Insurance Exchanges. The Economists Voice. 7(5).
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Holsboer‐Trachsler, Edith & Robert Kocher. (1995). [Sleep disorders: diagnosis and treatment].. PubMed. 125(48). 2346–52. 2 indexed citations

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