Thomas C. Tsai

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
111 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas C. Tsai is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas C. Tsai has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 43 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thomas C. Tsai's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (43 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (22 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (17 papers). Thomas C. Tsai is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (43 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (22 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (17 papers). Thomas C. Tsai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Thomas C. Tsai's co-authors include Ashish K. Jha, E. John Orav, Karen E. Joynt, Atul A. Gawande, Mila H. Ju, Mark E. Cohen, Mark V. Williams, Ryan P. Merkow, Jeanette W. Chung and Clifford Y. Ko and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Thomas C. Tsai

100 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Underlying Reasons Associated With Hospital Readmission Following Surgery in the United States

2015 588 citations Thomas C. Tsai et al. JAMA profile →
Variation in Surgical-Readmission Rates and Quality of Hospital Care

2013 555 citations Thomas C. Tsai, E. John Orav et al. profile →
Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Surgical Care in US Hospitals

2014 292 citations Thomas C. Tsai, E. John Orav et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas C. Tsai United States	26	1.3k	965	867	821	815	111	3.5k
Christine G. Holzmueller United States	33	1.3k 0.9×	868 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	791 1.0×	407 0.5×	86	5.8k
Orit Even‐Shoshan United States	33	817 0.6×	656 0.7×	686 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	848 1.0×	67	3.3k
Peter W. Groeneveld United States	40	1.4k 1.0×	603 0.6×	1.9k 2.2×	899 1.1×	574 0.7×	173	5.1k
Jeanette W. Chung United States	25	957 0.7×	886 0.9×	599 0.7×	492 0.6×	483 0.6×	68	2.8k
Johan Flamaing Belgium	32	783 0.6×	640 0.7×	579 0.7×	413 0.5×	747 0.9×	137	4.5k
David Share United States	38	1.9k 1.4×	510 0.5×	1.9k 2.2×	388 0.5×	540 0.7×	95	4.8k
Jeff Whittle United States	44	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	1.7k 2.0×	694 0.8×	837 1.0×	159	5.9k
Marian J. Vermeulen Canada	41	798 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	921 1.1×	2.4k 2.9×	1.0k 1.3×	98	6.9k
Amy K. Rosen United States	44	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 2.0×	1.3k 1.5×	1.5k 1.8×	1.6k 1.9×	228	6.9k
Selwyn O. Rogers United States	32	1.6k 1.2×	453 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	760 0.9×	252 0.3×	109	4.8k

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Berlin, Nicholas L., Zoey Chopra, Caroline P. Thirukumaran, et al.. (2025). Low participation in voluntary period for patient-reported outcome performance measures for hip and knee replacement. Health Affairs Scholar. 3(6). qxaf111–qxaf111.

Orav, E. John, et al.. (2025). Benefit Design and Potential Trade-offs of Medicare Advantage Affinity Plans for Asian Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open. 8(12). e2548028–e2548028.

Beckman, Adam L., Ishani Ganguli, Mark J. Soto, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Low-Value Services Across Major Medicare Advantage Insurers and Traditional Medicare. JAMA Network Open. 7(11). e2442633–e2442633. 5 indexed citations

Tsai, Thomas C., et al.. (2024). Clinical outcomes and profitability following rural hospital mergers and acquisitions. The Journal of Rural Health. 41(2). e12894–e12894.

Tavakkoli, Ali, Thomas C. Tsai, David L. Spector, et al.. (2023). National trends in utilization and safety of gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and conversion surgery in patients with GERD. Surgical Endoscopy. 38(3). 1249–1256. 4 indexed citations

Burke, Laura, et al.. (2023). Trends in performance of hospital outpatient procedures and associated 30-day costs among Medicare beneficiaries from 2011 to 2018. Healthcare. 11(4). 100718–100718. 4 indexed citations

Kadakia, Kushal T., Jie Zheng, Joseph Dov Bruch, & Thomas C. Tsai. (2023). Comparison of the Financial and Operational Characteristics of For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals Receiving Federal Graduate Medical Education Payments, 2011-2020. JAMA. 329(2). 173–173. 3 indexed citations

Marwaha, Jayson S., et al.. (2023). The role of digital technology in surgical home hospital programs. npj Digital Medicine. 6(1). 22–22. 9 indexed citations

Figueroa, José F., Yevgeniy Feyman, Melissa M. Garrido, et al.. (2023). Use of High-Risk Medications Among Older Adults Enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Network Open. 6(6). e2320583–e2320583. 3 indexed citations

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Beckman, Adam L., Austin B. Frakt, Jie Zheng, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Potentially Avoidable Acute Care Utilization Among Patients Insured by Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum. 4(2). e225530–e225530. 15 indexed citations

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Tsai, Thomas C., Sercan Ö. Arık, Jinsung Yoon, et al.. (2022). Algorithmic fairness in pandemic forecasting: lessons from COVID-19. npj Digital Medicine. 5(1). 59–59. 6 indexed citations

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Tsai, Thomas C., et al.. (2022). Association of city-level walkability, accessibility to biking and public transportation and socio-economic features with COVID-19 infection in Massachusetts, USA: An ecological study. Geospatial health. 17(s1). 12 indexed citations

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Soto, Mark J., et al.. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization of Bariatric Surgery. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(6). 4917–4925. 9 indexed citations

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Adler, Joel T., Thomas C. Tsai, Ginger Zhe Jin, et al.. (2021). Association of balanced abdominal organ transplant center volumes with patient outcomes. Clinical Transplantation. 35(4). e14217–e14217. 1 indexed citations

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Tsai, Thomas C., et al.. (2021). Association of community-level social vulnerability with US acute care hospital intensive care unit capacity during COVID-19. Healthcare. 10(1). 100611–100611. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2020). Association Between Blood Lead Level and Uncontrolled Hypertension in the US Population (NHANES 1999–2016). Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(13). e015533–e015533. 59 indexed citations

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Jolissaint, Joshua S., Bryan V. Dieffenbach, Thomas C. Tsai, et al.. (2020). Surgical site occurrences, not body mass index, increase the long-term risk of ventral hernia recurrence. Surgery. 167(4). 765–771. 24 indexed citations

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Tsai, Thomas C., et al.. (2018). Surgical evaluation of lymph nodes in esophageal adenocarcinoma: Standardized approach or personalized medicine?. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 44(8). 1177–1180. 3 indexed citations

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Scott, John W., Peter A. Najjar, Thomas C. Tsai, et al.. (2017). Potential impact of Affordable Care Act–related insurance expansion on trauma care reimbursement. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 82(5). 887–895. 31 indexed citations

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Tsai, Thomas C.. (2003). Aerodynamic Effects of High-Speed Trains. 4 indexed citations

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