Tracy Urech

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Tracy Urech is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy Urech has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tracy Urech's work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (14 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (11 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (7 papers). Tracy Urech is often cited by papers focused on Primary Care and Health Outcomes (14 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (11 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (7 papers). Tracy Urech collaborates with scholars based in United States, Qatar and Israel. Tracy Urech's co-authors include Laura A. Petersen, LeChauncy Woodard, Christina Daw, Salim S. Virani, Kenneth Pietz, Anita Raj, Karen M. Freund, Samantha E. Kaplan, Norma Terrin and Janis L. Breeze and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tracy Urech

27 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Does Pay-for-Performance Improve the Quality of Health Care?

2006 549 citations Laura A. Petersen, LeChauncy Woodard et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tracy Urech United States	13	715	686	229	160	155	28	1.3k
Hoangmai H. Pham United States	10	736 1.0×	472 0.7×	212 0.9×	33 0.2×	50 0.3×	15	1.1k
Robert Kocher United States	12	526 0.7×	447 0.7×	120 0.5×	146 0.9×	33 0.2×	22	1.1k
Liana Woskie United States	11	532 0.7×	467 0.7×	174 0.8×	163 1.0×	21 0.1×	22	1.3k
Rahul Rajkumar United States	18	774 1.1×	812 1.2×	177 0.8×	196 1.2×	16 0.1×	39	1.4k
Donna Manca Canada	23	714 1.0×	192 0.3×	531 2.3×	71 0.4×	38 0.2×	98	1.7k
Didem Bernard United States	14	434 0.6×	548 0.8×	116 0.5×	292 1.8×	24 0.2×	34	1.1k
Adam Windak Poland	19	705 1.0×	418 0.6×	324 1.4×	160 1.0×	14 0.1×	109	1.6k
Allen Dobson United States	17	727 1.0×	814 1.2×	100 0.4×	94 0.6×	41 0.3×	58	1.3k
Virginia Wang United States	18	474 0.7×	353 0.5×	214 0.9×	77 0.5×	14 0.1×	89	1.2k
Barbara L. Wells United States	18	675 0.9×	356 0.5×	166 0.7×	55 0.3×	33 0.2×	44	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tracy Urech

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Vashi, Anita, Steven M. Asch, Tracy Urech, Siqi Wu, & Linda Tran. (2025). Factors Associated With Veterans Use of Community vs VA Emergency Departments. JAMA Network Open. 8(12). e2543062–e2543062.

Vashi, Anita, Tracy Urech, Siqi Wu, & Linda Tran. (2024). Community Emergency Care Use by Veterans in an Era of Expanding Choice. JAMA Network Open. 7(3). e241626–e241626. 6 indexed citations

Tran, Linda, et al.. (2023). Hospital‐level variation in risk‐standardized admission rates for emergency care–sensitive conditions among older and younger Veterans. Academic Emergency Medicine. 30(4). 299–309. 2 indexed citations

Tran, Linda, et al.. (2023). Medical advice lines offering on-demand access to providers reduced emergency department visits. Health Affairs Scholar. 1(6). qxad079–qxad079. 2 indexed citations

Charns, Martin P., Vera Yakovchenko, Tracy Urech, et al.. (2022). Achieving transformation to lean management systems in health care. Health Services Research. 58(2). 343–355. 6 indexed citations

Gray, Caroline, et al.. (2022). Engaging Patients in the Veterans Health Administration's Lean Enterprise Transformation: A Qualitative Study. Quality Management in Health Care. 32(2). 75–80. 1 indexed citations

Vashi, Anita, Tracy Urech, Siqi Wu, et al.. (2021). Community Urgent Care Use Following Implementation of the Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act. Medical Care. 59(Suppl 3). S314–S321. 9 indexed citations

Vashi, Anita, Tracy Urech, Brendan G. Carr, et al.. (2019). Identification of Emergency Care–Sensitive Conditions and Characteristics of Emergency Department Utilization. JAMA Network Open. 2(8). e198642–e198642. 23 indexed citations

Vashi, Anita, et al.. (2019). Lean Enterprise Transformation in VA: a national evaluation framework and study protocol. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 98–98. 11 indexed citations

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Freund, Karen M., Anita Raj, Samantha E. Kaplan, et al.. (2016). Inequities in Academic Compensation by Gender: A Follow-up to the National Faculty Survey Cohort Study. Academic Medicine. 91(8). 1068–1073. 154 indexed citations

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Urech, Tracy, et al.. (2015). Calculations of Financial Incentives for Providers in a Pay-for-Performance Program. Medical Care. 53(10). 901–907. 8 indexed citations

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Virani, Salim S., LeChauncy Woodard, David J. Ramsey, et al.. (2014). Gender Disparities in Evidence-Based Statin Therapy in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 115(1). 21–26. 137 indexed citations

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Virani, Salim S., LeChauncy Woodard, Degang Wang, et al.. (2013). Correlates of Repeat Lipid Testing in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA Internal Medicine. 173(15). 1439–1439. 11 indexed citations

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Petersen, Laura A., Kate Simpson, Kenneth Pietz, et al.. (2013). Effects of Individual Physician-Level and Practice-Level Financial Incentives on Hypertension Care. JAMA. 310(10). 1042–1042. 83 indexed citations

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Woodard, LeChauncy, et al.. (2012). Treating Chronically Ill People with Diabetes Mellitus with Limited Life Expectancy: Implications for Performance Measurement. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60(2). 193–201. 27 indexed citations

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Virani, Salim S., LeChauncy Woodard, Tracy Urech, et al.. (2011). Frequency and correlates of treatment intensification for elevated cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease. American Heart Journal. 162(4). 725–732.e1. 49 indexed citations

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Petersen, Laura A., Tracy Urech, Kenneth Pietz, et al.. (2011). Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial of pay for performance for hypertension treatment: study protocol. Implementation Science. 6(1). 114–114. 10 indexed citations

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Woodard, LeChauncy, et al.. (2011). Impact of Comorbidity Type on Measures of Quality for Diabetes Care. Medical Care. 49(6). 605–610. 52 indexed citations

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Byrne, Margaret M., et al.. (2008). Method to Develop Health Care Peer Groups for Quality and Financial Comparisons Across Hospitals. Health Services Research. 44(2p1). 577–592. 21 indexed citations

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Petersen, Laura A., et al.. (2006). Does Pay-for-Performance Improve the Quality of Health Care?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 145(4). 265–272. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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