Walter O. Spitzer

11.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
125 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Walter O. Spitzer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter O. Spitzer has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in General Health Professions, 29 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Walter O. Spitzer's work include Reproductive Health and Contraception (20 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (15 papers) and Nursing Roles and Practices (13 papers). Walter O. Spitzer is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Health and Contraception (20 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (15 papers) and Nursing Roles and Practices (13 papers). Walter O. Spitzer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Walter O. Spitzer's co-authors include Samy Suissa, Lothar Heinemann, JOANNE DURANCEAU, Mary Louise Skovron, J. David Cassidy, Michael A. O. Lewis, David L. Sackett, Renaldo N. Battista, John A. Levi and Annette J. Dobson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Walter O. Spitzer

120 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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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.

Scientific monograph of the Quebec Task Force on Whiplash-Associated Disorders: redefining "whiplash" and its management.

1995 1.5k citations Walter O. Spitzer, Samy Suissa et al. PubMed profile →
Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients

1981 1.2k citations Walter O. Spitzer et al. profile →
The Use of β-Agonists and the Risk of Death and near Death from Asthma

1992 921 citations Walter O. Spitzer, Samy Suissa et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
The Burlington Randomized Trial of the Nurse Practitioner

1974 334 citations Walter O. Spitzer, Robin S. Roberts et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter O. Spitzer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Clinical observations with Closed Loop Stimulation pacemakers in a large patient cohort: the CYLOS routine documentation registry (RECORD) 2012 ·EP Europace ·(unknown), (unknown), Bruce G. Pollock, (unknown), (unknown), Walter O. Spitzer, P. Salbach, (unknown), Anna Frey	5
2	Closed loop stimulation and accelerometer-based rate adaptation: results of the PROVIDE study 2008 ·EP Europace ·(unknown), (unknown), Walter O. Spitzer, Andreas Schuchert, Dietmar Schmitz, M. Anelli-Monti, (unknown), Werner Estlinbaum, Andrea S. Bauer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Osswald	21
3	Are Wireless Phones Safe? A Review of the Issue 1999 ·Canadian Journal of Public Health ·(unknown), Brian F. Habbick, Walter O. Spitzer, M.A. Stuchly	4
4	The 1995 pill scare revisited: anatomy of a non-epidemic 1997 ·Human Reproduction ·Walter O. Spitzer	33
5	The future of epidemiology 1996 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Walter O. Spitzer	4
6	Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolic disorders: an international case-control study 1996 ·BMJ ·Walter O. Spitzer, Michael A. O. Lewis, Lothar Heinemann, Margaret Thorogood, K D MacRae	399
7	A Cohort Analysis Of Excess Mortality In Asthma And The Use Of Inhaled Beta-Agonists 1994 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Samy Suissa, Pierre Ernst, J.-F. Boivin, Ralph I. Horwitz, Brian F. Habbick, (unknown), Lucie Blais, Mary McNutt, A. Sonia Buist, Walter O. Spitzer	326
8	Pharmaceutical medicine a textbook of current practice. R. D. Mann, M. D. Rawlins and R. M. Auty (eds), Parthenon Publishing Group, Carnforth, UK and New York, 1993, 461 pp. 1994 ·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety ·Walter O. Spitzer	2
9	The Saskatchewan oral contraceptive cohort study of oral contraceptive use and cardiovascular risks 1993 ·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety ·Samy Suissa, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Walter O. Spitzer, James M. Brophy, Jean‐Paul Collet, Robert Côté, Winanne Downey, Lindsay Edouard, Jacques Leclerc, Ora Paltiel	7
10	The Use of β-Agonists and the Risk of Death and near Death from Asthma breakdown → 1992 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Walter O. Spitzer, Samy Suissa, Pierre Ernst, Ralph I. Horwitz, Brian F. Habbick, Donald W. Cockcroft, Jean‐François Boivin, Mary McNutt, A. Sonia Buist, Anthony S. Rebuck	921
11	Drugs as determinants of health and disease in the population An orientation to the bridge science of pharmacoepidemiology 1991 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Walter O. Spitzer	13
12	Benefits, risks, and costs of prescription drugs: A scientific basis for evaluating policy options 1990 ·Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Geoffrey M. Anderson, Walter O. Spitzer, Milton C. Weinstein, Elaine Wang, (unknown), Ulf Bergman	10
13	Respiratory Health of a Population Living Downwind from Natural Gas Refineries 1989 ·American Review of Respiratory Disease ·Robert Dales, Walter O. Spitzer, Samy Suissa, Martin T. Schechter, Pierre Tousignant, Nicholas A. Steinmetz	45
14	Clinical Interpretation of Airway Response to a Bronchodilator: Epidemiologic Considerations 1988 ·American Review of Respiratory Disease ·Robert Dales, Walter O. Spitzer, Pierre Tousignant, Martin T. Schechter, Samy Suissa	131
15	Nurse practitioners in primary care. VII. A cohort study of 99 nurses and 79 associated physicians. 1977 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), Walter O. Spitzer, Dorothy J. Kergin	4
16	Nurse practitioners in primary care. VI. Assessment of their deployment with the Utilization and Financial Index. 1976 ·PubMed ·Walter O. Spitzer, Robin S. Roberts, Terry Delmore	16
17	Nurse practitioners in primary care. V. Development of the utilization and financial index to measure effects of their deployment. 1976 ·PubMed ·Walter O. Spitzer, Robin S. Roberts, Terry Delmore	20
18	Nurse practitioners in primary care iv. Impact of an interdisciplinary team on attitudes of a rural population. 1975 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Walter O. Spitzer, (unknown), (unknown)	19
19	Issues for team delivery and interdisciplinary education 1975 ·Academic Medicine ·Walter O. Spitzer	2
20	Nurse practitioners in primary care. 3. The southern Ontario randomized trial. 1973 ·PubMed ·Walter O. Spitzer, Dorothy J. Kergin, Morikatsu Yoshida, (unknown), Brenda Hackett, Charlie H. Goldsmith	21

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