The Impact of ineffective and inefficient care on the excess costs of elective surgical procedures

Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. J Am Coll Surg, 2011 (in press).

Controlling costs without compromising quality: paying hospitals for total knee replacement (link)

Pine M, Fry DE, Jones BL, Meimban RJ, Pine G. Med Care, 2010; 48:862-8.

Virtual partnerships: aligning hospital and surgeon incentives (link)

Fry DE, Pine M, Pine G. Am J Surg 2010; 200:105-10.

Surgical warranties to improve quality and efficiency in elective colon surgery. (link)

Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. Archives of Surgery 2010; 145:647-52.

Patient characteristics and the occurrence of “never events.” (link)

Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. Archives of Surgery 2010; 145:148-51.

Neverland. (link)

Fry DE, Pine M. Hospitals and Health Networks Weekly. August 17, 2009.

Screening algorithms to assess the accuracy of present-on-admission coding. (link)

Pine M, Fry DE, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. Perspect Health Inf Manag 2009; 6: 2 Epub Feb 11.

Adverse outcomes in surgery: redefinition of post-operative complications. (link)

Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ. Am J Surg 2009; 197:479-84.

Modifying ICD-9-CM coding of secondary diagnoses to improve risk-adjustment of inpatient mortality rates. (link)

Pine M, Jordan HS, Elixhauser A, Fry DE, Hoaglin DC, Jones B, Meimban R, Warner D, Gonzales J. Med Decis Making 2009; 29:69-81.

Combining administrative and clinical data to stratify surgical risk. (link)

Fry DE, Pine M, Jordan HS, Elixhauser A, Hoaglin DC, Jones B, Warner D, Meimban R. Ann Surg 2007; 246:875-85.