Archive

Publications from 2011 and earlier:

  1. Egan TM, Herman SJ, Doucette EJ, Normand SL, McLeod RS. A randomized, controlled trial to determine effectiveness of fascial inflitration of bupivacaine in preventing respiratory complications after elective abdominal surgery. Surgery 1988; 104(4):734-740.
  2. Brasher P, Hogg-Johnson S, Normand SL. Analysis of the Lake Couchiching data. Canadian Journal of Statistics 1990; 18(4)377-382.
  3. Morris CN, Normand SL. Hierarchical models for combining information and for meta-analysis with discussion. In: Bernardo JM, Berger JO, Dawid AP, Smith AFM, editors. Bayesian Statistics 4. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1992:321-44.
  4. Normand SL, Tritchler D. Parameter updating in a Bayes network. Journal of the American Statistical Association 1992; 87(420):1109-1115.
  5. Gatsonis C, Normand SL, Liu CH, Morris C. Geographic variation of procedure utilization – A Hierarchical Model Approach. Medical Care 1993; 31(5):YS54-YS59.
  6. Pashos CL, Normand SLT, Garfinkle JB, Newhouse JP, Epstein AM, McNeil BJ. Trends in the use of drug therapies in patients with acute myocardial infarction – 1988 to 1992. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1994; 23(5):1023-1030.
  7. Doksum KA, Normand SL. Gaussian models for degradation processes. Part I: Methods for the analysis of biomarker data. Lifetime Data Analysis 1995; 1:131-144.
  8. Dickey B, Norton EC, Normand SL, Azeni H, Fisher W, Altaffer F. Massachusetts Medicaid managed health care reform: treatment for the psychiatrically disabled. Advances in Health Economics and Health Services 1995; 15:99-116.
  9. Gatsonis CA, Epstein AM, Newhouse JP, Normand SL, McNeil BJ. Variations in the utilization of coronary angiography for elderly patients with an acute myocardial infarction – An analysis using hierarchical logistic regression. Medical Care 1995; 33(6):625-642.
  10. Lamas GA, Pashos CL, Normand SLT, McNeil BJ. Permanent pacemaker selection and subsequent survival in elderly Medicare pacemaker recipients. Circulation 1995; 91(4):1063-1069.
  11. Lenz FA, Normand SL, Kwan HC, Andrews D, Rowland LH, Jones MW, Seike M, Lin YC, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO, Lenz YE. Statistical prediction of the optional site for thalamotomy in Parkinsonian tremor. Movement Disorders 1995; 10(3):318-328.
  12. Normand SLT, Morris CN, Fung KS, McNeil BJ, Epstein AM. Development and validation of a claims-based index for adjusting for risk of mortality – The case of acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1995; 48(2):229-243.
  13. Dickey B, Normand SLT, Norton E, Azeni H, Fisher W, Altaffer F. Managing the care of schizophrenia: Lessons from a 4-year Massachusetts Medicaid Study. Archives of General Psychiatry 1996; 53(10):945-952.
  14. Doksum K, Normand SL. Models for degradation processes and event times based on gaussian processes. In: Jewell NP, et al, editors. Proceedings of the 1994 Conference on Lifetime Data Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996; 85-91.
  15. Normand SLT, Glickman ME, Sharma R, McNeil BJ. Using admission characteristics to predict short-term mortality from myocardial infarction in the elderly – Results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Journal of the American Medical Association 1996; 275(17):1322-1328.
  16. Normand SLT, Glickman ME, Gatsonis CA. Statistical methods for profiling providers of medical care: Issues and applications. Journal of the American Statistical Association 1997; 92(439):803-814.
  17. Normand SL, Glickman ME, Ryan T. Modeling mortality rates for elderly heart attack patients: Profiling hospitals in the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. In: Gatsonis C, Hodges J, Kass R, Singpurwalla N, editors. Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics. Springer-Verlag, 1997:155-236.
  18. Tu JV, Pashos CL, Naylor CD, Chen EL, Normand SL, Newhouse JP, McNeil BJ. Use of cardiac procedures and outcomes in elderly patients with myocardial infarction in the United States and Canada. New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 336(21):1500-1505.
  19. Ayanian JZ, Landrum MB, Normand SLT, Guadagnoli E, McNeil BJ. Rating the appropriateness of coronary angiography – Do practicing physicians agree with an expert panel and with each other? New England Journal of Medicine 1998; 338(26):1896-1904.
  20. Dickey B, Normand SLT, Norton EC, Azeni H, Fisher W. Treatment of long-term psychiatric disorders in the managed care environment – An observational longitudinal study. Clinical Drug Investigation 1998; 15(4):303-308.
  21. Dickey B, Norton E, Normand SL, Azeni H, Fisher W. Managed Mental Health Experience in Massachusetts. In: Mechanic E editor. Managed Behavioral Health Care: Current Realities and Future Potential. Josey-Bass, 1998:115-22.
  22. Normand SLT, McNeil BJ, Peterson LE, Palmer RH. Methodology matters – VIII – Eliciting expert opinion using the Delphi technique: Identifying performance measures for cardiovascular disease. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 1998; 10(3):247-260.
  23. Frank RG, McGuire TG, Normand SLT, Goldman HH. The value of mental health care at the system level: The case of treating depression. Health Affairs 1999; 18(5):71-88.
  24. Landrum MB, McNeil BJ, Silva L, Normand SLT. Understanding variability in physician ratings of the appropriateness of coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1999(4); 52:309-319.
  25. Landrum MB, Normand SLT. Applying Bayesian ideas to the development of medical guidelines. Statistics in Medicine 1999; 18(2):117-137.
  26. Normand SLT. Meta-analysis: Formulating, evaluating, combining, and reporting. Statistics in Medicine 1999; 18(3):321-359.
  27. Petersen LA, Wright S, Normand SLT, Daley J. Positive predictive value of the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in an administrative database. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1999; 14(9):555-558. PMC1496736
  28. Glickman ME, Normand SLT. The derivation of a latent threshold instrumental variables model. Statistica Sinica 2000; 10(2):517-544.
  29. Landrum MB, Bronskill SE, Normand SL. Analytic methods for constructing cross-sectional profiles of health care providers. Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology 2000; 1:23-48.
  30. Chertow GM, Normand SLT, Silva LR, McNeil BJ. Survival after acute myocardial infarction in patients with end-stage renal disease: Results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2000; 35(6):1044-1051.
  31. Landrum MB, Normand SL. Developing & applying medical practice guidelines following acute myocardial infarction: A case study using Bayesian probit & logit models. In: Dey D, Ghosh S, Mallick B, editors. Generalized Linear Models: A Bayesian Perspective. Marcel Dekker Inc. 2000:195-213.
  32. DuMouchel W, Normand SL. Computer modeling and graphical strategies for meta-analysis. In: Berry D, Stangl D, editors. Meta-Analysis in Medicine and Health Policy. Marcel Dekker Inc. 2000:127-178.
  33. Normand, SL, Doksum K. Empirical Bayes procedures for a change point problem with application to HIV/AIDs data. In: Ahmed SE, Reid N, editors. Empirical Bayes and Likelihood Inference. Springer Verlag Inc. 2000:67-79.
  34. Petersen LA, Normand ST, Daley J, McNeil BJ. Outcome of myocardial infarction in Veterans Health Administration patients as compared with Medicare patients. New England Journal of Medicine 2000; 343(26):1934-1941.
  35. Normand SLT, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Ayanian JZ, Ryan TJ, Cleary PD, McNeil BJ. Validating recommendations for coronary angiography following acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: A matched analysis using propensity scores. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2001; 54(4):387-398.
  36. Dickey B, Normand SL, Norton EC, Rupp A, Azeni H. Managed care and children’s behavioral health services in Massachusetts. Psychiatric Services 2001; 52(2):183-188.
  37. Horvitz-Lennon M, Normand SLT, Gaccione P, Frank RG. Partial versus full hospitalization for adults in psychiatric distress: A systematic review of the published literature (1957-1997). American Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 158(5):676-685.
  38. Guadagnoli E, Landrum MB, Normand SLT, Ayanian JZ, Garg P, Hauptman PJ, Ryan TJ, McNeil BJ. Impact of underuse, overuse, and discretionary use on geographic variation in the use of coronary angiography following acute myocardial infarction. Medical Care 2001; 39(5):446-458.
  39. Zou KH, Normand SLT. On determination of sample size in hierarchical binomial models. Statistics in Medicine 2001; 20(14):2163-2182.
  40. Jonkman JN, Normand S-LT, Wolf R, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E. Identifying a cohort of patients with early-stage breast cancer - A comparison of hospital discharge and primary data. Medical Care 2001; 39(10):1105-1117.
  41. DiSalvo TG, Normand S-LT, Hauptman PJ, Guadagnoli E, Palmer RH, McNeil BJ. Pitfalls in assessing quality of ambulatory care for chronic cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Medicine 2001; 111(4):297-303.
  42. Shahian DM, Normand S-LT, Torchiana DF, Lewis SM, Pastore JO, Kuntz RE, Dreyer PI. Cardiac surgery report cards: Comprehensive review and statistical critique. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001; 72(6):2155-2168.
  43. Petersen LA, Normand S-LT, Leape LL, McNeil BJ. Comparison of use of medications after acute myocardial infarction in the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare. Circulation 2001; 104(24):2898-2904.
  44. Normand SL, Zou KH. Sample size considerations in observational health care quality studies. Statistics in Medicine 2002; 21:331-345.
  45. Bronskill SE, Normand S-LT, Landrum MB, Rosenheck RA. Longitudinal profiles of health care providers. Statistics in Medicine 2002; 21:1067-1088.
  46. Bronskill SE, Normand S-LT, McNeil BJ. Post-acute service use following acute myocardial infarction in elderly Medicare patients. Health Care Financing Review 2002; 24(2):77-93.
  47. Normand S-LT, Frank RG, McGuire TG. Using elicitation techniques to estimate the value of ambulatory treatments for major depression. Medical Decision Making 2002; 22:245-261.
  48. Norton EC, Harold CA, Lindrooth RC, Normand S-LT, Dickey B. Does prospective payment reduce inpatient length of stay? Health Economics 2002; 11:377-387.
  49. Fisher WH, Dickey B, Normand S-LT, Packer IK, Grudzinksas AJ, Azeni H. Managed mental health care and use of a state's inpatient forensic system. Psychiatric Services 2002; 53(4):447-451.
  50. Dickey B, Normand S-LT, Weiss RD, Drake R, Azeni H. Medical morbidity, mental illness, and substance use disorders. Psychiatric Services 2002; 53:861-867.
  51. Berndt ER, Bir A, Busch SH, Frank RG, Normand S-LT. The medical treatment of depression, 1991-1996: Productive inefficiency, expected outcome, and price indexes. Journal of Health Economics 2002; 21(3):373-396.
  52. Garg PP, Landrum MB, Normand S-LT, Ayanian JZ, Hauptman TJ, McNeil BJ, Guadagnoli E. Understanding individual and small area variation in the underuse of coronary angiography following acute myocardial infarction. Medical Care 2002; 40(7):614-626.
  53. Kessler RC, Andrews G, Colpe LJ, Hiripi E, Mroczek DK, Normand S-LT, Walter EE, Zaslavsky A. Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in nonspecific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine 2002; 32(6):959-976.
  54. O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT, Kuntz RE. Sample size calculation for a historically-controlled clinical trial with adjustment with covariates. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 2002; 12(2):227-247.
  55. O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT, Kuntz RE. Application of models for multivariate mixed outcomes to medical device trials: Coronary artery stenting. Statistics in Medicine 2003; 22(2):313-336.
  56. O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT. Statistics: Keeping pace with the medical technology revolution. Chance 2003; 16(4):41-44.
  57. Normand S-LT, Belanger AJ, Frank RF. Evaluating selection out of health plans for Medicaid beneficiaries with substance abuse. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 2003; 30(1):78-92.
  58. Kessler RC, Barker PR, Colpe LJ, Epstein JF, Gfroerer JC, Hiripi E, Howes MJ, Normand S-LT, Manderscheid RW, Walters EE, Zaslavsky AM. Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the General Population. Archives of General Psychiatry 2003; 60(2):184-189.
  59. Petersen LA, Normand S-LT, Druss BG, Rosenheck RA. Process of care and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction for patients with mental illness in an integrated healthcare system. Health Services Research 2003; 38(1):41-63. PMC1360873
  60. Dendukuri N, Normand S-LT, McNeil BJ. Impact of cardiac service availability on case-selection for angiography and survival following acute myocardial infarction. Health Services Research 2003; 38(1):21-40. PMC1360872
  61. Shahian DM, Normand S-LT. The volume-outcome relationship: From Luft to Leapfrog. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003; 75:1048-1058.
  62. Landrum MB, Normand S-LT, Rosenheck RA. Selection of related multivariate means: Monitoring psychiatric care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal of the American Statistical Association 2003; 98(461):7-16.
  63. Horvitz-Lennon M, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Goldman HH. Usual care for major depression in the 1990’s: Characteristics and expert-estimated outcomes. American Journal of Psychiatry 2003; 160:720-726.
  64. Dickey BD, Normand S-LT, Hermann R, Eisen SV, Cortes D, Cleary P, Ware N. Guideline recommendations for treatment of schizophrenia: The impact of managed care. Archives of General Psychiatry 2003; 60(4):340-348.
  65. Petersen LA, Normand S-LT, Leape LL, McNeil BJ. Regionalization and the underuse of angiography in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System as compared with a fee-for-service system. New England Journal of Medicine 2003; 348:2209-17.
  66. Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Daley J, Blumenthal D. Physician clinical performance assessment: Prospects and barriers. The Journal of the American Medical Association 2003; 290:1183-1189.
  67. Dickey B, Normand S-LT, Drake R, Weiss RD, Azeni H, Hanson A. Limiting inpatient substance use treatment: What are the consequences. Medical Care Research and Review 2003; 60(3):332-346.
  68. Dickey B, Dembling B, Azeni H, Normand S-LT. Externally caused deaths for adults with substance use and mental disorders, The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 2004; January/March:31(1):75-84.
  69. Fisher WH, Normand S-LT, Dickey B, Packer IK, Grudzinskas AJ, Azeni H. Managed mental health care’s effects on arrest and forensic commitment, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 2004; 27:65-77.
  70. Eisen SV, Normand S-LT, Belanger AJ, Gevorkian S, Irvin EA. BASIS-32 and the Revised Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-R). In: The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment Planning and Outcome Assessment, 3rd Edition, Volume 3, M. Maruish ed., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., pp. 79-113, 2004.
  71. Dickey B, Normand S-LT. Toward a model for testing the relationship between quality and costs, The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 2004; 7(1):15-21.
  72. Levy DE, O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT. Covariate adjustment in clinical trials with non-ignorable missing data and non-compliance. Statistics in Medicine 2004; 23, 2319-2339.
  73. Wang JC, Normand S-LT, Mauri L, Kuntz RE. Coronary artery spatial distribution of acute myocardial infarction occlusions. Circulation 2004; 110(3):278-284.
  74. Normand S-LT. Meta-analysis: Formulating, evaluating, combining, and reporting. In: Tutorials in Biostatistics, Vol. 2 - Statistical Modeling of Complex Medical Data, RB D’Agostino (ed), Wiley, Chichester, 2004, 249-288.
  75. Chertow GM, Normand S-LT, McNeil BJ. Renalism: inappropriately low rates of coronary angiography in elderly persons with renal insufficiency. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2004; 15:2462-2468.
  76. Guadagnoli E, Normand S-LT, DiSalvo TG, Palmer RH, McNeil BJ. Effects of treatment recommendations and specialist intervention on care provided by primary care physicians to patients with myocardial infarction or heart failure. The American Journal of Medicine 2004; 117:371-379.
  77. Eisen SV, Normand S-LT, Belanger AJ, Spiro A, Esch D. The revised behavior and symptom identification scale (BASIS-24): reliability and validity. Medical Care 2004; 42(12):1230-1241.
  78. Jonkman JN, McCarty D, Harwood HJ, Normand S-LT, Caspi Y. Practice variation and length of stay in alcohol and drug detoxification centers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2005; 28:11-18.
  79. O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT. Likelihood methods for treatment-noncompliance and subsequent nonresponse in randomized trials. Biometrics 2005; 61(June):325-334.
  80. Tchernis R, Horvitz-Lennon M, Normand S-LT. On the use of discrete choice models for causal inference. Statistics in Medicine 2005; 24:2197-2212.
  81. Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, McNeil BJ. Characteristics of medical practices in three developed managed care markets. Health Services Research 2005; 40(3):675-695. PMC1361163
  82. Shahian DM, Torchiana DF, Normand S-LT. Implementation of a cardiac surgery report card. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005; 80:1146-1180.
  83. Gill SS, Rochon PA, Hermann N, Lee PE, Sykora K, Gunraj N, Normand S-LT, Gurwitz J, Marras C, Wodchis W, Mamdani M. Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischemic stroke: Population based retrospective cohort study. British Medical Journal 2005; 330(7489):445-450. PMC549652
  84. Spertus JA, Eagle KA, Krumholz HM, Mitchell KR, Normand S-LT. American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Methodology for the Selection and Creation of Performance Measures for Quantifying the Quality of Cardiovascular Care. Journal of American College of Cardiology and Circulation 2005; 45:1147-56 and Circulation 2005; 111:1703-1712.
  85. Horvitz-Lennon M, O’Malley AJ, Frank RG, Normand S-LT. Improving traditional intention-to-treat analyses: A new approach. Psychological Medicine 2005; 35:961-970.
  86. Rochon PA, Gurwitz JH, Sykora K, Mamdani M, Streiner DL, Garfinkel S, Normand S-LT, Anderson GM. Reader’s guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design. British Medical Journal 2005; 330(16):895-897. PMC556167
  87. Mamdani M, Sykora K, Li P, Normand S-LT, Streiner DL, Austin PG, Rochon PA, Anderson GM. Reader’s guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding. British Medical Journal 2005; 330:960-962. PMC556348
  88. Normand S-LT, Sykora K, Li P, Rochon PA, Anderson GM. Reader’s guide to critical appraisal of observational cohort studies: 3. Analytical strategies to reduce confounding. British Medical Journal 2005; 330:1021-1023. PMC557157.
  89. Lee PE, Sykora K, Mamdani M, Marras C, Stukel T, Anderson G, Gill SS, Shulman K, Normand S-L, Rochon PA. Antipsychotic medications and drug induced movement disorders other than parkinsonism: A population based cohort study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005; 53(8):1374-1379.
  90. Normand S-L, Rector TS, Neaton JD, Pina IL, Lazar RM, Proestel SE, Fleischer DJ, Cohn JN, Spertus JN. Clinical and analytical considerations in the study of health status in device trials for heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2005; 11(5):396-403.
  91. Shahian DM, Torchiana DF, Shemin RJ, Rawn JD, Normand S-LT. The Massachusetts cardiac surgery report card: implications of statistical methodology. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005; 80:2106-13.
  92. Rochon PA, Stukel T, Sykora K, Gill S, Garfinkel S, Anderson GM, Normand S-LT, Gurwitz JH, Mamdani M. Atypical antipsychotics and parkinsonism. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005; 165:1882-1888. Cited as PRACTICE POINT, Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 2006; 2(3):132-133.
  93. Bonow RO, Bennett S, Casey DE, Ganiats TG, Hlatky MA, Konstam MA, Lambrew CT, Normand S-LT, Pina IL, Radford M, Smith AL, Warner-Stevens L. ACC/AHA Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005; 46(6):1144-1178.
  94. Ryan JW, Peterson ED, Chen AY, Roe MT, Ohman EM, Cannon CP, Berger PB, Saucdeo JF, DeLong ER, Normand S-L, Pollack CV, Cohen DJ (for CRUSADE Investigators). Early versus delayed intervention in non-ST- segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Analysis using instrumental variables. Circulation 2005; 112:3049-3057.
  95. Clements KM, Murphy JM, Eisen SV, Normand S-LT. Comparison of self-report and clinician-rated measures of psychiatric symptoms and functioning in predicting 1-year hospital readmission. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2006; 33:568-577.
  96. Berndt ER, Busch A, Frank RG, Normand S-L. Real output in mental health care during the 1990s. Forum for Health Economics & Policy 2006; 9(1):Article 5.
  97. Daniels MJ, Normand S-LT. Longitudinal profiling of health care units based on continuous and discrete patient outcomes. Biostatistics 2006; 7(1):1-15. PMC2791405
  98. Timbie J, Frank RG, Horvitz-Lennon MV, Normand S-LT. A meta-analysis of the effect of interventions for depression labor supply. Psychiatric Services 2006; 57:212-218.
  99. Choudhry NK, Anderson GM, Laupacis A, Ross-Degnan D, Normand S-L, Soumerai SB. The impact of adverse events of warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: A matched pair analysis. British Medical Journal 2006; 332(Jan):141-145. PMC1336760
  100. Choudhry NK, Soumerai SB, Normand S-L, Ross-Degnan D, Laupacis A, Anderson GM. Warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: the impact of physician, patient, and hospital characteristics. American Journal of Medicine 2006; 119:607-615.
  101. Dickey B, Normand S-L, Eisen SV, Hermann RC, Cleary PD, Cortes D, Ware N. Associations between adherence to guidelines for antipsychotic dose and health status, side-effects, and patient care experiences. Medical Care 2006; 44(9):827-834.
  102. Krumholz HM, Brindis RG, Brush JE, Cohen DJ, Epstein AJ, Furie K, Howard G, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Smith SC, Spertus JA, Wang Y, Normand S-L. Standards for statistical models for public reporting of health outcomes. Circulation 2006; 113:456-462.
  103. Busch AB, Huskamp HA, Normand S-LT, Young AS, Goldman H, Frank RG. The impact of parity on major depression treatment quality in the federal employees’ health benefits program after parity implementation. Medical Care 2006; 44:506-512.
  104. Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Huskamp HA, Ridgely MS, Normand S-L, Young AS, Barry C, Azzone V, Azrin ST, Moran G, Lichtenstein C, Blasinksy M. Behavioral health insurance parity for federal employees. New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 354:1378-86.
  105. Tchernis R, Normand S-LT, Pakes J, Gaccione P, Newhouse JP. Selection and plan switching behavior. Inquiry 2006; 43:10-22.
  106. Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Mattera JA, Wang Y, Han LF, Ingber MJ, Roman S, Normand S-L. An administrative claims model suitable for profiling hospital performance based upon 30-day mortality rates among patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 2006; 113:1683-1692.
  107. Normand S-LT, Belanger AJ, Eisen SV. Graded response model-based item selection for behavior and symptom identification. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2006; 6:1-19.
  108. Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Normand S-LT, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. Journal of the American Medical Association 2006; 296:72-78.
  109. Kosiborod M, Lichtman JH, Heidenreich PA, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Brass LM. Krumholz HM. National trends in outcomes among elderly patients with heart failure. American Journal of Medicine 2006; 119:616.e1-616.e7.
  110. Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Pay for performance in commercial HMOs. New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 355:1895-902.
  111. Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Lessler A, O’Malley AJ, Schmaltz S, Loeb JM, McNeil BJ. Quality of care for the treatment of acute medical conditions in United States hospitals. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166:2511-2517.
  112. Ross JS, Chas SS, Epstein AJ, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Herrin J, Lichtman JH, Normand S-LT, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction at urban safety net hospitals. Health Affairs 2007; 26(1):238-248.
  113. Bernheim SM, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Bradley Eh, Desai RA, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Normand S-LT, Jones PG, Rahimi A, Krumholz HM. Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes following acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2007; 153:313-9.
  114. Krumholz HM, Normand S-LT, Spertus JA, Shahian DM, Bradley, EH. Measuring performance for treating heart attacks and heart failure: the case for outcomes measurement. Health Affairs 2007; 26(1):75-85.
  115. Normand S-L, Wolf RE, Ayanian AZ, McNeil BJ. Assessing the accuracy of hospital clinical performance measures. Medical Decision Making 2007; 27:9-20.
  116. Austin PC, Grootendorst P, Normand S-LT, Anderson G. Conditioning on the propensity score can result in biased estimation of common measures of treatment effect. Statistics in Medicine 2007; 26:754-768.
  117. Azrin ST, Huskamp HA, Azzone V, Goldman HH, Frank RG, Burnam MA, Normand S-LT, Ridgely MS, Young AS, Barry CL, Busch AB, Moran G. Impact of full mental health and substance abuse parity for children in the federal employees health benefits program. Pediatrics 2007; 119:452-459. PMC1995034
  118. Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Assessing surrogacy of data sources for institutional comparisons. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2007; 7:79-96.
  119. Shahian DM, Silverstein T, Lovett A, Wolf RE, Normand S-LT. A comparison of clinical and administrative data sources for hospital CABG reports. Circulation 2007; 115(12):1518-27.
  120. Neaton JD, Normand SL, Gelijns A, Starling RC, Mann DL, Konstam MA. Designs for mechanical circulatory support device studies. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2007; 1391):63-74.
  121. Shahian DM, Edwards FH, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, O’Brien S, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED. The measurement of adult cardiac surgery quality; Part I: conceptual framework and measurement selection. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:S3-12.
  122. O’Brien S, Shahian DM, DeLong ER, Normand S-LT, Edwards FH, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Anderson RP, Peterson ED. The measurement of adult cardiac surgery quality; Part 2: statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:S13-26.
  123. Gill SS, Bronskill SE, Normand SLT, Anderson GM, Kykora K, Lam K, Bell CM, Lee PE, Fischer HD, Hermann N, Gurwitz JH, Rochon PA. Antipsychotic drug use and mortality among older adults with dementia. Annals of Internal Medicine 2007; 146:775-786.
  124. Landon BE, Rosenthal MB, Normand SLT, Spettell C, Lessler A, Underwood HR, Newhouse JP. Incentive formularies and changes in prescription drug spending. American Journal of Managed Care 2007; 13(part 2):360-369.
  125. Normand S-LT, Shahian DM. Statistical and clinical aspects of institutional profiling. Statistical Science 2007; 22(2):206-226.
  126. Wang OJ, Want Y, Lichtman JH, Bradley EH, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. “America’s Best Hospitals” in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167(13):1345-1351.
  127. Suaya JA, Shepard DS, Normand S-LT, Ades P, Prottas J, Stason WB. Use of cardiac rehabilitation by Medicare beneficiaries after myocardial infarction or coronary bypass surgery. Circulation 2007; 116:1653-1662.
  128. Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Ahmad TS, Epstein AM. Employers’ use of value-based purchasing strategies. Journal of the American Medical Association 2007; 298(19):2281-2288.
  129. Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Cram P, Birkmeyer JD, Ross JS, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals. Circulation 2007; 116:2280-2287.
  130. Landon BE, Schneider EC, Normand S-LT, Hudson Scholle S, Pawlson LG, Epstein AM. Quality of care in Medicaid managed care and commercial health plans. Journal of the American Medical Association 2007; 298(14):674-1681.
  131. Concannon TW, Kent DM, Normand S-L, Newhouse JP, Ruthazer R, Griffith JL, Beshansky JR, Wong JB, Aversano T, Selker HP. A geospatial analysis of emergency transport and inter-hospital transfer in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. American Journal of Cardiology 2008; 101:69-74.
  132. Alegria M, Polo A, Gao S, Santana L, Rothstein D, Jimenez A, Hunter ML, Mendieta F, Oddo V, Normand S-LT. Evaluation of a patient activation and empowerment intervention in mental health care. Medical Care 2008; 46:247-256.
  133. Landon BE, Normand S-LT. Performance measurement in small practice settings: challenges and potential solutions. Annals of Internal Medicine 2008; 148:353-357.
  134. Canino G, Vila D, Normand S-L, Perez EA, Ramirez R, Garcia P, Rand C. Reducing asthma health disparities in poor Puerto Rican children: the effectiveness of a culturally tailored family intervention. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2008; 121:665-670.
  135. Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Meara E, Zhou Q, Simon SR, Frank RG, McNeil BJ. The relationship between medical practice characteristics and quality of care for cardiovascular disease. Medical Care Research and Review 2008; 65(2):167-186.
  136. Teixeira-Pinto A, Normand S-L T. Statistical methodology for classifying units on the basis of multiple related measures. Statistics in Medicine 2008; 27:1329-1350. PMC2278020
  137. Timbie JW, Normand S-LT. A comparison of methods for combining quality and efficiency performance measures: profiling the value of hospital care following acute myocardial infarction. Statistics in Medicine 2008; 27:1351-1370.
  138. Shahian DM, Normand S-LT. The comparison of “risk-adjusted” hospital outcomes. Circulation 2008; 117:1955-1963.
  139. Breslau J, Javaras KN, Blacker JM, Normand S-LT. Differential item functioning between ethnic groups in the epidemiological assessment of depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2008; 196(4):297-306. PMC2748987
  140. Normand S-LT, Wolf RE, McNeil BJ. Discriminating quality of hospital care in the US. Medical Decision Making 2008; 28(3):308-322.
  141. Timbie JW, Newhouse JP, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT. A cost-effectiveness framework for profiling the value of hospital care. Medical Decision Making 2008; 28(3):419-434.
  142. Rochon PA, Normand S-LT, Gomes T, Gill SS, Anderson GM, Melo M, Sykora K, Lipscombe L, Bell CM, Gurwitz JH. Antipsychotic therapy and short-term serious events in older adults with dementia. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008; 168(10):1090-1096.
  143. Glazer J, McGuire T, Normand S-LT. Mitigating the problem of unmeasured outcomes in quality reports. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 2008; 8(2):7. PMC2872781
  144. Normand S-LT. Some old and some new statistical tools for outcomes research. Circulation 2008; 118:872-884. PMC2535854
  145. Landon BE, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Quality monitoring and management in commercial health plans. American Journal of Managed Care 2008; 14(6):377-386.
  146. Keenan PS, Normand S-LT, Lin Z, Drye EE, Bhat KR, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Stauffer BD, Bernheim SM, Epstein AJ, Wang YF, Herrin J, Chen J, Federer JJ, Mattera JA, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. An administrative claims model suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with heart failure. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2008; 1:29-37.
  147. Krumholz HM, Keenan PS, Brush JE, Bufalino VJ, Chernew ME, Epstein AJ, Heidenreich PA, Ho V, Masoudi FA, Matchar DB, Normand S-LT, Rumsfeld JS, Schuur JD, Smith SC, Spertus JA, Walsh MN. Standards for measures used for public reporting of efficiency in healthcare. Circulation 2008; 118(18):1885-93. Epub 2008 Oct 6. J of Am Coll of Cardiol, 2008; 52(18):1518-26.
  148. Mauri L, Silbaugh TS, Garg P, Wolf RE, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Varma MR, Zhou Z, Normand S-LT. Drug-eluting or bare-metal stents for acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine 2008; 359:1330-42.
  149. Alegria M, Nakash O, Oddo V, Gao S, Lin J, Normand S-LT. How missing information in diagnosis can lead to disparities in the clinical encounter. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2008; November(Supple),S26-S35. PMC2677445
  150. Ross JS, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Hospital remoteness and thirty-day mortality from three serious conditions. Health Affairs 2008; 27(6):1707-1717.
  151. Johnson MA, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. How are our hospitals measuring up? “Hospital Compare”: a resource for hospital quality of care. Circulation 2008; 118(13): e498-500.
  152. Krumholz HM, Normand S-LT. Public reporting of 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Circulation 2008; 118(13): 1394-7.
  153. Mauri L, Silbaugh TS, Wolf RE, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Zhou Z, Resnic FS, Normand S-LT. Long-term clinical outcomes following drug-eluting and bare metal stenting in Massachusetts. Circulation 2008; 118:1817-1827. PMC2821087
  154. Garg P, Normand S-LT, Silbaugh TS, Wolf RE, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Varma MR, Zhou Z, Mauri L. Drug-eluting or bare metal stenting in patients with diabetes mellitus: Results from the Mass-DAC registry. Circulation 2008; 118:2277-85.
  155. Ten Have TR, Normand S-LT, Marcus SM, Brown CH, Lavori P, Duan N. Intent-to-treat vs non-intent-to-treat analyses under treatment non adherence in mental health randomized trials. Psychiatric Annals 2008; 38(12): 772-83. PMC2921714
  156. Bhaumik DK, Roy A, Aryal S, Hur K, Duan N, Normand S-LT, Brown CH, Gibbons RD. Sample size determination for studies with repeated continuous outcomes. Psychiatric Annals 2008; 38(12): 765-71. PMC2743342
  157. Marcus SM, Siddique J, Ten Have TR, Gibbons RD, Stuart E, Normand S-LT. Balancing treatment comparisons in longitudinal studies. Psychiatric Annals 2008; 38(12): 805-11. PMC2722117
  158. Belin TR, Normand S-LT. The role of ANCOVA in analyzing experimental data. Psychiatric Annals 2009; 39(7):753-759.
  159. Concannon TW, Griffith JL, Kent DM, Normand S-L, Newhouse JP, Atkins J, Beshansky JR, Selker HP. Elapsed time in emergency medical services in patients with cardiac complaints: are some patients at greater risk for delay? Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2009; 2:9-15.
  160. Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand S-LT, Ahman TS, Epstein AM. Engagement of health plans and employers in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Medical Care Research and Review 2009 66(2):219-231.
  161. Busch AB, Frank RG, Sachs G, Normand S-LT. Bipolar-I patient characteristics associated with differences in antimanic medication prescribing. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2009; 4291:35-49. PMC2648065
  162. Sherrill J, Sommers DI, Nierenberg, AA, Leon AC, Amdt S, Bandeen-Roche K, Greenhouse J, Guthrie D, Normand S-LT, Phillips KA, Shear MK, Woolson R. Integrating statistical and clinical research elements in intervention-related grant applications: summary from an NIMH workshop. Academic Psychiatry 2009; 33:221-228. PMC2838497
  163. Gill SS, Anderson GM, Fischer HD, Bell CM, Li P, Normand S-LT, Rochon PA. Syncope and its consequences in patients with dementia receiving cholinesterase inhibitors: A population-based cohort study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2009; 169(9): 867-73.
  164. Suaya JA, Stason WB, Ades PA, Normand S-LT, Shepard DS. Cardiac rehabilitation and survival in older coronary patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009; 54:25-33.
  165. Timbie JW, Shahian DM, Newhouse JP, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT. Composite measures for hospital quality using quality-adjusted life years. Statistics in Medicine, 2009; 28:1239-1254.
  166. Horvitz-Lennon M, Donohue J, Domino M, Normand S-L. Improving quality and diffusing best practices: the case of schizophrenia. Health Affairs 2009; 28(3):701-712. PMC2832306
  167. Huskamp H, Busch A, Domino M, Normand S-L. Antidepressant reformulations: Who uses them and what are the benefits? Health Affairs 2009; 28(3):734-745. PMC2752284
  168. Teixeira-Pinto A, Normand S-LT. Correlated bivariate continuous and binary outcomes: Issues and applications. Stat in Medicine 2009; 28:1753-1773. PMC2818753.
  169. Hlatky MA, Greenland P, Arnett DK, Ballantyne CM, Criqui MH, Elkind M, Go AS, Harrell FE, Howard BV, Howard VJ, Hsue PY, Kramer CM, McConnell JP, Normand S-LT, O’Donnell CJ, Smith SC, Wilson P, American Heart Association Expert Panel on Subclinical Atherosclerotic Diseases and Emerging Risk Factors and the Stroke Council. Criteria for evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2009; 119(17): 2408–2416. PMC2956982
  170. Shahian DM, O’Brien SM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: Part 1 – coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88:S2-22.
  171. O’Brien SM, Shahian DM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: Part 2 – isolated valve surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88:S23-42.
  172. Shahian DM, O’Brien SM, Filardo G, Ferraris VA, Haan CK, Rich JB, Normand S-LT, DeLong ER, Shewan CM, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Edwards FH, Anderson RP. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: Part 3 – valve plus coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 88:S43-62.
  173. Teixeira-Pinto A, Siddique J, Gibbons R, Normand S-L. Statistical approaches to modeling multiple outcomes in psychiatric studies. Psychiatric Annals 2009; 39(7):729-735. PMC2798811
  174. Stuart EA, Marcus SM, Horvitz-Lennon MV, Gibbons RD, Normand S-LT, Brown H. Using non-experimental data to estimate treatment effects. Psychiatric Annals, 2009; 39(7):719-728. PMC2886294.
  175. Mulvey GK, Wang Y, Lin Z, Wang OJ, Chen J, Keenan PS, Drye EE, Rathore SS, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Mortality and readmission for patients with heart failure among U.S. News & Report’s top heart hospitals. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2009; 2:558-565.
  176. Krumholz HM, Merrill AR, Schone RM, Schreiner GC, Chen J, Bradley EH, Wan Y, Wang YF, Lin Z, Straube BM, Rapp MT, Normand S-LT, Drye EE. Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmission. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2009; 2(5):407-413.
  177. Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Radford MJ, Havranek DP, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Spertus JA, Ross JS, Lichtman JH, Curtis JP, Han LF, Rapp MT, Straube BM, Normand S-LT. Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009; 302(7):767-773.
  178. Horvitz-Lennon MV, Frank RG, Thompson W, Baik SH, Alegria M, Rosenheck RA, Normand S-LT. An investigation of racial and ethnic disparities in service utilization among homeless adults with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 2009; 60:1032-1038. PMC2898183
  179. Busch AB, Huskamp HA, Neelon B, Manning T, Normand S-LT, McGuire TG. Longitudinal racial/ethnic disparities in antimanic medication use in bipolar-I disorder. Medical Care, 2009; 47(12):1217-1228. PMC2787883
  180. Castellanos LR, Normand S-L T, Ayanian JZ. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Higher and Lower Quality Cardiac Surgeons For Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. American Journal of Cardiology, 2009:103:1682-1686.
  181. Skeer MR, McCormick MC, Normand S-LT, Mimiaga MJ, Buka SL, Gilman SE. A prospective study of familial conflict, psychological stress, and the development of substance use disorders in adolescence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2009; 104(1-2):65-72. PMC2728005
  182. Ross JS, Chen J, Qiu Lin Z, Bueno H, Curtis JP, Keenan PS, Normand S-LT, Schreiner G, Spertus J, Vidan MT, Wang YF, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Recent national trends in readmission rates after heart failure hospitalization. Circulation: Heart Failure, 2010; 3:97-1.03. PMC2830811
  183. Shahian DM, O’Brien SM, Normand S-LT, Peterson ED, Edwards FH. Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2010; 139: 273-282.
  184. Chen J, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Rathore SS, Ross JS, Normand S-LT, Schreiner G, Mulvey G, Nallamothu BK. Differences in patient survival after acute myocardial infarction by hospital capability of performing percutaneous coronary intervention: implications for regionalization. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010; 170(5):433-439.
  185. Ross JS, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Ko DT, Chen J, Drye EE, Keenan PS, Lichtman JH, Bueno H, Schreiner GC, Krumholz, HM. Hospital volume and 30-day mortality for three common medical admissions. New England Journal of Medicine, 2010; 362: 1110-1118. PMC2880468
  186. Chen J, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Drye EE, Schreiner GC, Krumholz HM. Recent declines in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction for fee-for-service beneficiaries: progress and continuing challenges. Circulation, 2010; 121:1322-1328.
  187. Hummel SL, Pauli NP, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Normand S-LT, Nallamothu BK. Thirty-day outcomes in Medicare patients with heart failure at heart transplant centers. Circulation Heart Failure, 2010; 3:244-252.
  188. Nasir K, Lin Z, Bueno H, Normand S-LT, Drye EE, Keenan PS, Krumholz HM. Is same-hospital readmission rate a good surrogate for all-hospital readmission rate? Medical Care, 2010; 48(5):477-481.
  189. Sedrakyan A, Marinac-Dabic D, Normand S-LT, Mushlin A, Gross T. A framework for evidence evaluation and methodological issues in implantable device studies. Medical Care, 2010; 48:S121-S128.
  190. Normand S-LT, Marinac-Dabic D, Sedrakyan A, Kaczmarek R. Rethinking analytical strategies for surveillance of medical devices: the case of hip arthroplasty. Medical Care; 2010; 48:S58-S67.
  191. Bueno H, Ross JS, Wang Y, Chen J, Vidan W, Normand S-LT, Curtis JP, Drye EE, Lichtman J, Keenan PS, Kosiborod M, Krumholtz HM. Trends in length of stay and short-term outcomes among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure, 1993-2006. Journal of the American Hospital Association 2010; 303(21):2141-2147. PMC3020983.
  192. Ross JS, Maynard C, Krumholz HM, Sun H, Rumsfeld JS, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, Fihn SD. Use of administrative claims models to assess 30-day mortality among veterans’ health administration hospitals. Medical Care 2010; 48:652-658. PMC3020977.
  193. Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin A, Wang Y, Wang Y, Savage SV, Bhat KR, Ross JS, Desai MM, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure: Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2010 release. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2010; 3:459-467. PMC3027304.
  194. Concannon TW, Kent DM, Normand S-LT, Newhouse JP, Griffith JL, Cohen J, Beshansky JR, Wong JB, Aversano T, Selker HP. Comparative effectiveness of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction regionalization strategies. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2010; 3(5):506-513. PMC2967250.
  195. Meyer RE, Salzman C, Youngstrom EA, Clayton PJ, Mann JJ, Goodwin FK, Alphs LD Broich K, Goodman WK, Greden JF, Meltzer HY, Normand S-LT Posner K, Shaffer D, Trivedi M, Turecki G, Beasley Jr. CM, Beautrais AL, Bridge JA, Brown GK, Oquendo MA, Revicki D, Ryan N, Sheehan DV, Stanley B. Suicidality and risk of suicide: Definition, drug safety concerns and a necessary target for drug development: a consensus statement. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2010; 71(8):1040-1046.
  196. Lidenauer PK, Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MR, Drye EE, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010; 5(6):E12-E18.
  197. Bradley EH, Herrin J, Curry L, Cherlin EJ, Wang Y, Webster TR, Drye EE, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Variation in hospital mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010; 106:1108-1112.
  198. Neelon B, O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT. A Bayesian model for repeated measures zero-inflated count data with application to outpatient psychiatric service use. Statistical Modeling 2010; 10:421-439. PMC3039917.
  199. Resnic FS, Gross TP, Marinac-Dabic D, Loyo-Berrios N, Donnelly S, Normand S-LT, Matheny ME. Automated surveillance to detect postprocedure safety signals of approved cardiovascular devices. Journal of the American Medical Association 2010; 304(18):2019-2027.
  200. Mauri L, Kereiakes DJ, Normand S-LT, Wiviott SD, Cohen DJ, Holmes DR, Bangalore S, Cutlip DE, Pencina M, Massaro JM. Rationale and design of the dual antiplatelet therapy study, a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the effectiveness and safety of 12 versus 30 months of dual antiplatelet therapy in subjects undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with either drug-eluting stent or bare metal stent placement for the treatment of coronary artery lesions. American Heart Journal 2010; 160:1035-1041.
  201. Shahian DM, Wolf RE, Iezzoni LI, Kirle L, Normand S-LT. Variability in the measurement of hospital-wide mortality rates. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 363:2530-9.
  202. Holmboe ES, Weng W, Arnold G, Kaplan SH, Normand S-LT, Greenfield S, Hood S, Lipner R. The comprehensive care project: measuring physician performance in ambulatory practice. Health Services Research 2010; 45(6):1912-1933.
  203. He Y, Wolf RE, Normand S-LT. Assessing geographical variations in hospital processes of care using multilevel item response theory models. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2010; 10:111-133.
  204. Spertus JA, Bonow RO, Chan P, Diamond GA, Drozda JP, Kaul S, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Normand S-LT, Peterson ED, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Writing Committee Members. "ACCF/AHA New Insights Into the Methodology of Performance Measurement: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures." Circulation 2010; 122(20): 2091-2106.
  205. Barringhaus KG, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Normand S-LT, Ho KK. Impact of independent data adjudication on hospital-specific estimates of risk-adjusted mortality following percutaneous coronary interventions in Massachusetts. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2011; 4:92-98.
  206. Azzone V, Frank RG, Normand S-LT, Burman AM. Effect of insurance parity on substance abuse treatment. Psychiatric Services 2011; 62(2):129-134. PMC3250065.
  207. Charytan DM, Varma MR, Silbaugh TS, Lovett AF, Normand S-L, Mauri L. Long-term clinical outcomes following drug-eluting or bare-metal stent placement in patients with severely reduced GFR: Results of the Massachusetts Data Analysis Center (Mass-DAC) State Registry. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011; 57(2):202-11.
  208. Resnic FS, Normand S-LT, Piemonte TC, Shubrooks SJ, Zelevinsky K, Lovett A, Ho KKL. Improvement in mortality risk prediction following percutaneous coronary intervention through addition of a “compassionate use” variable to the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Dataset: A study from the Massachusetts angioplasty registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2011; 57:904-911. PMC3061352
  209. Neelon B, O’Malley AJ, Normand S-LT. A Bayesian two-part latent class model for longitudinal medical expenditure data: Assessing the impact of mental health and substance abuse parity. Biometrics 2011; 67:280-289. NIHMS ID: 197107
  210. Krumholz HM, Lin Z,. Drye EE, MD; Desai MM, Han HF; Rapp MT,Mattera JA, Normand S-LT. An administrative claims measure suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2011; 4: 243-252. PMC3350811
  211. Baudendistel TE, Lindenauer PK, Normand SL, Drye EE, Lin Z, Goodrich K, Desai MM, Bratzler DW, O'Donnell WJ, Metersky ML, Krumholz HM. Continuing medical education program in the journal of hospital medicine. J Hosp Med. 2011; 6(3):141.
  212. Teixeira-Pinto A, Normand, S-L. Missing data in regression models for non-commensurate multiple outcomes. RevStat – Statistical Journal 2011; 9(1): 37–55. PMC3595565
  213. Bratzler DW, Normand S-LT, Wang Y, O’Donnell WJ, Metersky M, et al. An administrative claims model for profiling hospital 30-Day mortality rates for pneumonia patients. PLoS ONE 2011; 6(4): e17401. PMC3075250
  214. Tyler KM, Normand S-LT, Horton NJ. The use and abuse of multiple outcomes in randomized controlled depression trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2011; 32:299-304. PMC3071542.
  215. O’Malley AJ, Frank RG, Normand S-LT. Estimating cost-offsets of new medications: use of new antipsychotics and mental health costs for schizophrenia. Statistics in Medicine 2011; 30(16):1971-1988. PMC2150217.
  216. Lindenauer PK, Normand S-LT, Drye EE, Lin Z, Goodrich K, Desai MM, Bratzler DW, O'Donnell WJ, Metersky ML, Krumholz HM. Development, validation, and results of a measure of 30-day readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia. J Hosp Med 2011; 6:142-150.
  217. Landon BE, Rosenthal MB, Normand S-LT, Spettell C, Lessler A, Underwood HR, Newhouse JP. Incentive formularies: spending and utilization for 3 common drug classes. American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits 2011; 3(3):152-164.
  218. Horvitz-Lennon M, Zhou D, Normand S-LT, Alegria M, Thompson W. Racial and ethnic service use disparities among homeless adults with severe mental illnesses receiving ACT. Psychiatric Services 2011; 62(6):598-604.
  219. Yoon FB, Fitzmaurice GM, Lipsitz SR, Horton NJ, Laird NM, Normand S-LT. Alternative methods for testing treatment effects on the basis of multiple outcomes: simulation and case study. Statistics in Medicine 2011; 30(16):1917-1932. PMC3116112.
  220. Yoon FB, Huskamp HA, Busch AB, Normand S-LT. Using multiple control groups and matching to address unobserved biases in comparative effectiveness research: An observational study of the effectiveness of mental health parity. Statistics in Biosciences 2011; 3:63-78. PMC3182124.
  221. Cook B, McGuire T, Alegria M, Normand S-LT. Crowd-out and exposure effects of physical comorbidities on mental health care use: Implications for racial-ethnic disparities in access. Health Services Research 2011; 46(4):1259-80. PMC3130831.
  222. Skeer MR, McCormick MC, Normand S-LT, Mimiaga MJ, Buka SL, Gilman SE. Gender differences in the association between family conflict and adolescent substance use disorders. J Adolesc Health 2011; 49(2):187-92.
  223. Shahian DM, Edwards FH, Jacobs JP, Prager RL, Normand S-LT, Shewan CM, O'Brien SM, Peterson ED, Grover FL. Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 1--history, rationale, consequences. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92(3 Suppl):S2-11.
  224. Shahian DM, Edwards FH, Jacobs JP, Prager RL, Normand S-LT, Shewan CM, O'Brien SM, Peterson ED, Grover FL. Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 2--implementation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92(3 Suppl):S12-23.
  225. Nunez Smith M, Bradley EH, Herrin J, Santana C, Curry LA, Normand S-LT, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care in the US Territories. Archives of Internal Medicine 2011; 171:1528-1540. PMC3251926.
  226. Yeh RW, Normand S-LT, Wolf RE, Jones PG, Ho KK, Cohen DJ, Cutlip DE, Mauri L, Kugelmass AD, Amin AP, Spertus JA. Predicting the restenosis benefit of drug-eluting versus bare metal stents in percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation 2011; 124(14):1557-64.
  227. Chen J, Normand, S-LT, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National and Regional Trends in Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries, 1998-2008. JAMA 2011; 306(15):1669-1678.
  228. Matheny ME, Normand S-LT, Gross TP, Marinac-Dabic D, Loyo-Berrios N, Vidi V, Donnelly S, Resnic RS. Evaluation of an automated safety surveillance system using risk adjusted sequential probability ratio testing. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2011; 11:75. PMC3262755
  229. Fullerton CA, Busch AB, Normand S-LT, McGuire TG, Epstein AM. Ten-year trends in quality of care and spending for depression: 1996 through 2005. Archives of General Psychiatry 2011; 68(12):1218-26.
  230. Mauri L, Normand S-L, Pencina M, Cutlip DE, Jeon C, Dreyer P, Kuntz RE, Baim DS, Jacobs AK. Rationale and design of the MASS COMM trial: A randomized trial to compare percutaneous coronary intervention between MASSachusetts hospitals with cardiac surgery on-site and COMMunity hospitals without cardiac surgery on-site. American Heart Journal 2011; 162(5):826-831.
  231. Sedrakyan A, Normand S-LT, Dabic S, Jacobs S, Graves S, Marinac-Dabic D. Comparative assessment of implantable hip devices with bearing surfaces: systematic appraisal of evidence. British Medical Journal 2011; 343:d7434. PMC3226583.