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David Urius Himmelstein, M.D.

TitleVisiting Professor of Medicine
InstitutionCambridge Health Alliance
DepartmentMedicine
AddressCambridge Hospital
Medicine
1493 Cambridge St
Cambridge MA 02139
Phone617/665-1032
Fax617/665-1671

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  1. Bor DH, Woolhandler S, Nardin R, Brusch J, Himmelstein DU. Infective endocarditis in the u.s., 1998-2009: a nationwide study. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e60033.
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  2. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Savings from the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration. JAMA. 2013 Jan 2; 309(1):30-1.
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  3. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Cost control in a parallel universe: medicare spending in the United States and Canada. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Dec 10; 172(22):1764-6.
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  4. Nardin R, Himmelstein D, Woolhandler S. Medical spending and global budgets. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Nov; 31(11):2592.
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  5. Woolhandler S, Ariely D, Himmelstein DU. Why pay for performance may be incompatible with quality improvement. BMJ. 2012; 345:e5015.
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  6. McCormick D, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Electronic health record systems: the authors reply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Jun; 31(6):1366.
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  7. McCormick D, Bor DH, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Giving office-based physicians electronic access to patients' prior imaging and lab results did not deter ordering of tests. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Mar; 31(3):488-96.
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  8. Himmelstein D. Response to the Institute of Medicine's recommendation that cost determine insurance policies' "essential benefits". Int J Health Serv. 2012; 42(3):571-3.
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  9. Zallman L, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein D, Bor DH, McCormick D. Computed tomography associated cancers and cancer deaths following visits to U.S. emergency departments. Int J Health Serv. 2012; 42(4):591-605.
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  10. Boyd JW, Linsenmeyer A, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Nardin R. The crisis in mental health care: a preliminary study of access to psychiatric care in Boston. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Aug; 58(2):218-9.
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  11. Himmelstein DU, Thorne D, Woolhandler S. Medical bankruptcy in Massachusetts: has health reform made a difference? Am J Med. 2011 Mar; 124(3):224-8.
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  12. Mohan AV, McCormick D, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Boyd JW. Life and health insurance industry investments in fast food. Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun; 100(6):1029-30.
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  13. Wilper A, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein D, Nardin R. Impact of insurance status on migraine care in the United States: a population-based study. Neurology. 2010 Apr 13; 74(15):1178-83.
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  14. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Obama's reform: no cure for what ails us. BMJ. 2010; 340:c1778.
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  15. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Proposals for payment reform in Massachusetts. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 17; 361(25):2492; author reply 2492-3.
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  16. Himmelstein DU, Wright A, Woolhandler S. Hospital computing and the costs and quality of care: a national study. Am J Med. 2010 Jan; 123(1):40-6.
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  17. Wilper AP, Woolhandler S, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. Hypertension, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol among insured and uninsured U.S. adults. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Nov-Dec; 28(6):w1151-9.
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  18. Wilper AP, Woolhandler S, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. Health insurance and mortality in US adults. Am J Public Health. 2009 Dec; 99(12):2289-95.
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  19. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The regressivity of taxing employer-paid health insurance. N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 3; 361(10):e101.
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  20. Herring A, Wilper A, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Espinola JA, Brown DF, Camargo CA. Increasing length of stay among adult visits to U.S. Emergency departments, 2001-2005. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Jul; 16(7):609-16.
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  21. Himmelstein DU, Thorne D, Warren E, Woolhandler S. Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of a national study. Am J Med. 2009 Aug; 122(8):741-6.
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  22. Boyd JW, Himmelstein D, Woolhandler S. Insurance-industry investments in tobacco. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 4; 360(23):2483-4.
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  23. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Grim prognosis for massachusetts reform. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Mar-Apr; 28(2):604-5; author reply 605.
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  24. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. US health care: single-payer or market reform. Urol Clin North Am. 2009 Feb; 36(1):57-62, vi.
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  25. McCormick D, Woolhandler S, Bose-Kolanu A, Germann A, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. U.S. physicians' views on financing options to expand health insurance coverage: a national survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Apr; 24(4):526-31.
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  26. Wilper AP, Woolhandler S, Boyd JW, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. The health and health care of US prisoners: results of a nationwide survey. Am J Public Health. 2009 Apr; 99(4):666-72.
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  27. Cutrona SL, Woolhandler S, Lasser KE, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU, Shrank WH, LeLeiko NS. Free drug samples in the United States: characteristics of pediatric recipients and safety concerns. Pediatrics. 2008 Oct; 122(4):736-42.
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  28. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. National health insurance or incremental reform: aim high, or at our feet? Am J Public Health. 2008 Sep; 98(9 Suppl):S65-8.
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  29. Wilper AP, Woolhandler S, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. A national study of chronic disease prevalence and access to care in uninsured U.S. adults. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Aug 5; 149(3):170-6.
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  30. Lasser KE, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Sources of U.S. physician income: the contribution of government payments to the specialist-generalist income gap. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1477-81.
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  31. Wilper AP, Woolhandler S, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Cutrona SL, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. Waits to see an emergency department physician: U.S. trends and predictors, 1997-2004. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Mar-Apr; 27(2):w84-95.
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  32. Cutrona SL, Woolhandler S, Lasser KE, Bor DH, McCormick D, Himmelstein DU. Characteristics of recipients of free prescription drug samples: a nationally representative analysis. Am J Public Health. 2008 Feb; 98(2):284-9.
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  33. Herring AA, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Insurance status of U.S. organ donors and transplant recipients: the uninsured give, but rarely receive. Int J Health Serv. 2008; 38(4):641-52.
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  34. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Privatization in a publicly funded health care system: the U.S. experience. Int J Health Serv. 2008; 38(3):407-19.
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  35. Woolhandler S, Day B, Himmelstein DU. State health reform flatlines. Int J Health Serv. 2008; 38(3):585-92.
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  36. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system. BMJ. 2007 Dec 1; 335(7630):1126-9.
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  37. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein D. Care is complicated...but paying for it is simple: one government program. Mod Healthc. 2007 Nov 26; 37(47):32.
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  38. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Goodman JC, Sade RM. Our health care system at the crossroads: single payer or market reform? Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Nov; 84(5):1435-46.
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  39. Himmelstein DU, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Boyd JW, Woolhandler S. Lack of health coverage among US veterans from 1987 to 2004. Am J Public Health. 2007 Dec; 97(12):2199-203.
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  40. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Double catastrophe: injury-related bankruptcies. Med Care. 2007 Aug; 45(8):699-701.
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  41. Guyatt GH, Devereaux P, Lexchin J, Stone SB, Yalnizyan A, Himmelstein D, Woolhandler S, Zhou Q, Goldsmith LJ, Cook DJ, Haines T, Lacchetti C, Lavis JN, Sullivan T, Mills E, Kraus S, Bhatnagar N. A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States. Open Med. 2007; 1(1):e27-36.
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  42. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Consumer directed healthcare: except for the healthy and wealthy it's unwise. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Jun; 22(6):879-81.
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  43. Mintzer IL, Eisenberg M, Terra M, MacVane C, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Treating opioid addiction with buprenorphine-naloxone in community-based primary care settings. Ann Fam Med. 2007 Mar-Apr; 5(2):146-50.
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  44. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Massachusetts' approach to universal coverage: high hopes and faulty economic logic. Int J Health Serv. 2007; 37(2):251-7.
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  45. Boyd JW, Himmelstein DU, Lasser K, McCormick D, Bor DH, Cutrona SL, Woolhandler S. U.S. medical students' knowledge about the military draft, the Geneva Conventions, and military medical ethics. Int J Health Serv. 2007; 37(4):643-50.
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  46. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. The new Massachusetts health reform: half a step forward and three steps back. Hastings Cent Rep. 2006 Sep-Oct; 36(5):19-21.
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  47. Lasser KE, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Access to care, health status, and health disparities in the United States and Canada: results of a cross-national population-based survey. Am J Public Health. 2006 Jul; 96(7):1300-7.
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  48. Himmelstein DU, Warren E, Thorne D, Woolhandler S. Discounting the debtors will not make medical bankruptcy disappear. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Mar-Apr; 25(2):w84-8; discussion w93.
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  49. King WD, Woolhandler SJ, Brown AF, Jiang L, Kevorkian K, Himmelstein DU, Bor DH. Brief report: Influenza vaccination and health care workers in the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Feb; 21(2):181-4.
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  50. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Hope and hype: predicting the impact of electronic medical records. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Sep-Oct; 24(5):1121-3.
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  51. Mohanty SA, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Pati S, Carrasquillo O, Bor DH. Health care expenditures of immigrants in the United States: a nationally representative analysis. Am J Public Health. 2005 Aug; 95(8):1431-8.
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  52. Mohanty SA, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Bor DH. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease among Asian Indians in the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 May; 20(5):474-8.
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  53. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Distajo R, Lasser KE, McCormick D, Bor DH, Wolfe SM. America's neglected veterans: 1.7 million who served have no health coverage. Int J Health Serv. 2005; 35(2):313-23.
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  54. Himmelstein DU, Warren E, Thorne D, Woolhandler S. Illness and injury as contributors to bankruptcy. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Jan-Jun; Suppl Web Exclusives:W5-63-W5-73.
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  55. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Utilization management: a bad review. Am J Med. 2004 Nov 1; 117(9):703-5.
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  56. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. The high costs of for-profit care. CMAJ. 2004 Jun 8; 170(12):1814-5.
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  57. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. National health insurance: falling expectations and the safety net. Med Care. 2004 May; 42(5):403-5.
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  58. McCormick D, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH. Single-payer national health insurance. Physicians' views. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Feb 9; 164(3):300-4.
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  59. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Wolfe SM. Administrative waste in the U.S. health care system in 2003: the cost to the nation, the states, and the District of Columbia, with state-specific estimates of potential savings. Int J Health Serv. 2004; 34(1):79-86.
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  60. Woolhandler S, Campbell T, Himmelstein DU. Health care administration in the United States and Canada: micromanagement, macro costs. Int J Health Serv. 2004; 34(1):65-78.
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  61. Woolhandler S, Campbell T, Himmelstein DU. Costs of health care administration in the United States and Canada. N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 21; 349(8):768-75.
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  62. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Angell M, Young QD. Proposal of the Physicians' Working Group for Single-Payer National Health Insurance. JAMA. 2003 Aug 13; 290(6):798-805.
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  63. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. National health insurance or incremental reform: aim high, or at our feet? Am J Public Health. 2003 Jan; 93(1):102-5.
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  64. Lehman G, Himmelstein D, Stockstill G. 1Q[3a]. Does employer-sponsored health care have a future? . Hosp Health Netw. 2002 Nov; 76(11):22.
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  65. McCormick D, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Wolfe SM, Bor DH. Relationship between low quality-of-care scores and HMOs' subsequent public disclosure of quality-of-care scores. JAMA. 2002 Sep 25; 288(12):1484-90.
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  66. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. National health insurance. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Sep-Oct; 21(5):299.
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  67. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Paying for national health insurance--and not getting it. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Jul-Aug; 21(4):88-98.
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  68. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Getting more for their dollar: Kaiser v the NHS. Price adjustments falsify comparison. BMJ. 2002 Jun 1; 324(7349):1332; author reply 1332.
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  69. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. National health insurance: liberal benefits, conservative spending. Arch Intern Med. 2002 May 13; 162(9):973-5.
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  70. Lasser KE, Allen PD, Woolhandler SJ, Himmelstein DU, Wolfe SM, Bor DH. Timing of new black box warnings and withdrawals for prescription medications. JAMA. 2002 May 1; 287(17):2215-20.
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  71. Case BG, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. No care for the caregivers: declining health insurance coverage for health care personnel and their children, 1988-1998. Am J Public Health. 2002 Mar; 92(3):404-8.
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  72. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Taking care of business: HMOs that spend more on administration deliver lower-quality care. Int J Health Serv. 2002; 32(4):657-67.
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  73. Harrington C, Woolhandler S, Mullan J, Carrillo H, Himmelstein DU. Does investor-ownership of nursing homes compromise the quality of care? Int J Health Serv. 2002; 32(2):315-25.
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  74. Lasser KE, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler SJ, McCormick D, Bor DH. Do minorities in the United States receive fewer mental health services than whites? Int J Health Serv. 2002; 32(3):567-78.
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  75. Harrington C, Woolhandler S, Mullan J, Carrillo H, Himmelstein DU. Does investor ownership of nursing homes compromise the quality of care? Am J Public Health. 2001 Sep; 91(9):1452-5.
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  76. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Hellander I, Wolfe SM. HMO profits and quality. Health Aff (Millwood). 2001 Sep-Oct; 20(5):302-3.
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  77. Lasser K, Boyd JW, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, McCormick D, Bor DH. Smoking and mental illness: A population-based prevalence study. JAMA. 2000 Nov 22-29; 284(20):2606-10.
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  78. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Boyd JW. Investment of health insurers and mutual funds in tobacco stocks. JAMA. 2000 Aug 9; 284(6):697.
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  79. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. When money is the mission--the high costs of investor-owned care. N Engl J Med. 1999 Aug 5; 341(6):444-6.
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  80. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Hellander I, Wolfe SM. Quality of care in investor-owned vs not-for-profit HMOs. JAMA. 1999 Jul 14; 282(2):159-63.
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  81. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Ethical guidelines for physician payment based on capitation. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jan 28; 340(4):321-2; author reply 322-3.
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  82. Carrasquillo O, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH. A reappraisal of private employers' role in providing health insurance. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jan 14; 340(2):109-14.
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  83. Carrasquillo O, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH. Going bare: trends in health insurance coverage, 1989 through 1996. Am J Public Health. 1999 Jan; 89(1):36-42.
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  84. Carrasquillo O, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH. Trends in health insurance coverage, 1989-1997. Int J Health Serv. 1999; 29(3):467-83.
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  85. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. NHS at 50. An American view. National Health Service. Lancet. 1998 Jul 4; 352(9121):54-5.
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  86. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The silence of the doctors: fifty years after Nuremberg. J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Jun; 13(6):422-3.
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  87. Carrasquillo O, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH. Can Medicaid managed care provide continuity of care to new Medicaid enrollees? An analysis of tenure on Medicaid. Am J Public Health. 1998 Mar; 88(3):464-6.
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  88. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The Oregon Health Plan. N Engl J Med. 1998 Feb 5; 338(6):395; author reply 396.
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  89. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Bound to gag. Arch Intern Med. 1997 Oct 13; 157(18):2033.
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  90. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Market medicine. Epidemiol Prev. 1997 Apr-Jun; 21(2):89-90.
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  91. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Costs of care and administration at for-profit and other hospitals in the United States. N Engl J Med. 1997 Mar 13; 336(11):769-74.
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  92. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Annotation: patients on the auction block. Am J Public Health. 1996 Dec; 86(12):1699-700.
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  93. Tyrance PH, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. US emergency department costs: no emergency. Am J Public Health. 1996 Nov; 86(11):1527-31.
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  94. Himmelstein DU, Lewontin JP, Woolhandler S. Medical care employment in the United States, 1968 to 1993: The importance of health sector jobs for African Americans and women. Am J Public Health. 1996 Apr; 86(4):525-8.
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  95. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. TennCare. JAMA. 1996 Mar 6; 275(9):683; author reply 684.
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  96. Himmelstein DU, Lewontin JP, Woolhandler S. Who administers? Who cares? Medical administrative and clinical employment in the United States and Canada. Am J Public Health. 1996 Feb; 86(2):172-8.
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  97. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Extreme risk--the new corporate proposition for physicians. N Engl J Med. 1995 Dec 21; 333(25):1706-8.
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  98. Boyd JW, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The tobacco/health-insurance connection. Lancet. 1995 Jul 8; 346(8967):64.
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  99. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Care denied: US residents who are unable to obtain needed medical services. Am J Public Health. 1995 Mar; 85(3):341-4.
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  100. Hellander I, Moloo J, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Wolfe SM. The growing epidemic of uninsurance: new data on the health insurance coverage of Americans. Int J Health Serv. 1995; 25(3):377-92.
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  101. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. The physician workforce delusion. Health Aff (Millwood). 1995; 14(3):279.
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  102. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Correction: The deteriorating administrative efficiency of the United States health care system. N Engl J Med. 1994 Aug 4; 331(5):336.
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  103. Willcox SM, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Inappropriate drug prescribing for the community-dwelling elderly. JAMA. 1994 Jul 27; 272(4):292-6.
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  104. Hellander I, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Wolfe S. Health care paper chase, 1993: the cost to the nation, the states, and the District of Columbia. Int J Health Serv. 1994; 24(1):1-9.
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  105. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Clinton's health plan: Prudential's choice. Int J Health Serv. 1994; 24(4):583-92.
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  106. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Lewontin JP. Administrative costs in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 1993 Aug 5; 329(6):400-3.
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  107. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The end stage renal disease program. N Engl J Med. 1993 Jul 8; 329(2):139-40; author reply 140-1.
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  108. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The American Health Care System--Medicare. N Engl J Med. 1993 Jun 17; 328(24):1789; author reply 1790.
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  109. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Young Q. High noon for U.S. health care reform. Int J Health Serv. 1993; 23(2):193-211.
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  110. Clancy CM, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Questions and answers about managed competition. Int J Health Serv. 1993; 23(2):213-8.
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  111. Clancy CM, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Questions and answers about managed competition. J Mass Dent Soc. 1993; 42(2):81-4.
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  112. Clancy CM, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Questions and answers about managed competition. Health PAC Bull. 1993; 23(1):30-2.
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  113. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Perils of prediction in U.S./Canadian comparisons. Health Aff (Millwood). 1992; 11(4):255-7.
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  114. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Wolfe SM. The vanishing health care safety net: new data on uninsured Americans. Int J Health Serv. 1992; 22(3):381-96.
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  115. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Bias in, bias out: a reply to Sheils, Young, and Rubin. Health Aff (Millwood). 1992; 11(2):235-8.
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  116. Harrington C, Cassel C, Estes CL, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. A national long-term care program for the United States. A caring vision. The Working Group on Long-term Care Program Design, Physicians for a National Health Program. JAMA. 1991 Dec 4; 266(21):3023-9.
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  117. Himmelstein DU. The case for a national health program. J Natl Med Assoc. 1991 Dec; 83(12):1049-53.
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  118. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Who cares for the care givers? Lack of health insurance among health and insurance personnel. JAMA. 1991 Jul 17; 266(3):399-401.
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  119. Grumbach K, Bodenheimer T, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Liberal benefits, conservative spending. The Physicians for a National Health Program proposal. JAMA. 1991 May 15; 265(19):2549-54.
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  120. Wolfe SM, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler SJ. Invitation to hospitals: join the push for a single-payer, waste-avoiding health system. Mod Healthc. 1991 May 13; 21(19):22.
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  121. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. The deteriorating administrative efficiency of the U.S. health care system. N Engl J Med. 1991 May 2; 324(18):1253-8.
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  122. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Debating national health insurance alternatives. Health Aff (Millwood). 1991; 10(2):223-4, 227-8.
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  123. Himmelstein DU, Levins R, Woolhandler S. Beyond our means: patterns of variability of physiological traits. Int J Health Serv. 1990; 20(1):115-24.
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  124. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Patchwork not perestroika. The promise and problems of UNY*Care. Health PAC Bull. 1990; 20(2):22-6.
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  125. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. A national health program: northern light at the end of the tunnel. JAMA. 1989 Oct 20; 262(15):2136-7.
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  126. Woolhandler S, Pels RJ, Bor DH, Himmelstein DU, Lawrence RS. Dipstick urinalysis screening of asymptomatic adults for urinary tract disorders. I. Hematuria and proteinuria. JAMA. 1989 Sep 1; 262(9):1214-9.
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  127. Pels RJ, Bor DH, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Lawrence RS. Dipstick urinalysis screening of asymptomatic adults for urinary tract disorders. II. Bacteriuria. JAMA. 1989 Sep 1; 262(9):1221-4.
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  128. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. A national health program for the United States. A physicians' proposal. N Engl J Med. 1989 Jan 12; 320(2):102-8.
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  129. Navarro V, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The Jackson National Health Program. Int J Health Serv. 1989; 19(1):19-44.
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  130. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Ideology in medical science: class in the clinic. Soc Sci Med. 1989; 28(11):1205-9.
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  131. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Resolving the cost/access conflict: the case for a national health program. J Gen Intern Med. 1989 Jan-Feb; 4(1):54-60.
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  132. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. The corporate compromise: a Marxist view of health maintenance organizations and prospective payment. Ann Intern Med. 1988 Sep 15; 109(6):494-501.
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  133. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Reverse targeting of preventive care due to lack of health insurance. JAMA. 1988 May 20; 259(19):2872-4.
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  134. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Free care: a quantitative analysis of health and cost effects of a national health program for the United States. Int J Health Serv. 1988; 18(3):393-9.
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  135. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Aiming so low we hit our own feet. The limits of incrementalism. Health PAC Bull. 1988; 18(2):20-1.
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  136. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH. Will cost effectiveness analysis worsen the cost effectiveness of health care? Int J Health Serv. 1988; 18(1):1-9.
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  137. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Labar B, Lang S. Transplanted technology: Third World options and First World science. N Engl J Med. 1987 Aug 20; 317(8):504-6.
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  138. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. A national health program for the United States. Ann Intern Med. 1987 May; 106(5):783.
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  139. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Physicians for a National Health Program. Int J Health Serv. 1987; 17(4):703-6.
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  140. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Cost without benefit. Administrative waste in U.S. health care. N Engl J Med. 1986 Feb 13; 314(7):441-5.
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  141. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Socialized medicine: a solution to the cost crisis in health care in the United States. Int J Health Serv. 1986; 16(3):339-54.
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  142. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Militarism and mortality. An international analysis of arms spending and infant death rates. Lancet. 1985 Jun 15; 1(8442):1375-8.
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  143. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Silber R, Bader M, Harnly M, Jones AA. Medical care and mortality: racial differences in preventable deaths. Int J Health Serv. 1985; 15(1):1-22.
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  144. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Free care, cholestyramine, and health policy. N Engl J Med. 1984 Dec 6; 311(23):1511-4.
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  145. Lang S, Woolhandler S, Bantic Z, Himmelstein DU. Yugoslavia: equity and imported ethical dilemmas. Hastings Cent Rep. 1984 Dec; 14(6):26-7.
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  146. Himmelstein DU, Lang S, Woolhandler S. The Yugoslav health system: public ownership and local control. J Public Health Policy. 1984 Sep; 5(3):423-31.
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  147. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler SJ, Adler RD. Elevated SGOT/SGPT ratio in alcoholic patients with acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. Am J Gastroenterol. 1984 Sep; 79(9):718-20.
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  148. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Pitfalls of private medicine: health care in the USA. Lancet. 1984 Aug 18; 2(8399):391-4.
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  149. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Harnly M, Bader MB, Silber R, Backer HD, Jones AA. Patient transfers: medical practice as social triage. Am J Public Health. 1984 May; 74(5):494-7.
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  150. Bor DH, Himmelstein DU. Endocarditis prophylaxis for patients with mitral valve prolapse. A quantitative analysis. Am J Med. 1984 Apr; 76(4):711-7.
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  151. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU. Terms of endowment. Prospective hospital reimbursement in Massachusetts. Health PAC Bull. 1984 Mar-Apr; 15(2):13-6.
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  152. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Medicine as industry: the health-care sector in the United States. Mon Rev. 1984; 35(11):13-25.
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  153. Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Interferon for prevention of cytomegalovirus reactivation in renal-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med. 1983 Nov 10; 309(19):1193.
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  154. Himmelstein DU, Jones AA, Woolhandler S. Hypernatremic dehydration in nursing home patients: an indicator of neglect. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1983 Aug; 31(8):466-71.
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  155. Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Silber R, Harnly M, Bader M, Jones AA. Public money, private control: a case study of hospital financing in Oakland and Berkeley, California. Am J Public Health. 1983 May; 73(5):584-7.
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  156. Himmelstein DU. Sex differences in alcohol-related disease at a county hospital. Int J Addict. 1983 Jan; 18(1):125-31.
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  157. Mahowald JM, Himmelstein DU. Hypernatremia in the elderly: relation to infection and mortality. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1981 Apr; 29(4):177-80.
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  158. Joseph P, Himmelstein DU, Mahowald JM, Stullman WS. Atrial myxoma infected with Candida: first survival. Chest. 1980 Aug; 78(2):340-3.
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  159. Jones AA, Himmelstein DU. Leaving a county hospital against medical advice. JAMA. 1979 Dec 21; 242(25):2758.
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