Sloan-Kettering - Peter Bach: Publications

1. Bach PB, Carson SS, Leff A. "Outcomes and Resource Utilization for Patients with Prolonged Critical Illness Managed by University Based or Community Based Subspecialists." Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:1410-5. [PubMed Abstract]

2. Bach PB, Calhoun EA, Bennett CL. The relation between physician experience and patterns of care for patients with AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP): Results from a survey of 1,500 physicians. Chest 1999;115(6):1563-9. [PubMed Abstract]

3. Carson SS, Bach PB, Brzozowski L, Leff A. Outcomes after long term acute care. An analysis of 133 mechanically ventilated patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;159:1568-73. [PubMed Abstract]

4. Bach PB, Calhoun EA, Bennett CL. Identifying providers of care to individuals with human immunodeficiency virus for a mail survey using a prescription tracking database. J Clin Epidemiol 1999;52:147-50. [PubMed Abstract]

5. Bach PB, Lantos, JL. Methadone dosing, heroin affordability, and the severity of addiction. Am J Public Health 1999; 89:662-5. [PubMed Abstract]

6. Bach PB, Cramer LD, Warren JL, Begg CB. Racial differences in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer. N Engl J Med 1999;341:1198-1205. [Accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

7. Feinstein MB, Bach PB. Epidemiology of lung cancer. Chest Surg Clin N Am 2000;10:653-61. [PubMed Abstract]

8. Schrag D, Cramer LD, Bach PB, Cohen AM, Warren JL, Begg CB: Influence of hospital procedure volume on outcomes following surgery for colon cancer. JAMA 2000; 284:3028-35. [PubMed Abstract]

9. Bach PB, Brown C, Gelfand SE, McCrory DC. Management of Acute Exacerbations of COPD: A Summary and Appraisal of Published Evidence. Ann Intern Med 2001;134:600-20. (reprinted in Chest 2001;119:1190-1209) [Accompanied by practice guidelines] [PubMed Abstract]

10. Schrag D, Cramer LD, Bach PB, Begg CB. Age and adjuvant chemotherapy use after surgery for stage III colon cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93:850-7. [PubMed Abstract]

11. Bach PB, Cramer LD, Schrag D, Downey RJ, Gelfand SE, Begg CB. The influence of hospital volume on survival after resection for lung cancer. N Engl J Med 2001;345:181-8. [PubMed Abstract]

12. Schrag D, Gelfand SE, Bach PB, Guillem J, Minsky BD, Begg CB. Who gets adjuvant radiation for stage II and III rectal cancer: insights from surveillance, epidemiology, and end results-Medicare. J Clin Oncol 2001;19:3712-8. [accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

13. Carson SS, Bach PB. Predicting mortality in patients suffering from prolonged critical illness: an assessment of four severity-of-illness measures. Chest 2001;120:928-33. [PubMed Abstract]

14. Bach PB, Schrag D, Nierman DM, Horak D, White P Jr, Young JW, Groeger JS. Identification of poor prognostic features among patients requiring mechanical ventilation after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Blood 2001; 98:3234-40 [PubMed Abstract]

15. Begg CB, Riedel ER, Bach PB, Kattan MW, Schrag D, Warren JL, Scardino PT. Variations in morbidity after radical prostatectomy. N Engl J Med 2002; 346:1138-44. [Accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

16. Bach PB, Schrag D, Brawley OW, Galaznik A, Yakren S, Begg CB. Survival of blacks and whites after a cancer diagnosis. JAMA 2002;287:2106-13. [Accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

17. Carson SS, Bach PB. The epidemiology and costs of chronic critical illness. Chest Surg Clin N Am 2002; 18:461-76. [PubMed Abstract]

18. Bach PB, Ginsberg RJ. Epidemiology of Lung Cancer. American Cancer Society Atlas of Clinical Oncology: Lung Cancer 2002. BC Decker, Inc. Hamilton, London.

19. Mokhtari M, Bach PB, Tietjen PA, Stover DE. Clinical characteristics of bronchiolitis with organizing pneumonia in cancer- A case series. Respir Med 2002;96:280-6.[PubMed Abstract]

20. Bach PB, Guadagnoli E, Schrag D, Schussler N, Warren JL. Patient demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the SEER-Medicare database: applications and limitations. Med Care 2002; 40(8) Supplement: IV-19 through IV-25.[PubMed Abstract]

21. Warren JL, Klabunde CN, Schrag D, Bach PB, Riley GF. Overview of the SEER-Medicare Data: content, research applications, and generalizability to the United States elderly population. Med Care 2002; 40(8): Supplement: IV-3 through IV-18. [PubMed Abstract]

22. Schrag D, Bach PB, Dahlman C, Warren JL. Identifying and measuring hospital characteristics using the SEER-Medicare data and other claims based sources. Med Care 2002; 40(8) Supplement: IV-96 through IV-103. [PubMed Abstract]

23. Bach PB, Malak SF, Jurcic J, Gelfand SE, Eagan J, Little C, Sepkowitz KA. The impact of infection by vancomycin resistant enterococcus on survival and resource utilization for patients with leukemia. Infect Control Hospital Epidemiol 2002;23:471-4. [PubMed Abstract]

24. Schrag D, Rifas-Shiman S, Saltz L, Bach PB, Begg CB. Adjuvant chemotherapy use for Medicare beneficiaries with stage II colon cancer. J Clin Oncol 2002;20:3999-4005. [PubMed Abstract]

25. Gross CP, Soffer BL, Bach PB, Rajkumar R, Forman HP. State expenditures for tobacco-control programs and the tobacco settlement. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1080-6. [Accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

26. Schrag D, Panageas KS, Riedel E, Cramer LD, Guillem JG, Bach PB, Begg CB. Hospital and surgeon volume as predictors of outcome following rectal cancer resection. Annals of Surg 2002; 236:583-92.

27. Bach PB, Kelley MJ, Tate RC, McCrory DC. Screening for lung cancer: a review of the current literature. Chest 2003;123:72S-82S.

28. Bach PB, Niewoehner DE, Black WC. Screening for lung cancer: the guidelines. Chest 2003; 123: 83S-88S.

29. Groeger JS, Bach PB. Consider saying yes [editorial]. Crit Care Med 2003; 31:320-1.

30. Bennett CL, Somerfield MR, Pfister DG, Tomori C, Yakren S, Bach PB. Perspectives on the value of american society of clinical oncology clinical guidelines as reported by oncologists and health maintenance organizations. J Clin Oncol 2003; 21:937-41. [PubMed Abstract]

31. Bach PB, Kattan MW, Thornquist MD, Kris MG, Tate RC, Barnett MJ, Hsieh LJ, Begg CB. Variations in lung cancer risk among smokers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003; 95:470-8. [PubMed Abstract]

32. Schrag D, Hsieh LJ, Rabbani F, Bach PB, Herr H, Begg CB. Adherence to surveillance among patients with superficial bladder cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003; 95;588-97. [PubMed Abstract]

33. Schrag D, Panageas KS, Riedel E, Hsieh L, Bach PB, Guillem JG, Begg CB. Surgeon volume compared to hospital volume as a predictor of outcome following primary colon cancer resection. J Surg Oncol 2003;83:68-79. [PubMed Abstract]

34. Panageas KS, Schrag D, Riedel E, Bach PB, Begg CB. The effect of clustering of outcomes on the association of procedure volume and surgical outcomes. Ann Intern Med 2003;139:658-65. [Accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

35. Bondoc AY, Bach PB, Sklarin NT, Vander Els NJ. Arterial desaturation syndrome following pleurodesis with talc slurry: incidence, clinical features, and outcome. Cancer Invest 2003;21:848-54. [PubMed Abstract]

36. Rizk NP, Bach PB, Schrag D, Bains MS, Turnbull AD, Karpeh M, Brennan MF, Rusch VW. The impact of complications on outcomes after resection for esophageal and gastroesophageal junction carcinoma. J Am Coll Surg 2004;198:42-50. [PubMed Abstract]

37. Patel JD, Bach PB, Kris MG. Lung cancer in US women - a contemporary epidemic. JAMA 2004;291:1763-8 [PubMed Abstract]

38. Bach PB, Pham HH, Schrag D, Tate RC, Hargraves JL. Primary care physicians who treat blacks and whites. N Engl J Med 2004; 351: 575-84. [Accompanied by editorial] [PubMed Abstract]

39. Amar D, Shi W, Hogue CW, Zhang H, Passman RS, Thomas B, Bach PB, Damiano R, Thaler HT. Clinical prediction rule for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 44:1248-53. [PubMed Abstract]

40. Bach PB, Schrag D, Begg CB. Resurrecting treatment histories of dead patients: a study design that should be laid to rest. JAMA 2004; 292:2765-70. [PubMed Abstract]

41. Bach PB, Elkin EB, Pastorino U, Kattan MW, Mushlin AI, Begg CB, Parkin DM. Benchmarking lung cancer mortality rates in current and former smokers. Chest 2004;126:1742-1749. [PubMed Abstract]

42. Schrag D, Mitra N, Xu F, Rabbani F, Bach PB, Herr H, Begg CB. Cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: patterns and outcomes of care in the Medicare population. Urology 2005;65:1118-1125. [PubMed Abstract]

43. Bach PB. Racial disparities and site of care. Ethn Dis 2005;15:S31-33. [PubMed Abstract]

44. Pham HH, Schrag D, Hargraves JL, Bach PB. Delivery of preventive services to older adults by primary care physicians. JAMA 2005 Jul 27;294(4):473-81. [PubMed Abstract]

45. Lyman S, Jones EC, Bach PB, Peterson MG, Marx RG. The association between hospital volume and total shoulder arthroplasty outcomes. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Mar;(432):132-7. [PubMed Abstract]