Jeffrey H. Silber

  • Department: Pediatrics
  • Division: Oncology
  • Email: SILBERJ@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU
  • Primary Address:
    The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Center for Outcomes Research
    3535 Market Street, Suite 1029
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
  • 2155902540

    Appointments

    Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2004 – present)
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1997 – 2004)
    Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1997 – 2000)
    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1996 – 1997)
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1989 – 1997)

    Education

    M.A., Honorary Masters Degree, Philosophy, The University of Pennsylvania (1997)
    Ph.D., The University of Pennsylvania (Department of Health Care Systems, The Graduate Group in Managerial Science and Applied Economics) (1990)
    M.D., Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland (1980)
    A.B., Washington University, Department of Economics, St. Louis, Missouri (1976)

    Selected Publications

    Silber JH, Kaizer H. Loss weighting and the human cost of experimenta¬tion.. J Chron Dis. Vol 36(6) . 1985:507-516.
    Peyster RG, Ginsberg F, Silber JH, Adler LP. Exophthalmos due to excessive orbital fat: CT volumetric analysis and differential diag¬nosis.. Am J Radiol. Vol 146. 1986:459-464.
    Silber JH. Forecasting asthmatic wheezing using tempera¬ture velocity.. Pediatr Emerg Care. Vol 3. 1987:13-17.
    Silber J H, Kaizer H. Marginal analysis applied to the dose-response curve.. Medical and pediatric oncology. Vol 16(5) . 1988:344-8.
    Silber J H, Littman P S, Meadows A T. Stature loss following skeletal irradiation for childhood cancer.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 8(2) . 1990 Feb:304-12.
    Silber J H, Evans A E, Fridman M. Models to predict outcome from childhood neuroblastoma: the role of serum ferritin and tumor histology.. Cancer research. Vol 51(5) . 1991 Mar:1426-33.
    Wasserman R, Galili N, Ito Y, Silber J H, Reichard B A, Shane S, Womer R B, Lange B, Rovera G. Residual disease at the end of induction therapy as a predictor of relapse during therapy in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 10(12) . 1992 Dec:1879-88.
    Silber J H, Radcliffe J, Peckham V, Perilongo G, Kishnani P, Fridman M, Goldwein J W, Meadows A T. Whole-brain irradiation and decline in intelligence: the influence of dose and age on IQ score.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 10(9) . 1992 Sep:1390-6.
    Larsen R L, Jakacki R I, Vetter V L, Meadows A T, Silber J H, Barber G. Electrocardiographic changes and arrhythmias after cancer therapy in children and young adults.. The American journal of cardiology. Vol 70(1) . 1992 Jul:73-7.
    Silber J H, Williams S V, Krakauer H, Schwartz J S. Hospital and patient characteristics associated with death after surgery. A study of adverse occurrence and failure to rescue.. Medical care. Vol 30(7) . 1992 Jul:615-29.
    Cohen A R, Martin M B, Silber J H, Kim H C, Ohene-Frempong K, Schwartz E. A modified transfusion program for prevention of stroke in sickle cell disease.. Blood. Vol 79(7) . 1992 Apr:1657-61.
    Jakacki R I, Larsen R L, Barber G, Heyman S, Fridman M, Silber J H. Comparison of cardiac function tests after anthracycline therapy in childhood. Implications for screening.. Cancer. Vol 72(9) . 1993 Nov:2739-45.
    Legorreta A P, Silber J H, Costantino G N, Kobylinski R W, Zatz S L. Increased cholecystectomy rate after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 270(12) . 1993 Sep 22-29:1429-32.
    Rackoff W R, Kunkel N, Silber J H, Asakura T, Ohene-Frempong K. Pulse oximetry and factors associated with hemoglobin oxygen desaturation in children with sickle cell disease.. Blood. Vol 81(12) . 1993 Jun:3422-7.
    Jakacki R I, Goldwein J W, Larsen R L, Barber G, Silber J H. Cardiac dysfunction following spinal irradiation during childhood.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 11(6) . 1993 Jun:1033-8.
    Silber J H, Jakacki R I, Larsen R L, Goldwein J W, Barber G. Increased risk of cardiac dysfunction after anthracyclines in girls.. Medical and pediatric oncology. Vol 21(7) . 1993:477-9.
    Silber J H. The anthracycline cardiotoxicity debate.. Pediatrics. Vol 94(5) . 1994 Nov:779-80; author reply 781-2.
    Torres C F, Rebsamen S, Silber J H, Sutton L N, Bilaniuk L T, Zimmerman R A, Goldwein J W, Phillips P C, Lange B J. Surveillance scanning of children with medulloblastoma.. The New England journal of medicine. Vol 330(13) . 1994 Mar:892-5.
    Kim H C, Dugan N P, Silber J H, Martin M B, Schwartz E, Ohene-Frempong K, Cohen A R. Erythrocytapheresis therapy to reduce iron overload in chronically transfused patients with sickle cell disease.. Blood. Vol 83(4) . 1994 Feb:1136-42.
    Silber J H, Barber G. Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.. The New England journal of medicine. Vol 333(20) . 1995 Nov:1359-60.
    Silber J H. Report cards on cardiac surgeons.. The New England journal of medicine. Vol 333(14) . 1995 Oct:938-9.
    Silber J H, Barber G. "Increased risk of cardiac dysfunction after anthracyclines in girls".. Medical and pediatric oncology. Vol 25(2) . 1995 Aug:130-1.
    Silber J H, Rosenbaum P R, Schwartz J S, Ross R N, Williams S V. Evaluation of the complication rate as a measure of quality of care in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 274(4) . 1995 Jul:317-23.
    Silber J H, Rosenbaum P R. Measuring quality of hospital care.. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 273(1) . 1995 Jan:21; author reply 22.
    Williams S, Pauly M V, Rosenbaum P R, Ross R, Schwartz J S, Shpilsky A, Silber J H. Ranking hospitals by the quality of care for medical conditions: the role of complications.. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. Vol 107. 1996:263-73; discussion 273-4.
    Janss A J, Yachnis A T, Silber J H, Trojanowski J Q, Lee V M, Sutton L N, Perilongo G, Rorke L B, Phillips P C. Glial differentiation predicts poor clinical outcome in primitive neuroectodermal brain tumors.. Annals of neurology. Vol 39(4) . 1996 Apr:481-9.
    Evans A E, Silber J H, Shpilsky A, D'Angio G J. Successful management of low-stage neuroblastoma without adjuvant therapies: a comparison of two decades, 1972 through 1981 and 1982 through 1992, in a single institution.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 14(9) . 1996 Sep:2504-10.
    Durbin D R, Giardino A P, Shaw K N, Harris M C, Silber J H. The effect of insurance status on likelihood of neonatal interhospital transfer.. Pediatrics. Vol 100(3) . 1997 Sep:E8.
    Silber J H, Rosenbaum P R. A spurious correlation between hospital mortality and complication rates: the importance of severity adjustment.. Medical care. Vol 35(10 Suppl) . 1997 Oct:OS77-92.
    Silber J H, Rosenbaum P R, Williams S V, Ross R N, Schwartz J S. The relationship between choice of outcome measure and hospital rank in general surgical procedures: implications for quality assessment.. International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care / ISQua. Vol 9(3) . 1997 Jun:193-200.
    Mahboubi S, Silber J H. Radiation-induced esophageal strictures in children with cancer.. European radiology. Vol 7(1) . 1997:119-22.
    Silber J H, Fridman M, Shpilsky A, Even-Shoshan O, Smink D S, Jayaraman J, Fox K R, Pauly M V. Modeling the cost-effectiveness of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor use in early-stage breast cancer.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 16(7) . 1998 Jul:2435-44.
    Silber J H, Fridman M, DiPaola R S, Erder M H, Pauly M V, Fox K R. First-cycle blood counts and subsequent neutropenia, dose reduction, or delay in early-stage breast cancer therapy.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 16(7) . 1998 Jul:2392-400.
    Gralla R J, Osoba D, Kris M G, Kirkbride P, Hesketh P J, Chinnery L W, Clark-Snow R, Gill D P, Groshen S, Grunberg S, Koeller J M, Morrow G R, Perez E A, Silber J H, Pfister D G. Recommendations for the use of antiemetics: evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines. American Society of Clinical Oncology.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 17(9) . 1999 Sep:2971-94.
    Silber J H, Rosenbaum P R, Koziol L F, Sutaria N, Marsh R R, Even-Shoshan O. Conditional Length of Stay.. Health services research. Vol 34(1 Pt 2) . 1999 Apr:349-63.
    Silber J H, Gleeson S P, Zhao H. The influence of chronic disease on resource utilization in common acute pediatric conditions. Financial concerns for children's hospitals.. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. Vol 153(2) . 1999 Feb:169-79.
    Silber J H, Kennedy S K, Even-Shoshan O, Chen W, Koziol L F, Showan A M, Longnecker D E. Anesthesiologist direction and patient outcomes.. Anesthesiology. Vol 93(1) . 2000 Jul:152-63.
    Rosenbaum P R, Silber J H. Matching and thick description in an observational study of mortality after surgery.. Biostatistics (Oxford, England). Vol 2(2) . 2001 Jun:217-32.
    Silber J H, Cnaan A, Clark B J, Paridon S M, Chin A J, Rychik J, Hogarty A N, Cohen M I, Barber G, Rutkowsky M, Kimball T R, Delaat C, Steinherz L J, Zhao H, Tartaglione M R. Design and baseline characteristics for the ACE Inhibitor After Anthracycline (AAA) study of cardiac dysfunction in long-term pediatric cancer survivors.. American heart journal. Vol 142(4) . 2001 Oct:577-85.
    Silber J H, Rosenbaum P R, Trudeau M E, Even-Shoshan O, Chen W, Zhang X, Mosher R E. Multivariate matching and bias reduction in the surgical outcomes study.. Medical care. Vol 39(10) . 2001 Oct:1048-64.
    Aiken Linda H, Clarke Sean P, Sloane Douglas M, Sochalski Julie, Silber Jeffrey H. Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction.. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 288(16) . 2002 Oct 23-30:1987-93.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Kennedy Sean K, Even-Shoshan Orit, Chen Wei, Mosher Rachel E, Showan Ann M, Longnecker David E. Anesthesiologist board certification and patient outcomes.. Anesthesiology. Vol 96(5) . 2002 May:1044-52.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Even-Shoshan Orit, Shabbout Mayadah, Zhang Xuemei, Bradlow Eric T, Marsh Roger R. Length of stay, conditional length of stay, and prolonged stay in pediatric asthma.. Health services research. Vol 38(3) . 2003 Jun:867-86.
    Volpp Kevin G M, Williams Sankey V, Waldfogel Joel, Silber Jeffrey H, Schwartz J Sanford, Pauly Mark V. Market reform in New Jersey and the effect on mortality from acute myocardial infarction.. Health services research. Vol 38(2) . 2003 Apr:515-33.
    Aiken Linda H, Clarke Sean P, Cheung Robyn B, Sloane Douglas M, Silber Jeffrey H. Educational levels of hospital nurses and surgical patient mortality.. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 290(12) . 2003 Sep:1617-23.
    Silber Jeffrey H. Medicare claims and anesthesia clinical research: a perfect match.. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Vol 28(4) . 2003 Jul-Aug:259-61.
    Silber Jeffrey H. Can dexrazoxane reduce myocardial injury in anthracycline-treated children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia?. Nature clinical practice. Oncology. Vol 1(1) . 2004 Nov:16-7.
    McGuire Kevin J, Bernstein Joseph, Polsky Daniel, Silber Jeffrey H. The 2004 Marshall Urist award: delays until surgery after hip fracture increases mortality.. Clinical orthopaedics and related research. (428) . 2004 Nov:294-301.
    Silber Jeffrey H. Comment on "Wall stress misrepresents afterload in children and young adults with abnormal left ventricular geometry".. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Vol 97(6) . 2004 Dec:2395-6; author reply 2396-7.
    Li Y, Womer R B, Silber J H. Predicting cisplatin ototoxicity in children: the influence of age and the cumulative dose.. European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). Vol 40(16) . 2004 Nov:2445-51.
    Lorch Scott A, Zhang Xuemei, Rosenbaum Paul R, Evan-Shoshan Orit, Silber Jeffrey H. Equivalent lengths of stay of pediatric patients hospitalized in rural and nonrural hospitals.. Pediatrics. Vol 114(4) . 2004 Oct:e400-8.
    Ginsberg Jill P, Cnaan Avital, Zhao Huaqing, Clark Bernard J, Paridon Stephen M, Chin Alvin J, Rychik Jack, Hogarty Alexa N, Barber Gerald, Rutkowski Monika, Kimball Thomas R, DeLaat Cynthia, Steinherz Laurel J, Silber Jeffrey H. Using health-related quality of life measures to predict cardiac function in survivors exposed to anthracyclines.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 22(15) . 2004 Aug:3149-55.
    Greevy Robert, Lu Bo, Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul. Optimal multivariate matching before randomization.. Biostatistics (Oxford, England). Vol 5(2) . 2004 Apr:263-75.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Cnaan Avital, Clark Bernard J, Paridon Stephen M, Chin Alvin J, Rychik Jack, Hogarty Alexa N, Cohen Mitchell I, Barber Gerald, Rutkowski Monika, Kimball Thomas R, Delaat Cynthia, Steinherz Laurel J, Zhao Huaqing. Enalapril to prevent cardiac function decline in long-term survivors of pediatric cancer exposed to anthracyclines.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 22(5) . 2004 Mar:820-8.
    Howard David L, Silber Jeffrey H, Jobes David R, Silber Jeffery H. Do regulations limiting residents' work hours affect patient mortality?. Journal of general internal medicine. Vol 19(1) . 2004 Jan:1-7.
    Tabak Ying, Johannes Richard S, Silber Jeffrey H, Kurtz Stephen G. Response to Letter From Joseph P. Parker, PhD.. Medical care. Vol 43(11) . 2005 Nov:1160; author reply 1160.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Trudeau Martha E, Chen Wei, Zhang Xuemei, Lorch Scott A, Kelz Rachel Rapaport, Mosher Rachel E, Even-Shoshan Orit. Preoperative antibiotics and mortality in the elderly.. Annals of surgery. Vol 242(1) . 2005 Jul:107-14.
    Tabak Ying P, Johannes Richard S, Silber Jeffrey H, Kurtz Stephen G. Should Do-Not-Resuscitate status be included as a mortality risk adjustor? The impact of DNR variations on performance reporting.. Medical care. Vol 43(7) . 2005 Jul:658-66.
    Silber Jeffrey H. Role of afterload reduction in the prevention of late anthracycline cardiomyopathy.. Pediatric blood & cancer. Vol 44(7) . 2005 Jun:607-13.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Trudeau Martha E, Chen Wei, Zhang Xuemei, Kelz Rachel Rapaport, Mosher Rachel E, Even-Shoshan Orit. Changes in prognosis after the first postoperative complication.. Medical care. Vol 43(2) . 2005 Feb:122-31.
    Polsky Daniel, Armstrong Katrina A, Randall Thomas C, Ross Richard N, Even-Shoshan Orit, Rosenbaum Paul R, Silber Jeffrey H. Variation in chemotherapy utilization in ovarian cancer: the relative contribution of geography.. Health services research. Vol 41(6) . 2006 Dec:2201-18.
    Fiks Alexander G, Alessandrini Evaline A, Luberti Anthony A, Ostapenko Svetlana, Zhang Xuemei, Silber Jeffrey H. Identifying factors predicting immunization delay for children followed in an urban primary care network using an electronic health record.. Pediatrics. Vol 118(6) . 2006 Dec:e1680-6.
    Lorch Scott A, Wade Kelly C, Bakewell-Sachs Susan, Medoff-Cooper Barbara, Escobar Gabriel J, Silber Jeffrey H. Racial differences in the use of respiratory medications in premature infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit.. The Journal of pediatrics. Vol 151(6) . 2007 Dec:604-10, 610.e1.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Romano Patrick S, Rosen Amy K, Wang Yanli, Even-Shoshan Orit, Volpp Kevin G. Failure-to-rescue: comparing definitions to measure quality of care.. Medical care. Vol 45(10) . 2007 Oct:918-25.
    Volpp Kevin G, Rosen Amy K, Rosenbaum Paul R, Romano Patrick S, Even-Shoshan Orit, Wang Yanli, Bellini Lisa, Behringer Tiffany, Silber Jeffrey H. Mortality among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries in the first 2 years following ACGME resident duty hour reform.. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. Vol 298(9) . 2007 Sep:975-83.
    Tabak Ying P, Johannes Richard S, Silber Jeffrey H. Using automated clinical data for risk adjustment: development and validation of six disease-specific mortality predictive models for pay-for-performance.. Medical care. Vol 45(8) . 2007 Aug:789-805.
    Silber Jeffrey H. Weekend admission for myocardial infarction.. The New England journal of medicine. Vol 357(1) . 2007 Jul:85-6; author reply 87-8.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Polsky Daniel, Ross Richard N, Even-Shoshan Orit, Schwartz J Sanford, Armstrong Katrina A, Randall Thomas C. Does ovarian cancer treatment and survival differ by the specialty providing chemotherapy?. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Vol 25(10) . 2007 Apr:1169-75.
    Seifert Harry A, Howard David L, Silber Jeffrey H, Jobes David R. Female gender increases the risk of death during hospitalization for pediatric cardiac surgery.. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Vol 133(3) . 2007 Mar:668-75.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Zhang Xuemei, Even-Shoshan Orit. Influence of patient and hospital characteristics on anesthesia time in medicare patients undergoing general and orthopedic surgery.. Anesthesiology. Vol 106(2) . 2007 Feb:356-64.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Zhang Xuemei, Even-Shoshan Orit. Estimating anesthesia and surgical procedure times from medicare anesthesia claims.. Anesthesiology. Vol 106(2) . 2007 Feb:346-55.
    Wade K C, Lorch S A, Bakewell-Sachs S, Medoff-Cooper B, Silber J H, Escobar G J. Pediatric care for preterm infants after NICU discharge: high number of office visits and prescription medications.. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. Vol 28(10) . 2008 Oct:696-701.
    Lorch Scott A, Millman Andrea M, Zhang Xuemei, Even-Shoshan Orit, Silber Jeffrey H. Impact of admission-day crowding on the length of stay of pediatric hospitalizations.. Pediatrics. Vol 121(4) . 2008 Apr:e718-30.
    Friese Christopher R, Lake Eileen T, Aiken Linda H, Silber Jeffrey H, Sochalski Julie. Hospital nurse practice environments and outcomes for surgical oncology patients.. Health services research. Vol 43(4) . 2008 Aug:1145-63.
    Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Rosen AK, Romano PS, Itani KM, Cen L, Mi L, Halenar MJ, Even-Shoshan O, Volpp KG. Prolonged Hospital Stay and the Resident Duty Hour Rules of 2003.. Medical care. 2009 Sep.
    Lorch SA, Baiocchi M, Silber JH, Even-Shoshan O, Escobar GJ, Small DS. The Role of Outpatient Facilities in Explaining Variations in Risk-Adjusted Readmission Rates between Hospitals.. Health services research. 2009 Sep.
    Volpp Kevin G, Rosen Amy K, Rosenbaum Paul R, Romano Patrick S, Itani Kamal M F, Bellini Lisa, Even-Shoshan Orit, Cen Liyi, Wang Yanli, Halenar Michael J, Silber Jeffrey H. Did duty hour reform lead to better outcomes among the highest risk patients?. Journal of general internal medicine. Vol 24(10) . 2009 Oct:1149-55.
    Prasad Meeta, Iwashyna Theodore J, Christie Jason D, Kramer Andrew A, Silber Jeffrey H, Volpp Kevin G, Kahn Jeremy M. Effect of work-hours regulations on intensive care unit mortality in United States teaching hospitals.. Critical care medicine. Vol 37(9) . 2009 Sep:2564-9.
    Rosen Amy K, Loveland Susan A, Romano Patrick S, Itani Kamal M F, Silber Jeffrey H, Even-Shoshan Orit O, Halenar Michael J, Teng Yun, Zhu Jingsan, Volpp Kevin G. Effects of resident duty hour reform on surgical and procedural patient safety indicators among hospitalized Veterans Health Administration and Medicare patients.. Medical care. Vol 47(7) . 2009 Jul:723-31.
    Lorch SA, Wade KC, Bakewell-Sachs S, Medoff-Cooper B, Silber JH, Escobar GJ. Antibiotic Use in Premature Infants After Discharge From the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.. Clinical pediatrics. 2009 May.
    Putt Mary, Long Judith A, Montagnet Chantal, Silber Jeffrey H, Chang Virginia W, Kaijun Liao , Schwartz J Sanford, Pollack Craig Evan, Wong Yu-Ning, Armstrong Katrina. Racial differences in the impact of comorbidities on survival among elderly men with prostate cancer.. Medical care research and review : MCRR. Vol 66(4) . 2009 Aug:409-35.
    Bakewell-Sachs Susan, Medoff-Cooper Barbara, Escobar Gabriel J, Silber Jeffrey H, Lorch Scott A. Infant functional status: the timing of physiologic maturation of premature infants.. Pediatrics. Vol 123(5) . 2009 May:e878-86.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Rosenbaum Paul R, Romano Patrick S, Rosen Amy K, Wang Yanli, Teng Yun, Halenar Michael J, Even-Shoshan Orit, Volpp Kevin G. Hospital teaching intensity, patient race, and surgical outcomes.. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). Vol 144(2) . 2009 Feb:113-20; discussion 121.
    Silber Jeffrey H, Lorch Scott A, Rosenbaum Paul R, Medoff-Cooper Barbara, Bakewell-Sachs Susan, Millman Andrea, Mi Lanyu, Even-Shoshan Orit, Escobar Gabriel J. Time to send the preemie home? Additional maturity at discharge and subsequent health care costs and outcomes.. Health services research. Vol 44(2 Pt 1) . 2009 Apr:444-63.
    Lorch Scott A, Silber Jeffrey H, Even-Shoshan Orit, Millman Andrea. Use of prolonged travel to improve pediatric risk-adjustment models.. Health services research. Vol 44(2 Pt 1) . 2009 Apr:519-41.
    Feudtner Chris, Hexem Kari R, Shabbout Mayadah, Feinstein James A, Sochalski Julie, Silber Jeffery H. Prediction of pediatric death in the year after hospitalization: a population-level retrospective cohort study.. Journal of palliative medicine. Vol 12(2) . 2009 Feb:160-9.