… weights, the effects of different weights were negligible on these multiitem indices with
interrelated items having low ratios of high weights to low weights (Lyons, TF, and Payne, BC: The …

This article reports the results of a 2003 survey of medical emergency education taught in
US dental schools and compares the results to findings from surveys conducted in 1983 and …

Burn care treatment is among the costliest yet least studied forms of care. This paper presents
estimates of the magnitude and components of burn care costs. It analyzes the extent to …

… Development of criteria may be on an individual basis, as by Paul Lembke (9) in 1956, or
by consensus of experts, as developed by Payne and associates (4, 10, 11) in various studies …

… Physician performance is measured on the basis of Payne's explicit criteria approach for
intervention and management." Physician panels composed of teaching and practicing …

… These variables are conceptually and operationally distinct from the Hawaii Medical
Association Study variable called "modal specialization" by Payne and Lyons [12] or "domain of …

… Physician data used in this study were obtained from a larger study of physician performance
conducted by the Hawaii Medical Association and by Payne and Lyons." The original …

This study documents the effect of the Super Bowl on the stock returns of firms that are
geographically associated with the competing teams. We find significant upward return drift in the …

Although diversification is often spoken of as the only free lunch in investing, the authors
show that it is not free and that it must be considered in light of its costs. They also show that …

The quality of personal medical care is compounded of two elements: that level of excellence
produced and documented by a process of diagnosis and therapy, both preventive and …