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Nonprofit · Palo Alto · United States

Palo Alto Medical Foundation

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Research works
53
▼ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Palo Alto Medical Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

    Which keywords describe research at Palo Alto Medical Foundation?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Management, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Continuity of Care and Patient-Centered Medical Home.

    ▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

    Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

    All 40 words, with their numbers
    1. Primary Care7▲ 31×7 topics
    2. Quality Improvement7▲ 60×6 topics
    3. Epidemiology6▲ 2.9×25 topics
    4. Quality of Life4▲ 5.4×9 topics
    5. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 49×6 topics
    6. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 26×4 topics
    7. Continuity of Care3▲ 87×1 topic
    8. Patient-Centered Medical Home3▲ 109×1 topic
    9. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.0×12 topics
    10. Healthcare Quality2▲ 39×4 topics
    11. Risk Factors2▲ 4.3×6 topics
    12. Obesity2▲ 5.9×11 topics
    13. Depression2▲ 5.2×3 topics
    14. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 15×5 topics
    15. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 46×1 topic
    16. Health Utility Measures2▲ 46×1 topic
    17. Public Health2▲ 2.7×9 topics
    18. Cost of Care2▲ 171×1 topic
    19. Diabetes2▲ 6.4×6 topics
    20. Financial Toxicity2▲ 171×1 topic
    21. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 63×2 topics
    22. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.6×9 topics
    23. Immune Response2▲ 4.8×7 topics
    24. Prevention2▲ 7.4×5 topics
    25. Anxiety2▲ 8.0×3 topics
    26. Health Care Spending2▲ 45×1 topic
    27. Healthcare2▲ 4.0×4 topics
    28. Insurance Markets2▲ 45×1 topic
    29. Clinical Governance1▲ 177×1 topic
    30. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 13×1 topic
    31. Healthcare Accreditation1▲ 177×1 topic
    32. Patient-Centered Care1▲ 42×2 topics
    33. Public Reporting1▲ 118×1 topic
    34. Communication1▲ 8.8×2 topics
    35. Cancer Risk1▲ 8.9×6 topics
    36. Health Decision Aids1▲ 92×1 topic
    37. Physician Communication1▲ 92×1 topic
    38. Cancer Incidence1▲ 15×2 topics
    39. Genetic Testing1▲ 13×2 topics
    40. Preventive Services1▲ 40×2 topics

    Which research topics does Palo Alto Medical Foundation publish most on?

    By volume: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Healthcare Policy and Management.

    Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…2Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…2Healthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communi…1Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 1 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional works
    General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsHealth Information ManagementCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

    Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

    1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
    2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
    3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
    4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
    5. 5 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 1 works
    6. 6 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
    7. 7 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
    8. 8 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
    9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
    10. 10 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works

    How open and international is its research?

    Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

    openly available56.1%not open43.9%

    World: 28% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

    World: 19% is written across borders.

    How has Palo Alto Medical Foundation's research output changed?

    Output in 2018–2022 was 97% lower than in 2013–2017.

    1990200020102020
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    The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

    Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.