AHRQ-Related Articles, November 14, 2014

American Journal of Health Promotion
Hamm E, Muramoto ML, Howerter A, Floden L, Govindarajan L. Use of provider-based complementary and alternative medicine by adult smokers in the United States: Comparison from the 2002 and 2007 NHIS survey. Am J Health Promot 2014 Nov-Dec; 29(2):127-31. [Cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Public Health
Nguyen LH. A public health response to data interoperability to prevent child maltreatment. Am J Public Health 2014 Nov; 104(11):2043-8. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Fitzmaurice, Adams, and Eisenberg (J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2002) on AHRQ medical informatics support research.] Select to access the abstract.

Yuan NP, Bartgis J, Demers D. Promoting ethical research with American Indian and Alaska Native people living in urban areas. Am J Public Health 2014 Nov; 104(11):2085-91. [Mentions AHRQ's support of community-based participatory research.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research
Cram P. CORR Insights®: the National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample: the databases used affect results in THA research. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Nov; 472(11):3450-1. [Comments on article by Bekkers et al. in same issue, which uses HCUP NIS data.]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Lewallen LW, Maradit Kremers H, Lahr BD, Mabry TM, Steckelberg JM, Berry DJ, Hanssen AD, Berbari EF, Osmon DR. External validation of the national healthcare safety network risk models for surgical site infections in total hip and knee replacements. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Nov; 35(11):1323-9. [Cites AHRQ publication, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Projections: Mobility/Orthopedic Procedures 2011-2012, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Griffiths P, Dall'Ora C, Simon M, Ball J, Lindqvist R, Rafferty AM, Schoonhoven L, Tishelman C, Aiken LH; RN4CAST Consortium. Nurses' shift length and overtime working in 12 European countries: the association with perceived quality of care and patient safety. Med Care 2014 Nov; 52(11):975-81. [Cites AHRQ-sponsored Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, 2001, and AHRQ-funded systematic review by Kane et al. (Med Care, 2007) on registered nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes.] Select to access the abstract.

Coleman K, Phillips KE, Van Borkulo N, Daniel DM, Johnson KE, Wagner EH, Sugarman JR. Unlocking the black box: supporting practices to become patient-centered medical homes. Med Care 2014 Nov; 52(11 Suppl 4):S11-7. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by McNellis, Genevro, and Meyers (Ann Fam Med, 2013) on primary care transformation lessons learned and AHRQ-funded systematic review by Jackson et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013) on the patient-centered medical home.] Select to access the abstract.

Wagner EH, Gupta R, Coleman K. Practice transformation in the safety net medical home initiative: a qualitative look. Med Care 2014 Nov; 52(11 Suppl 4):S18-22. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by McNellis, Genevro, and Meyers (Ann Fam Med, 2013) on primary care transformation lessons learned.] Select to access the abstract.

Johnson KE, Coleman K, Phillips KE, Austin BT, Daniel DM, Ridpath J, Schaefer J, Wagner EH. Development of a facilitation curriculum to support primary care transformation: the "coach medical home" curriculum. Med Care 2014 Nov; 52(11 Suppl 4):S26-32. [Cites AHRQ innovations profiles, Clinics Adopting Plan-Supported Medical Home Model Enhance Access, Improve Quality, and Reduce Admissions Among Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees, 2009, Public-Private Partnership Supports Medical Homes in Managing Medicaid Enrollees via Disease/Case Management and Other Initiatives, 2013, and Navy Medical Home Clinics, Staffed by Integrated Primary Care Teams and Supported by Web-Based Systems, Improve Screening Rates, Access to Care, and Patient-Provider Communication, 2010, all published on AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site; also cites AHRQ publication, Creating Capacity for Improvement in Primary Care: the Case for Developing a Quality Improvement Infrastructure, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurosurgical Focus
McLaughlin N, Ong MK, Tabbush V, Hagigi F, Martin NA. Contemporary health care economics: an overview. Neurosurg Focus 2014 Nov; 37(5):E2. [Describes the HCUP NIS as a source for health care cost data.] Select to access the abstract.