AHRQ-Related Articles, February 27, 2015

Case Management Monthly
Prevent ED discharge failures. Case Manag Mon 2015 Feb; 12(2):5-8. [Incorporates findings from AHRQ publication, Improving the Emergency Department Discharge Process: Environmental Scan Report, 2014, prepared by Johns Hopkins University; quotes Barbara Bartman, medical officer in AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.]

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Ayers DC, Li W, Harrold L, et al. Reply to the letter to the editor: Preoperative pain and function profiles reflect consistent TKA patient selection among US surgeons. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2015 Jan; 473(1):395-6. [Responds to comments on AHRQ-funded article by authors in same issue.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Kerr EA, Riba M, Udow-Phillips M. Helping health service researchers and policy makers speak the same language. Health Serv Res 2015 Feb; 50(1):1-11. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles by Clancy (former AHRQ director) et al. (Health Serv Res, 2003, 2004, and 2012), Eisenberg (former AHRQ director) et al. (Health Serv Res, 2000), Fraser et al. (Health Serv Res, 2002), and Davis, Gross, and Clancy (Health Serv Res, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

Nuckols TK. County-level variation in readmission rates: implications for the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program's potential to succeed. Health Serv Res 2015 Feb; 50(1):12-9. [Cites data from AHRQ’s 2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).] Select to access the abstract.

O'Brien WJ, Chen Q, Mull HJ, et al. What is the value of adding Medicare data in estimating VA hospital readmission rates? Health Serv Res 2015 Feb; 50(1):40-57. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Friedman, Jiang, and Elixhauser (former and current researchers in AHRQ’s Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets) (Inquiry, 2008).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Surgery
Kim JY, Khavanin N, Rambachan A, et al. Surgical duration and risk of venous thromboembolism. JAMA Surg 2015 Feb; 150(2):110-7. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Ghaferi, Birkmeyer, and Dimick (N Engl J Med, 2009) and AHRQ-funded Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.

Tosoian JJ, Hicks CW, Cameron JL, et al. Tracking early readmission after pancreatectomy to index and nonindex institutions: a more accurate assessment of readmission. JAMA Surg 2015 Feb; 150(2):152-8. [Cites AHRQ publication, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Facts and Figures 2009: Table of Contents.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Healthcare Quality
Huesch MD. The impact of short breaks from cardiac surgery on mortality and stay length in California. J Healthc Qual 2014 Sep-Oct; 36(5):42-9. [Author reports receiving support from grant R21 HS21868-01 for other work.] Select to access the abstract.