AHRQ-Related Articles, April 10, 2015

Health Services Research
Aydin C, Donaldson N, Stotts NA, Fridman M, Brown DS. Modeling hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevalence on medical-surgical units: nurse workload, expertise, and clinical processes of care. Health Serv Res 2015 Apr; 50(2):351-73. [Cites AHRQ statistical brief, Hospitalizations Related to Pressure Ulcers among Adults 18 Years and Older, 2006, 2008, and AHRQ tool kit, Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.

Fong JH, Mitchell OS, Koh BS. Disaggregating activities of daily living limitations for predicting nursing home admission. Health Serv Res 2015 Apr; 50(2):560-78. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Spector and Fleishman (J Gerontol Soc Sci, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Zawora MQ, O'Leary CM, Bonat J. Turning team-based care into a winning proposition. J Fam Pract 2015 Mar; 64(3):159-64. [Includes AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS® in Table 2, Team-based Care, Additional Resources.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Arthroplasty
Callaghan JJ, Pugely A, Liu S, Noiseux N, Willenborg M, Peck D. Measuring rapid recovery program outcomes: are all patients candidates for rapid recovery. J Arthroplasty 2015 Apr; 30(4):531-2. [Reports on authors' previous study (Clin Orthop Relat Res, 2014) using HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.