AHRQ-Related Articles, May 15, 2015

Health Affairs
Lipton BJ, Decker SL. ACA provisions associated with increase in percentage of young adult women initiating and completing the HPV vaccine. Health Aff 2015 May; 34(5):757-64. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Sommers, Buchmueller, Decker, Carey, and Kronick (third and fifth authors are AHRQ researcher and AHRQ director, respectively, after article publication).] Select to access the abstract.

Donofrio JJ, Horeczko T, Kaji A, Santillanes G, Claudius I. Most routine laboratory testing of pediatric psychiatric patients in the emergency department is not medically necessary. Health Aff 2015 May; 34(5):812-8. [Cites HCUP statistical brief, Overview of Children in the Emergency Department, 2010, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Surgery
Crawshaw BP, Chien HL, Augestad KM, Delaney CP. Effect of laparoscopic surgery on health care utilization and costs in patients who undergo colectomy. JAMA Surg 2015 May; 150(5):410-5. [Cites article by Kang et al. (Am J Surg, 2012), which uses Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Utter GH, Vermoch KL, Rogers S. Clinical documentation improvement and the agency for healthcare research and quality accidental puncture or laceration patient safety indicator. JAMA Surg 2015 May; 150(5):388-9. [Discusses use of AHRQ's patient safety indicator (PSI) for accidental puncture or laceration.] Select access the abstract.

New Zealand Medical Journal
Matheson D, Reidy J, Tan L, Carr J. Good progress for children coupled with recalcitrant inequalities for adults in New Zealand's journey towards Universal Health Coverage over the last decade. N Z Med J 2015 May 29; 128(1415):14-24. [Cites AHRQ publication, Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.