Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, July 18, 2014

Academic Emergency Medicine
Murtagh Kurowski E, Byczkowski T, Grupp-Phelan JM. Comparison of emergency care delivered to children and young adults with complex chronic conditions between pediatric and general emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med 2014 Jul; 21(7):778-84. [Uses 2008 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), citing Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), 2008, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

American Family Physician
Saguil A, Wyrick K, Hallgren J. Diagnostic approach to pleural effusion. Am Fam Physician 2014 Jul 15; 90(2):99-104. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Cardiology
Gupta T, Kolte D, Khera S, Aronow WS, Palaniswamy C, Mujib M, Jain D, Sule S, Ahmed A, Iwai S, et.al. Relation of smoking status to outcomes after cardiopulmonary resuscitation for in-hospital cardiac arrest. Am J Cardiol 2014 Jul 15; 114(2):169-74. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998), citing the Tools and Software topic page on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Community Dental Health
Christian B, Chattopadhyay A. Determinants and trends in dental expenditures in the adult US population: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 1996-2006. Community Dent Health 2014 Jun; 31(2):99-104. [Uses 1996-2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing MEPS HC-105: 2006 Year Consolidated Data File, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Evaluation & the Health Professions
Halvorson MA, Finlay AK, Cronkite RC, Bi X, Hayashi K, Maisel NC, Amundson EO, Weitlauf JC, Litt IF, Owens DK, et al. Ten-year publication trajectories of health services research career development award recipients: collaboration, awardee characteristics, and productivity correlates. Eval Health Prof 2014 Jul 11; epub ahead of print. [Uses the roster of AHRQ career development award recipients identified from the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools—Expenditures & Results (RePORTER) database.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Manski RJ, Moeller JF, Chen H, Schimmel J, Pepper JV, St Clair PA. Dental use and expenditures for older uninsured Americans: the simulated impact of expanded coverage. Health Serv Res 2014 Jul 15; epub ahead of print. [First and second authors are current and former researchers in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends; uses 2006 MEPS data, citing Dental Services—Mean and Median Expenses Per Person with Expense and Distribution of Expenses by Source of Payment: United States, 2006 (MEPS Household Component data generated interactively), 2014, Dental Services—Mean and Median Expenses Per Person with Expense and Distribution of Expenses by Source of Payment: United States, 2008 (MEPS Household Component data generated interactively), 2014, Dental Use, Expenses, Private Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004, 2004, and Design and Methods of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Internal Medicine
The effect of a physician partner program on physician efficiency and patient satisfaction. JAMA Intern Med 2014 Jul; 174(7):1190-3. [Uses CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey questions, as published on AHRQ's CAHPS Web site.]

Journal of Aging and Social Policy
 Miller NA, Kirk A, Kaiser MJ, Glos L. Disparities in access to health care Among middle-aged and older adults with disabilities. J Aging Soc Policy 2014 Jul 10; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2001-2007 MEPS data and core access measures from AHRQ's NHDR, 2012; cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Slejko JF, Ghushchyan VH, Sucher B, Globe DR, Lin SL, Globe G, Sullivan PW. Asthma control in the United States, 2008-2010: indicators of poor asthma control. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2014 Jun; 133(6):1579-87. [Uses 2008-2010 MEPS data, citing Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Full Year Consolidated Data File.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Storrow AB, Jenkins CA, Self WH, Alexander PT, Barrett TW, Han JH, McNaughton CD, Heavrin BS, Gheorghiade M, Collins SP. The burden of acute heart failure on U.S. emergency departments. JACC Heart Fail 2014 Jun; 2(3):269-77. [Uses 2006-2010 HCUP NEDS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Dykes PC, Samal L, Donahue M, Greenberg JO, Hurley AC, Hasan O, O'Malley TA, Venkatesh AK, Volk LA, Bates DW. A patient-centered longitudinal care plan: vision versus reality. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2014 Jul 4; epub ahead of print. [Uses AHRQ's Care Coordination Framework and definition of care management from AHRQ publication, Care Coordination Atlas Version 3, 2010; gives definition of health care home from What Is PCMH, 2011, as published on AHRQ's Patient-Centered Medical Home Resource Center Web site; cites AHRQ publications, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses, 2008, and Prospects for Care Coordination Measurement Using Electronic Data Sources, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Arthroplasty
Ko LJ, DeHart ML, Yoo JU, Huff TW. Popliteal artery injury associated with total knee arthroplasty: trends, costs and risk factors. J Arthroplasty 2014 Jun; 29(6):1181-4. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Endourology
Wen T, Deibert CM, Siringo FS, Spencer BA. Positioning-related complications of minimally invasive radical prostatectomies. J Endourol 2014 Jun; 28(6):660-7. [Uses 2008-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Choi S. Out-of-pocket expenditures and the financial burden of healthcare among older adults: by nativity and length of residence in the U.S. J Gerontol Soc Work 2014 Jul 18; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2000-2007 MEPS data, citing MEPS HC-036: 1996-2006 Pooled Estimation File, 2008, MEPS HC-105: 2006 Full Year Consolidated Data File, 2008, and MEPS methodology reports, Sample Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007, 2008, and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Health Care and Insurance Premiums among the Elderly Population, 2003, 2006.]

Journal of Mental Health
Choi S, Lee S, Matejkowski J, Baek YM. The relationships among depression, physical health conditions and healthcare expenditures for younger and older Americans. J Ment Health 2014 Jun; 23(3):140-5. [Uses 2007 MEPS data, citing MEPS methodology report, Sample Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007, 2008, MEPS HC-112: 2007 Medical Conditions File, 2009, and MEPS HC-113: 2007 Full Year Consolidated Data File, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics
Kafali N, Book B, Canino G, Alegria M. Cost-effectiveness of a randomized trial to treat depression among Latinos. J Ment Health Policy Econ 2014 Jun; 17(2):41-49. [Uses 2010 MEPS data, citing MEPS HC-121 2008 Full Year Consolidated Data File, 2010.]

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
Kshettry VR, Kelly ML, Rosenbaum BP, Seicean A, Hwang L, Weil RJ. Myelomeningocele: surgical trends and predictors of outcome in the United States, 1988-2010. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2014 Jun; 13(6):666-78. [Uses 1988-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing NIS Database Documentation, as published on the HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Dodgion CM, Gosain A, Rogers A, St Peter SD, Nichol PF, Ostlie DJ. National trends in pediatric blunt spleen and liver injury management and potential benefits of an abbreviated bed rest protocol. J Pediatr Surg 2014 Jun; 49(6):1004-8; discussion 1008. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data, citing Overview of the Kid's Inpatient Database (KID), 1993-2008, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Perinatology
Mohamed MA, Aly H. Impact of race on male predisposition to birth asphyxia. J Perinatol 2014 Jun; 34(6):449-52. [Uses 1993-2008 HCUP NIS data and 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2006 HCUP KID data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 1993-2008, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care Research and Review
Anhang Price R, Elliott MN, Zaslavsky AM, Hays RD, Lehrman WG, Rybowski L, Edgman-Levitan S, Cleary PD. Examining the role of patient experience surveys in measuring health care quality. Med Care Res Rev 2014 Jul 15; epub ahead of print. [Supported by grants 2 U18 HS16980 and 2 U18 HS16978; uses CAHPS and Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS) as literature search elements and study constructs.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurosurgery
Zacharia BE, Deibert C, Gupta G, Hershman D, Neugut AI, Bruce JN, Spencer BA. Incidence, cost, and mortality associated with hospital-acquired conditions after resection of cranial neoplasms. Neurosurgery 2014 Jun; 74(6):638-47. [Uses 2002-2009 HCUP NIS data, AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998), and HCUP Comorbidity Software.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Anesthesia
Salazar JH, Yang J, Shen L, Abdullah F, Kim TW. Pediatric malignant hyperthermia: risk factors, morbidity, and mortality identified from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and Kids' Inpatient Database. Pediatr Anesth 2014 Jun 28; epub ahead of print. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS and KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatrics
Neuman MI, Hall M, Gay JC, Blaschke AJ, Williams DJ, Parikh K, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Gerber JS, Grijalva CG, et al. Readmissions among children previously hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics 2014 Jul; 134(1):100-9. [Uses AHRQ's Chronic Condition Indicator classification system, citing Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) for ICD-9-CM as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

PLoS One
Allareddy V, Asad R, Lee MK, Nalliah RP, Rampa S, Speicher DG, Rotta AT, Allareddy V. Hospital based emergency department visits attributed to child physical abuse in United States: predictors of in-hospital mortality. PLoS One 2014 Jun 11; 9(2):e100110. [Uses 2008-2010 HCUP NEDS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Al-Ruthia YS, Hong SH, Solomon D. Do depressed patients on adjunctive atypical antipsychotics demonstrate a better quality of life compared to those on antidepressants only? A comparative cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of the US population. Res Social Adm Pharm 2014 Jun 13; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2008-2011 MEPS data, citing MEPS publications, Sample Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007, 2008, Trends in Use and Expenditures for Depression Among U.S. Adults Age 18 and Older, Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1999 and 2009, 2012, and Access and Experiences Regarding Health Care: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Age 18 and Older, 2010, 2013; also uses the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index described in AHRQ-funded article by Deyo, Cherkin, and Ciol (J Clin Epidemiol, 1992).] Select to access the abstract.

World Journal of Urology
Sammon JD, Sharma P, Rahbar H, Roghmann F, Ghani KR, Sukumar S, Karakiewicz PI, Peabody JO, Elder JS, Menon M, et al. Predictors of admission in patients presenting to the emergency department with urinary tract infection. World J Urol 2014 Jun; 32(3):813-9. [Uses 2006-2009 HCUP NEDS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

World Neurosurgery
Qureshi AI, Adil MM, Suri MF. Rate of utilization and determinants of withdrawal of care among subarachnoid hemorrhage patients in United States. World Neurosurg 2014 Jul 4; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.