Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, July 25, 2014

American Journal of Men’s Health
Pierre G, Thorpe RJ Jr, Dinwiddie GY, Gaskin DJ. Are there racial disparities in psychotropic drug use and expenditures in a nationally representative sample of men in the United States? Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Am J Mens Health 2014 Jan; 8(1):82-90. [Uses 2000-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing MEPS Survey Background, 2009, and MEPS statistical brief, Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Adults Age 18 and Older, US Civilian Non-institutionalized Population, 2009, 2009, both published on AHRQ’s MEPS Web site; also cites AHRQ’s NHDR, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Arthritis Care & Research
Losina E, Paltiel AD, Weinstein AM, Yelin E, Hunter DJ, Chen SP, Klara K, Suter LG, Solomon DH, Burbine SA, et al. Lifetime medical costs of knee osteoarthritis management in the United States: impact of extending indications for total knee arthroplasty. Arthritis Care Res 2014 Jul 21; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data as accessed from AHRQ’s HCUPnet Web site; cites AHRQ comparative effectiveness review, Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis, 2006.] Select to access the abstract.

Birth
Allen JA, Longenecker HB, Perrine CG, Scanlon KS. Baby-friendly hospital practices and birth costs. Birth 2013 Dec; 40(4):221-6. [Uses 2007 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data, citing Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files: 2007 Central Distributor State Inpatient Database (CD-SID) User Guide, as published on AHRQ’s HCUP User Support Web site; also cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries, 2007.] Select to access the abstract.

Chest
Kumar G, Majumdar T, Jacobs ER, Danesh V, Dagar G, Deshmukh A, Taneja A, Nanchal R; Milwaukee Initiative in Critical Care Outcomes Research (MICCOR) Group of Investigators. Outcomes of morbidly obese patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation: a nationwide analysis. Chest 2013 Jul; 144(1):48-54. [Uses 2004-2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Introduction to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2008, as published on AHRQ’s HCUP User Support Web site; 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.

Ford ES, Murphy LB, Khavjou O, Giles WH, Holt JB, Croft JB. Total and state-specific medical and absenteeism costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults aged ≥18 years in the United States for 2010 and projections through 2020. Chest 2014 Jul 24; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2010 MEPS Household Component data, as accessed via the AHRQ Web site index page.] Select to access the abstract.

Computers in Biology and Medicine
Izad Shenas SA, Raahemi B, Hossein Tekieh M, Kuziemsky C. Identifying high-cost patients using data mining techniques and a small set of non-trivial attributes. Comput Biol Med 2014 Jul 22; 53C:9-18. [Uses 2006-2008 MEPS Household Component data, citing AHRQ-authored article by Cohen, Cohen, and Banthin (Med Care, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

Disability and Health Journal
Horner-Johnson W, Dobbertin K, Lee JC, Andresen EM. Rural disparities in receipt of colorectal cancer screening among adults ages 50-64 with disabilities. Disabil Health J 2014 Jun 18; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2008 MEPS data, citing AHRQ-authored article by Cohen, Cohen, and Banthin (Med Care, 2009) and MEPS statistical brief, Sample Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007, 2008; cites AHRQ’s NHDR, 2012, and USPSTF-sponsored evidence review by Pignone et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2002) on screening for colorectal cancer in adults at average risk.] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Johnston JM, Smith JJ, Hiratsuka VY, Dillard DA, Szafran QN, Driscoll DL. Tribal implementation of a patient-centred medical home model in Alaska accompanied by decreased hospital use. Int J Circumpolar Health 2013 Aug 5; 72. [Supported by grant 1 R18 HS19154-01; uses AHRQ's Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model as described on AHRQ's PCMH Web site and cites AHRQ's Prevention Quality Indicators.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration
Xiao Q, Savage GT, Zhuang W. A longitudinal model of the dynamics between HMOs' consumer-friendliness and preventive health care utilization. J Health Hum Serv Adm 2014 Summer; 37(1):76-110. [Uses 2006-2007 MEPS data, citing MEPS HC-113: 2007 Full Year Consolidated Data File, 2009, MEPS HC-111: 2007 Person Round Plan Public Use File, 2009, MEPS HC-105: 2006 Full Year Consolidated Data File, 2008, and MEPS HC-103: 2006 Person Round Plan Public Use File, 2008; cites AHRQ-sponsored President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry report, The State of Health Care Quality: How Good is Care?, 1998.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Insurance Medicine
Xin H, Harman JS, Yang Z. How do high cost-sharing policies for physician care affect total care costs among people with chronic disease? J Insur Med 2014; 44(1):38-48. [Uses 2007 MEPS data, citing the Household Component and Computing Standard Errors for MEPS Estimates landing pages and MEPS HC-113: 2007 Full Year Consolidated Data File, 2009, all accessed on AHRQ’s MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Pant C, Sferra TJ, Barth BA, Deshpande A, Minocha A, Qureshi WA, Olyaee M, Anderson MP. Trends in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children within the United States from 2000 to 2009. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2014 Feb 5; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Goldstein SD, Papandria DJ, Aboagye J, Salazar JH, Van Arendonk K, Al-Omar K, Ortega G, Sacco Casamassima MG, Abdullah F. The "weekend effect" in pediatric surgery—increased mortality for children undergoing urgent surgery during the weekend. J Pediatr Surg 2014 Jul; 49(7):1087-91. [Uses 1988-2010 HCUP NIS and 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Rural Health
Fields BE, Bell JF, Moyce S, Bigbee JL. The impact of insurance instability on health service utilization: does non metropolitan residence make a difference? J Rural Health 2014 Jul 8; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2010 MEPS data, citing MEPS 2006-2010 Full Year Consolidated Data Files, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances
Immerman I, Livermore MS, Szabo RM. Use of emergency department services for hand, wrist, and forearm fractures in the United States in 2008. J Surg Orthop Adv 2014 Summer; 23(2):98-104. [Uses 2008 HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data, citing Calculating Nationwide Inpatient Sample Variances, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Robinson WP, Huang W, Rosen A, Schanzer A, Fang H, Anderson FA, Messina LM. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Inpatient Quality Indicator #11 overall mortality rate does not accurately assess mortality risk after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 2014 Jul 24; epub ahead of print. [Uses AHRQ’s Inpatient Quality Indicator #11, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Stewart ST, Cutler DM, Rosen AB. Comparison of trends in US health-related quality of life over the 2000s using the SF-6D, HALex, EQ-5D, and EQ-5D visual analog scale versus a broader set of symptoms and impairments. Med Care 2014 Jul 10; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2000-2010 MEPS data, citing MEPS Survey Background as published on AHRQ’s MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurology
Burke JF, Skolarus LE, Adelman EE, Reeves MJ, Brown DL. Influence of hospital-level practices on readmission after ischemic stroke. Neurology 2014 Jun 17; 82(24):2196-204. [Uses 2003-2009 HCUP SID data, citing Overview of the State Inpatient Databases, as published on AHRQ’s HCUP User Support Web site; notes that last author (Brown DL) receives support for work from grant R18 HS17690.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurosurgery
Wen T, Attenello FJ, He S, Cen Y, Kim-Tenser MA, Sanossian N, Amar AP, Mack WJ. Racial and socioeconomic disparities in incidence of hospital-acquired complications following cerebrovascular procedures. Neurosurgery 2014 Jul; 75(1):43-50. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing NIS Database Documentation, 2011, as published on AHRQ’s HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Obesity
Anderson WL, Wiener JM, Khatutsky G, Armour BS. Obesity and people with disabilities: the implications for health care expenditures. Obesity 2013 Dec; 21(12):E798-804. [Uses 2004-2007 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hamer M, Brunner EJ, Bell J, Batty GD, Shipley M, Akbaraly T, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M. Physical activity patterns over 10 years in relation to body mass index and waist circumference: the Whitehall II cohort study. Obesity 2013 Dec; 21(12):E755-61. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Emergency Care
Nalliah RP, Anderson IM, Lee MK, Rampa S, Allareddy V, Allareddy V. Children in the United States make close to 200,000 emergency department visits due to poisoning each year. Pediatr Emerg Care 2014 Jul; 30(7):453-7. [Uses 2008 HCUP NEDS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), as published on AHRQ’s HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

PLoS One
Liao J, Brunner EJ, Kumari M. Is there an association between work stress and diurnal cortisol patterns? Findings from the Whitehall II study. PLoS One 2013 Dec 3; 8(12):e81020. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Quality Management in Health Care
Adams CJ, Stephens K, Whiteman K, Kersteen H, Katruska J. Implementation of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to decrease all-cause readmission rates at a rural community hospital. Qual Manag Health Care 2014 Jul-Sep; 23(3):169-77. [Uses AHRQ’s Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), citing the AHRQ Web site and AHRQ publications, Questions for Patients in Targeted Population: Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) Training Program, 2011, and Re-Engineered Discharge Project Dramatically Reduces Return Trips to the Hospital, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.