Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, August 1, 2014

American Family Physician
Wang M, Fontaine P. Common questions about late-term and postterm pregnancy. Am Fam Physician 2014 Aug 1; 90(3):160-5. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as a data source.] Select to access the abstract

American Journal of Medical Quality
Caraballo PJ, Naessens JM, Klarich MJ, Leutink DJ, Peterson JA, Wagie AE, Manning DM, Qian Q. Decline in ACEI/ARB prescribing as heart failure core metrics improve during computer-based clinical decision support. Am J Med Qual 2014 Jul-Aug; 29(4):300-7. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Reed HL, Renton SD, Hines MD. Dependence of all-cause standardized in-hospital mortality on sepsis mortality between 2005 and 2010. Am J Med Qual 2014 Jul-Aug; 29(4):315-22. [Uses 2009 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and All patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRG), citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and 3M APR DRG Classification System Version 26.1, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Chen Q, Hanchate A, Shwartz M, Borzecki AM, Mull HJ, Shin MH, Rosen AK. Comparison of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicator rates among veteran dual users. Am J Med Qual 2014 Jul-Aug; 29(4):335-43. [Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), citing AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site and the site's publications, Guide to Patient Safety Indicators (Version 3.1), 2007, and AHRQ Quality Indicator: National Quality Forum (NQF) Endorsed Composite and Individual Measures, AHRQ publication Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Volume 2; Concepts and Methodology, 2005, and HCUP Comorbidity Software, Version 3.5, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Henrikson NB, Anderson ML, Hubbard RA, Fishman P, Grossman DC. Employee knowledge of value-based insurance design benefits. Am J Prev Med 2014 Aug; 47(2):115-22. [Supported by grant R18 HS18913 (to last author, Grossman DC); uses Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) survey item, citing CAHPS Surveys and Tools to Advance Patient-Centered Care: Adult Questionnaire for Health Plan and Supplemental Subset, as published on AHRQ's CAHPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Kocher KE, Haggins AN, Sabbatini AK, Sauser K, Sharp AL. Emergency department hospitalization volume and mortality in the United States. Ann Emerg Med 2014 Jul 17; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCS), citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), NIS Description of Data Elements, and Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM ; also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Surgery
Sheetz KH, Waits SA, Girotti ME, Campbell DA Jr, Englesbe MJ. Patients' perspectives of care and surgical outcomes in Michigan: an analysis using the CAHPS hospital survey. Ann Surg 2014 Jul; 260(1):5-9. [Uses Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS) Total and Base Scores for the Patient Experience of Care Domain, as accessed on the HCAHPS Online Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Birth Defects Research, Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology
Simeone RM, Oster ME, Cassell CH, Armour BS, Gray DT, Honein MA. Pediatric inpatient hospital resource use for congenital heart defects. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol  2014 Jun 27; epub ahead of print. [Fifth author (Gray DT) is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Quality Improvement; uses 2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data, citing Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files: 2009 Kid's Inpatient Database (KID) User Guide, 2011, Overview of the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), 2011, Introduction to the HCUP Kid's Inpatient Database (KID) 2009, 2011, HCUP Procedure Classes, 2014, and HCUP Calculating Standard Errors Tutorial, 2013, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also cites HCUP reports Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for the Eighth (2010) National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR), 2010, and Hospitalization for Birth Defects, 2004, 2007.] Select to access the abstract.

BMJ Quality and Safety
Liu C, Liu W, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Wang P. Patient safety culture in China: a case study in an outpatient setting in Beijing. BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Jul; 23(7):556-64. [Uses AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, citing AHRQ-funded article by Nieva and Sorra (Qual Saf Health Care, 2003).] Select to access the abstract.

McEachan RR, Lawton RJ, O'Hara JK, Armitage G, Giles S, Parveen S, Watt IS, Wright J; Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group. Developing a reliable and valid patient measure of safety in hospitals (PMOS): a validation study. BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Jul; 23(7):565-73. [Uses AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, citing AHRQ publication, Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, 2004.] Select to access the abstract.

Maternal and Child Health Journal
Knapp C, Wang H, Baker K. Measuring quality in pediatrics: Florida's early experiences with the CHIPRA core measure set. Matern Child Health J 2014 Aug; 18(6):1300-7. [Uses CAHPS®, citing CAHPS Clinician & Group Surveys: Supplemental Items for the Child Surveys 1.1, as published on AHRQ's CAHPS Web site; briefly discusses the AHRQ-sponsored Pediatric Quality Measures Program and AHRQ's "seminal works" on public reporting, citing AHRQ publications,  Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Centers of Excellence Grant Awards and Methodological Considerations in Generating Provider Performance Scores for Use in Public Reporting: A Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives, 2011, both published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Smalley LP, Kenney MK, Denboba D, Strickland B. Family perceptions of shared decision-making with health care providers: results of the National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs, 2009-2010. Matern Child Health J 2014 Aug; 18(6):1316-27. [Uses a composite measure based on CAHPS survey items, citing CAHPS Clinician & Group Database (computer software and manual), 2012, as accessed on AHRQ's CAHPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Wang SY, Wang R, Yu JB, Ma X, Xu X, Kim SP, Soulos PR, Saraf A, Gross CP. Understanding regional variation in Medicare expenditures for initial episodes of prostate cancer care. Med Care 2014 Aug; 52(8):680-7. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and its adaptation by Walraven et al. (Med Care, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

Vujicic M, Yarbrough C, Nasseh K. The effect of the Affordable Care Act's expanded coverage policy on access to dental care. Med Care 2014 Aug; 52(8):715-9. [Uses 2011 MEPS data, citing 2011 Full Year Consolidated Data File, as published on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Wallace E, Stuart E, Vaughan N, Bennett K, Fahey T, Smith SM. Risk prediction models to predict emergency hospital admission in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review. Med Care 2014 Aug; 52(8):751-65. [Uses AHRQ databases and publications for the literature search; cites AHRQ publication, Prevention Quality Indicators Overview as published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

DeVoe JE, Tillotson CJ, Angier H, Wallace LS. Predictors of children's health insurance coverage discontinuity in 1998 versus 2009: parental coverage continuity plays a major role. Matern Child Health J 2014 Jul 29; epub ahead of print. [Supported by grant 1 R01 HS18569; uses 1998-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing MEPS HC-036: 1996-2006 Pooled Estimation File, 2008, and MEPS reports Access to Health Care: Source and Barriers, 1996, and Sample Design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care Research and Review
Rahman M, Gozalo P, Tyler D, Grabowski DC, Trivedi A, Mor V. Dual eligibility, selection of skilled nursing facility, and length of Medicare paid postacute stay. Med Care Res Rev 2014 Aug; 71(4):384-401. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and 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.

Blavin F, Waidmann T, Blumberg LJ, Roth J. Trends in prescription drug spending leading up to health reform. Med Care Res Rev 2014 Aug; 71(4):416-432. [Uses 2005 and 2009 MEPS data, citing Prescribed Medicines Documentation (MEPS HC-144A: 2011), 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Abdus S. Part-year coverage and access to care for nonelderly adults. Med Care 2014 Aug; 52(8):709-14. [Author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends; uses 2005-2010 MEPS data, citing PUF Documentation Files: MEPS HC121 2008 Full Year Consolidated File, 2010, and MEPS reports Trends in Access to Health Care: Disparities by Poverty Status and Health Insurance, 1996-2006, 2009, Sample Design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997, and Main Reasons for Not Having a Usual Source of Care by Race, Ethnicity, Income, and Insurance Status, 2007, all published on AHRQ' MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Military Medicine
Eilerman PA, Herzog CM, Luce BK, Chao SY, Walker SM, Zarzabal LA, Carnahan DH. A comparison of obesity prevalence: military health system and United States populations, 2009-2012. Mil Med 2014 May; 179(5):462-70. [Uses methodologies from AHRQ report, Inferences with HCUP State Databases Final Report, 2010, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Van Voorhees EE, Hamlett-Berry K, Christofferson DE, Beckham JC, Nieuwsma JA. No wrong door to smoking cessation care: a Veterans Affairs Chaplain survey. Mil Med 2014 May; 179(5):472-6. [Uses questionnaire items based on AHRQ publication, Five Major Steps to Intervention (The "5 A's"), 2012, as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Hisle-Gorman E, Eide M, Coll EJ, Gorman GH. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and medication use by children during parental military deployments. Mil Med 2014 May; 179(5):573-8. [Uses AHRQ's CCS, citing Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM, 2000-2003.] Select to access the abstract.

Population Health Management
Vaidya V, Gabriel MH, Gangan N, Borse M. Characteristics of prescription and nonprescription Sleep medication users in the United States. Popul Health Manag 2014 Jul 30; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2010 MEPS data.]