Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, August 8, 2014

Advances in Health Care Management
McCaughey D, Halbesleben JR, Savage GT, Simons T, McGhan GE. Safety leadership: extending workplace safety climate best practices across health care workforces. Adv Health Care Manag 2013; 14:189-217. [Uses survey items based on items from AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, 2012, as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Singal AK, Salameh H, Kamath PS. Prevalence and in-hospital mortality trends of infections among patients with cirrhosis: a nationwide study of hospitalised patients in the United States. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2014 Jul; 40(1):105-12. [Uses 1998-2007 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Cardiology
Shivaraju A, Yu C, Kattan MW, Xie H, Shroff AR, Vidovich MI. Temporal trends in percutaneous coronary intervention--associated acute cerebrovascular accident (from the 1998 to 2008 Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database). Am J Cardiol 2014 Jul 15; 114(2):206-13. [Uses 1998-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Surgeon
Tucker JJ, Grim R, Bell T, Martin J, Ahuja V. Changing demographics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed in the United States: hospitalizations from 1998 to 2010. Am Surg 2014 Jul; 80(7):652-8. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 1998-2010, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]  Select to access the abstract.

Anesthesiology
Udeh BL, Dalton JE, Hata JS, Udeh CI, Sessler DI. Economic trends from 2003 to 2010 for perioperative myocardial infarction: a retrospective, cohort study. Anesthesiology 2014 Jul; 121(1):36-45. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP SID data for California, citing Overview of the State Inpatient Databases (SID), as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Surgical Oncology
Roberts A, Habibi M, Frick KD. Cost-effectiveness of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for prevention of contralateral breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2014 Jul; 21(7):2209-17. [Uses HCUP data, citing HCUPnet: A Tool for Identifying, Tracking, and Analyzing National Hospital Statistics, AHRQ's HCUPnet Web site.] Select to access the Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Zayed M, Bech F, Hernandez-Boussard T. National review of factors influencing disparities and types of major lower extremity amputations. Ann Vasc Surg 2014 Jul; 28(5):1157-65. [Uses 2005-2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Databases, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Astrobiology
Rosenbaum BP, Weil RJ. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: relationship to solar activity in the United States, 1988-2010. Astrobiology 2014 Jul; 14(7):568-76. [Uses 1988-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Breast Journal
Wexelman B, Schwartz JA, Lee D, Estabrook A, Ma AM. Socioeconomic and geographic differences in immediate reconstruction after mastectomy in the United States. Breast J 2014 Jul-Aug; 20(4):339-46. [Uses 2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).] Select to access the abstract.

Canadian Urology Association Journal
Larouche A, Becker A, Schiffmann J, Roghmann F, Gandaglia G, Hanna N, Tian Z, Perrotte P, Schlomm T, Graefen M, et al. Comparison between complication rates of laser prostatectomy electrocautery transurethral resection of the prostate: A population-based study. Can Urol Assoc J 2014 May; 8(5-6):E419-24. [Uses 2006-2008 HCUP SID data for Florida.]  Select to access the abstract.

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Nguyen C, Hernandez-Boussard T, Davies SM, Bhattacharya J, Khosla RK, Curtin CM. Cleft palate surgery: an evaluation of length of stay, complications, and costs by hospital type. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2014 Jul; 51(4):412-9. [Uses 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2006 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data and AHRQ's Pediatric Quality Indicators, citing Pediatric Quality Indicators Overview, 2006, as published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
James PD, Kaplan GG, Myers RP, Hubbard J, Shaheen AA, Tinmouth J, Yong E, Love J, Heitman SJ. Decreasing mortality from acute biliary diseases that require endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a nationwide cohort study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 Jul; 12(7):1151-9.e6. [Uses 1998-2008 HCUP NIS data, as accessed on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Current Medical Research & Opinion
Vaidya V, Hufstader-Gabriel M, Gangan N, Shah S, Bechtol R. Utilization of smoking-cessation pharmacotherapy among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer patients. Curr Med Res Opin 2014 Jun; 30(6):1043-50. [Uses 2006-2010 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Drugs in Context
Arthur ST, Noone JM, Van Doren BA, Roy D, Blanchette CM. One-year prevalence, comorbidities and cost of cachexia-related inpatient admissions in the USA. Drugs Context 2014 Jul 31; 3:212-65. [Uses 2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Epilepsy & Behavior
Sherzai D, Losey T, Vega S, Sherzai A. Seizures and dementia in the elderly: Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1999-2008. Epilepsy Behav 2014 Jul; 36:53-6. [Uses 1999-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Global Spine Journal
Mckie J, Qureshi S, Iatridis J, Egorova N, Cho S, Hecht A. Trends in bone morphogenetic protein usage since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory in 2008: what happens to physician practices when the Food and Drug Administration issues an advisory? Global Spine J 2014 Jun; 4(2):71-6. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Gynecologic Oncology
George EM, Tergas AI, Ananth CV, Burke WM, Lewin SN, Prendergast E, Neugut AI, Hershman DL, Wright JD. Safety and tolerance of radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer in the elderly. Gynecol Oncol 2014 Jul; 134(1):36-41. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also 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.

Health Affairs
Liu C, Srebotnjak T, Hsia RY. California emergency department closures are associated with increased inpatient mortality at nearby hospitals. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1323-9. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and methodologies from AHRQ-funded/authored article by Carr et al. (Ann Emerg Med, 2010).] Select to access the abstract.

Glance LG, Dick AW, Glantz JC, Wissler RN, Qian F, Marroquin BM, Mukamel DB, Kellermann AL. Rates of major obstetrical complications vary almost fivefold among US hospitals. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1330-6. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data, citing AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also cites HCUP publication, The National Hospital Bill: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2008, 2011, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and AHRQ-authored article by Elixhauser and Andrews (Arch Surg, 2010).] Select to access the abstract.

Busch SH, Golberstein E, Meara E. ACA dependent coverage provision reduced high out-of-pocket health care spending for young adults. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1361-6. [Uses 2007-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Abdus S, Hudson J, Hill SC, Selden TM. Children's health insurance program premiums adversely affect enrollment, especially among lower-income children. Health Aff 2014 Aug; 33(8):1353-60. [Authors are researchers in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends; uses 1999-2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing Sample Design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Atherly A, Mortensen K. Medicaid primary care physician fees and the use of preventive services among Medicaid enrollees. Health Serv Res 2014 Aug; 49(4):1306-28. [Uses 2003 and 2008 MEPS data, citing AHRQ-authored article by Cohen et al. (Inquiry, 1996), and USPSTF recommendations.] Select to access the abstract.

Horvitz-Lennon M, Volya R, Donohue JM, Lave JR, Stein BD, Normand SL. Disparities in quality of care among publicly insured adults with schizophrenia in four large U.S. states, 2002-2008. Health Serv Res 2014 Aug; 49(4):1121-44. [Uses process indicators from the AHRQ-sponsored Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) study described in AHRQ-funded article by Lehman et al. (Schizophr Bull, 1998); cites AHRQ's NHDR, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Drake KM, Hargraves JL, Lloyd S, Gallagher PM, Cleary PD. The effect of response scale, administration mode, and format on responses to the CAHPS Clinician and Group survey. Health Serv Res 2014 Aug; 49(4):1387-99. [Supported by grant U18 HS16978; uses AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®).] Select to access the abstract.

Healthcare
Encinosa WE, Bae J. Meaningful use IT reduces hospital-caused adverse drug events even at challenged hospitals. Healthcare 2014 Aug 8; epub ahead of print. [First author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets; uses 2010 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for Florida, citing HCUP SID Database Documentation, 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; uses methodologies from HCUP publications, The Case for the Present-on-Admission (POA) Indicator, 2006, Hierarchical Modeling Using HCUP Data, 2007, and Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008, 2011, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment,Enabling Medication Management Through Health Information Technology, 2011, and data from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System Annual Report, 2011.]

Hospital Pediatrics
Andrews AL, Kazley AS, Basco WT Jr, Teufel RJ 2nd. Lower rates of EMR use in rural hospitals represent a previously unexplored child health disparity. Hosp Pediatr 2014 Jul; 4(4):211-6. [Uses 2009 HCUP KID data, citing Overview of the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), 2009, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and uses the 3M All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRGs) as accessed on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Cardiology
Bangalore S, Gupta N, Guo Y, Feit F. Trend in the use of drug eluting stents in the United States: insight from over 8.1 million coronary interventions. Int J Cardiol 2014 Jul 15; 175(1):108-19. [Uses 2001-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Naderi N, Masoomi H, Mozaffar T, Malik S. Patient characteristics and comorbidities associated with cerebrovascular accident following acute myocardial infarction in the United States. Int J Cardiol 2014 Aug 1; 175(2):323-7. [Uses 2006-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Karmacharya P, Pathak R, Aryal MR, Donato AA. Fibrinolysis in intermediate risk pulmonary embolism: too much risk for too little reward? Int J Cardiol 2014 Aug 5; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2006-2011, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site  Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Gupta A, Wang Y, Spertus JA, Geda M, Lorenze N, Nkonde-Price C, D'Onofrio G, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Trends in acute myocardial infarction in young patients and differences by sex and race, 2001 to 2010. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Jul 29; 64(4):337-45. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Introduction to the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2011, HCUP Methods Series Reports, and Nationwide Inpatient Sample Trends Supplemental Files, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.