Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, August 15, 2014

Anesthesia and Analgesia
El Haj Ibrahim S, Fridman M, Korst LM, Gregory KD. Anesthesia complications as a childbirth patient safety indicator. Anesth Analg 2014 Oct; 119(4):911-7. [Supported by grant 5 R01 HS17713; uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), citing AHRQ Quality Indicators—Guide to Patient Safety Indicators, 2003, and Patient Safety Indicators Software Instruction, SAS, Version 4, 2011; also cites AHRQ publication Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

BMJ Quality and Safety
Seferian EG, Jamal S, Clark K, Cirricione M, Burnes-Bolton L, Amin M, Romanoff N, Klapper E. A multidisciplinary, multifaceted improvement initiative to eliminate mislabelled laboratory specimens at a large tertiary care hospital. BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Aug; 23(8):690-7. [Uses the Learn from Defects Tool from AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Wherry LR, Burns ME, Leininger LJ. Using self-reported health measures to predict high-need cases among Medicaid-eligible adults. Health Serv Res 2014 Aug 15; epub ahead of print. [Uses 1998-2009 MEPS data and related methodologies from AHRQ-authored article by Fleishman and Cohen (Health Serv Res, 2010); also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Heart Rhythm
Palaniswamy C, Kolte D, Harikrishnan P, Khera S, Aronow WS, Mujib M, Mellana WM, Eugenio P, Lessner S, et al. Catheter ablation of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia: Ten-year trends in utilization, in-hospital complications, and in-hospital mortality in the United States. Heart Rhythm 2014 Jul 9; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2011 NIS data and HCUP Comorbidity Software.] Select to access the abstract.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Singh A, Bartsch SM, Muder RR, Lee BY. An economic model: value of antimicrobial-coated sutures to society, hospitals, and third-party payers in preventing abdominal surgical site infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Aug; 35(8): 1013-20. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data obtained from AHRQ's HCUPnet Web site as part of the model shown in Table 1, Model Inputs and Parameters, citing National and Regional Estimates on Hospital Use for All Patients from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Implementation Science
Gagliardi AR, Brouwers MC, Bhattacharyya OK; Guideline Implementation Research and Application Network. A framework of the desirable features of guideline implementation tools (GItools): Delphi survey and assessment of GItools. Implement Sci 2014 Aug 5; 9:98. [Uses AHRQ's NGC as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Colorectal Diseases
Venkatesh PG, Njei B, Sanaka MR, Navaneethan U. Risk of comorbidities and outcomes in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding—a nationwide study. Int J Colorectal Dis 2014 Aug; 29(8):953-60. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files, 2012, and Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2011, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998); cites 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.

JAMA Surgery
Parsons JK, Messer K, Palazzi K, Stroup SP, Chang D. Diffusion of surgical innovations, patient safety, and minimally invasive radical prostatectomy. JAMA Surg 2014 Aug; 149(8):845-51. [Uses 2003-2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's PSIs, citing AHRQ report Final Report on Calculating Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Variances, 2001, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for the Sixth National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008, and AHRQ Quality Indicators: Software Documentation, Version 4.1a for Windows, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Heart Association
Khera S, Kolte D, Aronow WS, Palaniswamy C, Subramanian KS, Hashim T, Mujib M, Jain D, Paudel R, Ahmed A, et al. Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the United States: contemporary trends in incidence, utilization of the early invasive strategy, and in-hospital outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc 2014 Jul 28; 3(4):e000995. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Cancer Survivorship
Li C, Li C, Forsythe L, Lerro C, Soni A. Mental health services utilization and expenditures associated with cancer survivorship in the United States. J Cancer Surviv 2014 Aug 10; epub ahead of print. [Fifth author (Soni A) is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends; uses 2008-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Endourology
Monn MF, Gramm AR, Bahler CD, Yang DY, Sundaram CP. Economic and utilization analysis of robot-assisted versus laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy. J Endourol 2014 Jul; 28(7):780-3. [Uses 2009-2011 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.

Journal of Evidence-based Medicine
Chen Y, Hu S, Li Y, Yan B, Shen G, Wang L. Systematic review of hypertension clinical practice guidelines based on the burden of disease: a global perspective. J Evid Based Med 2014 Feb; 7(1):52-9. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Medical Economics
Mody SH, Huynh L, Zhuo DY, Tran KN, Lefebvre P, Bookhart B. A cost-analysis model for anticoagulant treatment in the hospital setting. J Med Econ 2014 Jul; 17(7):492-8. [Uses 2010 HCUP data, citing National Statistics: Principal Diagnosis Only. Outcomes by ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes, 2012, as accessed on AHRQ's HCUPnet Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Lee J, Jennings K, Borahay MA, Rodriguez AM, Kilic GS, Snyder RR, Patel PR. Trends in the national distribution of laparoscopic hysterectomies from 2003 to 2010. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2014 Jul-Aug; 21(4):656-61. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP NIS data; cites AHRQ publication Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, 2013, as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery
Choudhri o, Feroze A, Mantha A, Steinerg G, Do H. National trends for the utilization of cerebral angiography in patients with unruptured aneurysms: 1999-2009. J Neurointervent Surg 2014 Jul; A43. [Uses 1999-2009 HCUP NIS data.]

Carr K, Rincon F, Maltenfort M, Birnbaum L, Dengler B, Rodriguez M, Seifi A. Incidence and morbidity of craniocervical arterial dissections in atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients who underwent aneurysmal repair. J Neurointerv Surg 2014 Aug 8; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
Alawi A, Edgell RC, Elbabaa SK, Callison RC, Khalili YA, Allam H, Alshekhlee A. Treatment of cerebral aneurysms in children: analysis of the Kids' Inpatient Database. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2014 Jul; 14(1):23-30. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Piatt JH Jr, Freibott CE. Quality measurement in the shunt treatment of hydrocephalus: analysis and risk adjustment of the Revision Quotient. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2014 Jul; 14(1):48-54. [Uses 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Alayed N, Kezouh A, Oddy L, Abenhaim HA. Sickle cell disease and pregnancy outcomes: population-based study on 8.8 million births. J Perinat Med 2014 Jul; 42(4):487-92. [Uses 1999-2008 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.

Journal of Surgical Education
Shelton J, Kummerow K, Phillips S, Arbogast PG, Griffin M, Holzman MD, Nealon W, Poulose BK. Patient safety in the era of the 80-hour workweek. J Surg Educ 2014 Jul-Aug; 71(4):551-9. [Supported by grant T32 HS13833-08; uses 1998-2007 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and selected AHRQ PSIs, citing HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1998-2007, and AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Overview; also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] abstract.

Journal of Surgical Research
Hatch Q, Champagne BJ, Maykel JA, Davis BR, Johnson EK, Bleier JI, Francone TD, Steele SR. The impact of pregnancy on surgical Crohn disease: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. J Surg Res 2014 Jul; 190(1):41-6. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Wang H, Pawlik TM, Duncan MD, Hui X, Selvarajah S, Canner JK, Haider AH, Ahuja N, Schneider EB. Inpatient survival after gastrectomy for gastric cancer in the 21st century. J Surg Res 2014 Jul; 190(1):72-8. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and Description of Data Elements: Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Canner JK, Haider AH, Selvarajah S, Hui X, Wang H, Efron DT, Haut ER, Velopulos CG, Schwartz DA, Chi A, Schneider EB. US emergency department visits for fireworks injuries, 2006-2010. J Surg Res 2014 Jul; 190(1):305-11. [Uses 2006-2010 HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data, citing Introduction to the HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Urology
Antczak C, Trinh VQ, Sood A, Ravi P, Roghmann F, Trudeau V, Chang SL, Karakiewicz PI, Kibel AS, Krishna N, Nguyen PL, Saad F, Sammon JD, Sukumar S, Zorn KC, Sun M, Trinh QD.The health care burden of skeletal related events in patients with renal cell carcinoma and bone metastasis. J Urol 2014 Jun; 191(6):1678-84. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data 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.

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Modrall JG, Chung J, Kirkwood ML, Baig MS, Tsai SX, Timaran CH, Valentine RJ, Rosero EB. Low rates of complications for carotid artery stenting are associated with a high clinician volume of carotid artery stenting and aortic endografting but not with a high volume of percutaneous coronary interventions. J Vasc Surg 2014 Jul; 60(1):70-6. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 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.

Laryngoscope
Bhattacharyya N, Kepnes LJ. Revisits and postoperative hemorrhage after adult tonsillectomy. Laryngoscope 2014 Jul; 124(7):1554-6. [Uses 2010 HCUP SASD and State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) data, as accessed on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Ouyang D, El-Sayed IH, Yom SS. National trends in surgery for sinonasal malignancy and the effect of hospital volume on short-term outcomes. Laryngoscope. 2014 Jul; 124(7):1609-14. [Uses 1988-2009 HCUP NIS data.] abstract.

Sedaghat AR, Wilke CO, Cunningham MJ, Ishman SL. Socioeconomic disparities in the presentation of acute bacterial sinusitis complications in children. Laryngoscope 2014 Jul; 124(7):1700-6. [Uses 2008 NEDS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface
Missios S, Rahmani R, Bekelis K. Spinal cord stimulators: socioeconomic disparities in four US states. Neuromodulation 2014 Jul; 17(5):451-5; discussion 455-6. [Uses 2005-2008 SASD and SID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Brubaker SG, Friedman AM, Cleary KL, Prendergast E, DʼAlton ME, Ananth CV, Wright JD. Patterns of use and predictors of receipt of antibiotics in women undergoing cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol 2014 Aug; 124(2 Pt 1):338-44. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology
Lee MK, Dodson TB, Nalliah RP, Karimbux NY, Allareddy V. Nine-year trend analysis of hospitalizations attributed to oral and oropharyngeal cancers in the United States. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2014 Jul; 118(1):47-67. [Uses 2000-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Pancreas
McNabb-Baltar J, Ravi P, Isabwe GA, Suleiman SL, Yaghoobi M, Trinh QD, Banks PA. A population-based assessment of the burden of acute pancreatitis in the United States. Pancreas 2014 Jul; 43(5):687-91. [Uses 2006-2009 HCUP NEDS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), 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.

PLoS One
Dewland TA, Glidden DV, Marcus GM. Healthcare utilization and clinical outcomes after catheter ablation of atrial flutter. PLoS One 2014 Jul 1; 9(7):e100509. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP SEDD, SID, and SASD data for California, citing AHRQ-authored article by Brousseau et al. (JAMA, 2010); 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.

Seitz AE, Younes N, Steiner CA, Prevots DR. Incidence and trends of blastomycosis-associated hospitalizations in the United States. PLoS One 2014 Aug 15; 9(8):e105466. [Third author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets; uses 2007-2011 HCUP State Inpatient Database (SID) data, citing HCUP SID Database Documentation, 2014, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Revista de Calidad Asistencial
Cano-Del Pozo MI, Obón-Azuara B, Valderrama-Rodríguez M, Revilla-López C, Brosed-Yuste C, Fajardo-Trasobares E, Garcés-Baquero P, Mateo-Clavería J, Molina-Estrada I, Perona-Flores N, et al. [Out of hospital emergencies towards a safety culture.] Rev Calid Asist 2014 Aug 13; epub ahead of print. [Use the Spanish adaptations of AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture, both published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Spine
Stein BE, Hassanzadeh H, Jain A, Lemma MA, Cohen DB, Kebaish KM. Changing trends in cervical spine fusions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Spine 2014 Jul 1; 39(15):1178-82. [Uses 1992-2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Introduction to the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2005, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Jain A, Karas DJ, Skolasky RL, Sponseller PD. Thromboembolic complications in children after spinal fusion surgery. Spine 2014 Jul 15; 39(16):1325-9. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Spine Journal
Martin BI, Franklin GM, Deyo RA, Wickizer TM, Lurie JD, Mirza SK. How do coverage policies influence practice patterns, safety, and cost of initial lumbar fusion surgery? A population-based comparison of workers' compensation systems. Spine J 2014 Jul 1; 14(7):1237-46. [Uses 2008-2009 HCUP SID data, citing Overview of the State Inpatient Databases (SID), 2010, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; cites AHRQ publication, Guidance for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators for Hospital-Level Public Reporting or Payment, 2004, as published on AHRQ's Quality Indictors Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Nandyala SV, Marquez-Lara A, Fineberg SJ, Singh R, Singh K. Incidence and risk factors for perioperative visual loss after spinal fusion. Spine J 2014 Sep 1; 14(9):1866-72. [Uses 2002-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

SpringerPlus
Seifi A, Asadi-Pooya AA, Carr K, Maltenfort M, Emami M, Bell R, Moussouttas M, Yazbeck M, Rincon F. The epidemiology, risk factors, and impact on hospital mortality of status epilepticus after subdural hematoma in the United States. Springerplus 2014 Jul 1; 3:332. [Uses 1988-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Stroke
Skolarus LE, Burke JF, Morgenstern LB, Meurer WJ, Adelman EE, Kerber KA, Callaghan BC, Lisabeth LD. Impact of state Medicaid coverage on utilization of inpatient rehabilitation facilities among patients with stroke. Stroke 2014 Aug; 45(8):2472-4. [Supported by grant R18 HS17690 (to sixth author, Kerber KA); uses 2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Transplantation
Santos CA, Brennan DC, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA. Delayed-onset cytomegalovirus disease coded during hospital readmission after kidney transplantation. Transplantation 2014 Jul 27; 98(2):187-94. [Supported by grant R24 HS19455 to the Center for Administrative Data Research; uses 2004-2010 HCUP SID data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and associated software.] Select to access the abstract.

Urology
Sukumar S, Djahangirian O, Sood A, Sammon JD, Varda B, Janosek-Albright K, Abd-El-Barr AE, Sun M, Trinh QD. Minimally invasive vs open pyeloplasty in children: the differential effect of procedure volume on operative outcomes. Urology 2014 Jul; 84(1):180-4. [Uses 2008-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 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.

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Hanks N, Wen G, He S, Song S, Saver JL, Cen S, Kim-Tenser M, Mack W, Sanossian N. Expansion of U.S. emergency medical service routing for stroke care: 2000-2010. West J Emerg Med 2014 Jul; 15(4):499-503. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Also refer to article by Ellis and Ellis (Am Fam Physician, 2014) cited in U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)/Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP)-Related Articles.