Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, August 22, 2014

American Journal of Medical Quality
Lisbon D, Allin D, Cleek C, Roop L, Brimacombe M, Downes C, Pingleton SK. Improved knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors after implementation of TeamSTEPPS training in an academic emergency department: a pilot report. Am J Med Qual 2014 Aug 20; epub ahead of print. [Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS® Knowledge Test and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety attitude test, citing AHRQ publication, Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Volume 3: Performance and Tools, 2008, and TeamSTEPPS: Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety, as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

American Surgeon
Duane TM, Ramanathan R, Leavell P, Mays C, Harvey D. Concurrent surgical patient safety indicator evaluation results in more accurate reporting and reimbursement. Am Surg 2014 Aug; 80(8):776-7. [ Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs).] Select to access the abstract.

Ramanathan R, Leavell P, Wolfe LG, Duane TM. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators and mortality in surgical patients. Am Surg 2014 Aug; 80(8):801-4. [Uses AHRQ's PSIs, citing AHRQ Quality Indicators, 2003, and Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Volume 2: Concepts and Methodology, 2005).] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Surgical Oncology
Noureldine SI, Abbas A, Tufano RP, Srivastav S, Slakey DP, Friedlander P, Kandil E. The impact of surgical volume on racial disparity in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 2014 Aug; 21(8):2733-9. [Uses 2003-2009 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (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.

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Ghobrial GM, Amenta PS, Maltenfort M, Williams KA Jr, Harrop JS, Sharan A, Jallo J, Heller J, Ratliff J, Prasad S. Longitudinal incidence and concurrence rates for traumatic brain injury and spine injury - a twenty year analysis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014 Aug; 123:174-80. [Uses1988-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Neurosurgery
Corliss RM, Hooten KG, Shireen S, Neal D, Murad GJ, Rahman M. Establishing standard performance measures in adult traumatic brain injury patients: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample database study. Clin Neurosurg 2014 Aug; 61(1):199. Select to access the [Uses HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's PSIs.]

Aronson JP, Agha LS, Nahed BV. Effect of Medicare eligibility on utilization of deferrable spine surgery. Clin Neurosurg 2014 Aug; 61(1):204-5. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.]

Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research
Jiang SL, Schairer WW, Bozic KJ. Increased rates of periprosthetic joint infection in patients with cirrhosis undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Aug; 472(8):2483-91. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data, citing HCUP NIS Database Documentation, 2013, and Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2013, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Disability and Health Journal
Nelson RE, Nelson SL, Huttner B, Gundlapalli A. The effect of Medicare Part D on health care utilization for non-elderly Medicare recipients with disabilities. Disabil Health J 2014 Jan; 7(1):64-9. [Uses 2005-2006 MEPS data, citing AHRQ-authored article by Cohen, Cohen, and Banthin (Med Care, 2009) and Computing Standard Errors for MEPS Estimates, 2005, as published on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Abougergi MS, Travis AC, Saltzman JR. Impact of day of admission on mortality and other outcomes in upper GI hemorrhage: a nationwide analysis. Gastrointest Endosc 2014 Aug; 80(2):228-35. [Uses 2009 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.

Global Spine Journal
Baird EO, Egorova NN, McAnany SJ, Qureshi SA, Hecht AC, Cho SK. National trends in outpatient surgical treatment of degenerative cervical spine disease. Global Spine J 2014 Aug; 4(3):143-50. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP SID and State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) for four states, as accessed 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.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Maggiore RJ, Dale W, Gross CP, Feng T, Tew WP, Mohile SG, Owusu C, Klepin HD, Lichtman SM, Gajra A, et al. Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: effect on chemotherapy-related toxicity and hospitalization during treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc 2014 Aug; 62(8):1505-12. [Uses the Zhan (researcher in AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement) criteria described in AHRQ-authored article by Zhan et al. (JAMA, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Bauer AM, Parker MM, Schillinger D, Katon W, Adler N, Adams AS, Moffet HH, Karter AJ. Associations between antidepressant adherence and shared decision-making, patient-provider trust, and communication among adults with diabetes: diabetes study of Northern California (DISTANCE). J Gen Intern Med 2014 Aug; 29(8):1139-47. [Uses CAHPS®, citing CAHPS Health plan Survey 4.0 Supplemental Items for the Adult Questionnaires, as published on the CAHPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Landon BE, O'Malley AJ, McKellar MR, Hadley J, Reschovsky JD. Higher practice intensity is associated with higher quality of care but more avoidable admissions for Medicare beneficiaries. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Aug; 29(8):1188-94. [Uses AHRQ's Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), citing AHRQ Quality Indicators Quality Indicator User Guide: Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) Composite Measures Version 4.3, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Sultan DH, Rivers BM, Osongo BO, Wilson DS, Schenck A, Carvajal R, Rivers D, Roetzheim R, Green BL. Affecting African American men's prostate cancer screening decision-making through a mobile tablet-mediated intervention. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2014 Aug; 25(3):1262-77. [Uses the definition of median household income quartiles in the 2007-2009 HCUP NIS, citing the HCUP landing page on the AHRQ Web site; cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2008) and AHRQ-funded systematic review by Viswanathan et al. (Med Care, 2010), performed by the RTI International-University of North Carolina EPC.] Select to access the abstract.

Sarpong EM. The impact of obesity on medication use and expenditures among nonelderly adults with asthma. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2014 Aug; 25(3):1245-61. [Author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends; uses 2005-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing MEPS publications, Design and Methods of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997, and Sample Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurosurgery
Norby K, Siddiq F, Adil MM, Haines SJ. The effect of duty hour regulations on outcomes of neurological surgery in training hospitals in the United States: duty hour regulations and patient outcomes. J Neurosurg 2014 Aug; 121(2):247-61. [Uses 2000-2002 and 2004-2006 HCUP NIS data, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and the 3M Health Information Systems All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (3M APR-DRG), as accessed on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Babu R, Thomas S, Hazzard MA, Friedman AH, Sampson JH, Adamson C, Zomorodi AR, Haglund MM, Patil CG, Boakye M, et al. Worse outcomes for patients undergoing brain tumor and cerebrovascular procedures following the ACGME resident duty-hour restrictions. J Neurosurg 2014 Aug; 121(2):262-76. [Uses 2000-2002 and 2005-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Washington CW, Derdeyn CP, Dacey RG Jr, Dhar R, Zipfel GJ. Analysis of subarachnoid hemorrhage using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample: the NIS-SAH Severity Score and Outcome Measure. J Neurosurg 2014 Aug; 121(2):482-9. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data, as accessed on the HCUP User Support Web site; discusses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and cites AHRQ Quality Indicators, Version 4.3: Craniotomy Mortality Rate: Inpatient Quality Indicators #13—Technical Specifications: Provider-Level Indicator/Procedure Mortality Indicator, 2011, and Quality Indicator Measure Development, Implementation, Maintenance, and Retirement, 2011, both published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site; also cites the 3M Health Information Systems All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (3M APR-DRGs), Version 20.0: Methodology Overview, 2003, and All Payer Severity-Adjusted DRGs (APS-DRGs): Normalized Charge, LOS, and Mortality Weights, Version 21.0, 2003, both as accessed on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

PLoS ONE
Hobson C, Dortch J, Ozrazgat Baslanti T, Layon DR, Roche A, Rioux A, Harman JS, Fahy B, Bihorac A. Insurance status is associated with treatment allocation and outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage. PLoS One 2014 Aug 20; 9(8): e105124. [Uses 2003-2008 HCUP NIS data, citing HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Hospital Ownership Files, 2003-2008; also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998), Patient Safety Indicators: Technical Specifications, Version 4.2, 2010, AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software, 2005, and methodologies from HCUP method series report 2003-02, 2005.] Select to access the abstract.

Psychological Medicine
Head J, Stansfeld SA, Ebmeier KP, Geddes JR, Allan CL, Lewis G, Kivimäki M. Use of self-administered instruments to assess psychiatric disorders in older people: validity of the General Health Questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the self-completion version of the revised Clinical Interview Schedule. Psychol Med 2013 Dec; 43(12):2649-56. [Uses data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Sites BD, Beach ML, Davis MA. Increases in the use of prescription opioid analgesics and the lack of improvement in disability metrics among users. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2014 Jan-Feb; 39(1):6-12. [Uses 2000-2010 MEPS data, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Wang J, Munshi KD, Hong SH. Racial and ethnic disparities in influenza vaccinations among community pharmacy patients and non-community pharmacy respondents. Res Social Adm Pharm 2014 Jan-Feb; 10(1):126-40. [Uses 2009 MEPS data, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site; cites AHRQ's NHDR and NHQR, 2011, as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.