Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, August 29, 2014

Academic Emergency Medicine
Rising KL, Victor TW, Hollander JE, Carr BG. Patient returns to the emergency department: the time-to-return curve. Acad Emerg Med 2014 Aug; 21(8):864-71. [Uses 2010-2011 HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) data.] Select to view the abstract.   

American Journal of Epidemiology
Clouston SA, Rubin MS, Colen CG, Link BG. Social inequalities in suicide: the role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Am J Epidemiol 2014 Oct 1; 180(7):696-704. [Uses 1996-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing the AHRQ Web site's MEPS landing page.] Select to view the abstract.

American Journal of Medicine
Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Singh V, Shah N, Chothani A, Mehta K, Deshmukh A, Ghatak A, Rathod A, Desai H, et al. Percutaneous aortic balloon valvotomy in the United States: a 13-year perspective. Am J Med 2014 Aug; 127(8):744-753.e3. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Related Reports as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and 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 view the abstract.

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Huesch MD, Currid-Halkett E, Doctor JN. Measurement and risk adjustment of prelabor cesarean rates in a large sample of California hospitals. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014 May; 210(5):443.e1-17. [Supported by grant R21 HS21868-01; uses 2010 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data.] Select to view 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 view 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 view the abstract.

Annals of Pediatric Oncology
Egbe A, Lee S, Ho D, Uppu S, Srivastava S. Prevalence of congenital anomalies in newborns with congenital heart disease diagnosis. Ann Pediatr Cardiol 2014 May; 7(2):86-91. [Uses 1998 and 2008 HCUP NIS data and NIS-Trends Supplemental Files, 2008, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Yang H, Chaudhari P, Zhou ZY, Wu EQ, Patel C, Horn DL. Budget impact analysis of liposomal amphotericin B and amphotericin B lipid complex in the treatment of invasive fungal infections in the United States. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2014 Feb; 12(1):85-93. Uses 2009 HCUP NIS data, as accessed on AHRQ's HCUPnet database.] Select to view the abstract.

Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Shea-Budgell M, Quan ML, Mehling B, Temple-Oberle C. Breast reconstruction following prophylactic or therapeutic mastectomy for breast cancer: Recommendations from an evidence-based provincial guideline. Can J Plast Surg 2014 Summer; 22(2):103-11. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as a data source.] Select to view the abstract.

Congenital Heart Disease
Egbe A, Uppu S, Lee S, Stroustrup A, Ho D, Srivastava S. Temporal variation of birth prevalence of congenital heart disease in the United States. Congenit Heart Dis 2014 Feb 24. [Uses 1998-2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and NIS Trends Supplemental Files, 1998-2008, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also uses methodologies from HCUP method series report, Changes in the NIS Sampling and Weighting Strategy for 1998, also published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]  Select to view the abstract.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Traxler RM, Callinan LS, Holman RC, Steiner C, Guerra MA. Leptospirosis-associated hospitalizations, United States, 1998-2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2014 Aug; 20(8):1273-9. [Fourth author (Steiner C) is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets; uses 1998-2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data, citing HCUP Databases, NIS Database Documentation, and AHRQ report, Final Report on Calculating Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Variances, 2001, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Journal of the American Heart Association
Ahmed B, Davis HT, Laskey WK. In-hospital mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction: results from the National Inpatient Sample, 2000-2010. J Am Heart Assoc 2014 Aug 26; 3(4): pii: e001090. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2013, HCUP Methods Series, 2010, and HCUP Quality Control Procedures, 2013, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Khera S, Kolte D, Gupta T, Mujib M, Aronow WS, Agarwal P, Palaniswamy C, Jain D, Ahmed A, Fonarow GC, et al. Management and outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in nursing home versus community-dwelling older patients: a propensity matched study. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2014 Aug; 15(8):593-9. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to view the abstract.

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Enomoto LM, Hollenbeak CS, Bhayani NH, Dillon PW, Gusani NJ. Measuring surgical quality: a national clinical registry versus administrative claims data. J Gastrointest Surg 2014 Aug; 18(8):1416-22. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2004-2008, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]  Select to view the abstract.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Egbe A, Lee S, Ho D, Uppu S, Srivastava S. Racial/ethnic differences in the birth prevalence of congenital anomalies in the United States. J Perinat Med 2014 May 16; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1998-2008, and NIS Trends Supplemental Files, 1998-2008, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract. 

Journal of Surgical Research
Wang B, Tashiro J, Allan BJ, Sola JE, Parikh PP, Hogan AR, Neville HL, Perez EA. A nationwide analysis of clinical outcomes among newborns with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistulas in the United States. J Surg Res 2014 Aug;190(2):604-12. [Uses 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database ( KID) data, citing Overview of the Kids' Inpatient Sample, 2006 and 2009, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Tashiro J, Wang B, Sola JE, Hogan AR, Neville HL, Perez EA. Patent ductus arteriosus ligation in premature infants in the United States. J Surg Res 2014 Aug; 190(2):613-22. [Uses 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 HCUP KID data, citing Overview of the Kids' Inpatient Sample, 2006 and 2009, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).]    Select to view the abstract.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Maxwell BG, Powers AJ, Sheikh AY, Lee PH, Lobato RL, Wong JK. Resource use trends in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998-2009. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014 Aug; 148(2):416-21.e1. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data. Select to view the abstract.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Gale SC, Shafi S, Dombrovskiy VY, Arumugam D, Crystal JS. The public health burden of emergency general surgery in the United States: A 10-year analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample—2001 to 2010. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 Aug; 77(2):202-8. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing NIS Database Documentation, 2013, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Hafiz S, Desale S, Sava J. The impact of solid organ injury management on the US health care system. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 Aug; 77(2):310-4. [Uses 1994-2010 HCUP NIS data, HCUP Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files, 2006-2009, HCUP Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM, and HCUP NIS-Trends Files, 2002-2009, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Groves EM, Khoshchehreh M, Le C, Malik S. Effects of weekend admission on the outcomes and management of ruptured aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 2014 Aug; 60(2):318-24. [Uses 2009 HCUP NIS data, AHRQ's CCS, and Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to view the abstract.

Laryngoscope
Villwock JA, Jones K. Outcomes of early versus late tracheostomy: 2008-2010. Laryngoscope 2014 Aug; 124(8):1801-6. [Uses 2008-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to view the abstract.

Pediatric Cardiology
Egbe A, Uppu S, Stroustrup A, Lee S, Ho D, Srivastava S. Incidences and sociodemographics of specific congenital heart diseases in the United States of America: an evaluation of hospital discharge diagnoses. Pediatr Cardiol 2014 Aug; 35(6): 975-82. [Uses 2008 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, and uses methodologies from HCUP method series report, Changes in the NIS Sampling and Weighting Strategy for 1998, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]   Select to view the abstract.

Pediatric Emergency Care
Nalliah RP, Anderson IM, Lee MK, Rampa S, Allareddy V, Allareddy V. Epidemiology of hospital-based emergency department visits due to sports injuries. Pediatr Emerg Care 2014 Aug; 30(8):511-5. [Uses 2008 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data, as accessed on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]  Select to view the abstract.

PLoS ONE
Seifi A, Carr K, Maltenfort M, Moussouttas M, Birnbaum L, Parra A, Adogwa O, Bell R, Rincon F. The incidence and risk factors of associated acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in acute cerebral ischemic (ACI) events in the United States. PLoS One 2014 Aug 28; 9(8):e105785. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to view the abstract.

Quality of Life Research
Alghnam S, Palta M, L Remington P, Mullahy J, S Durkin M. The association between motor vehicle injuries and health-related quality of life: a longitudinal study of a population-based sample in the United States. Qual Life Res 2014 Feb; 23(1):119-27. [Uses 2000-2007 MEPS data, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Smith GH 3rd. The role of race concordance on prescription drug utilization among primary care case-managed Medicaid enrollees. Res Social Adm Pharm 2013 Nov-Dec;9(6):700-18. [Uses data obtained from a modification of CAHPS® 3.0 Health Plan Survey, citing An Introduction to CAHPS, CAHPS Survey and Reporting Kit, 2002, and Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys: Using the CAHPS Analysis Program, Version 3.6, CAHPS Survey and Reporting Kit, 2008.] Select to view the abstract.

Wang J, Qiao Y. Historical trend of disparity implications of Medicare MTM eligibility criteria. Res Social Adm Pharm 2013 Nov-Dec; 9(6):758-69. [Uses 2007-2008 MEPS data, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site; cites AHRQ's NHQR and NHDR, 2011, as published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Pu J, Chewning B. Racial difference in diabetes preventive care. Res Social Adm Pharm 2013 Nov-Dec; 9(6):790-6. [Uses 2008 MEPS data, as accessed on AHRQ's MEPS Web site; cites AHRQ fact sheet, Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, as accessed on the AHRQ Web site (gives inactive Web site address).] Select to view the abstract.

Spine
Nandyala SV, Elboghdady IM, Marquez-Lara A, Noureldin MN, Sankaranarayanan S, Singh K. Cost analysis of incidental durotomy in spine surgery. Spine 2014 Aug 1; 39(17):E1042-51. [Uses 2008-2011 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.]   Select to view the abstract.

Daniels AH, Arthur M, Esmende SM, Vigneswaran H, Palumbo MA. Incidence and cost of treating axis fractures in the United States from 2000 to 2010. Spine 2014 Aug 15; 39(18):1498-505. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Skolasky RL, Thorpe RJ Jr, Wegener ST, Riley LH 3rd. Complications and mortality in cervical spine surgery: racial differences. Spine 2014 Aug 15; 39(18):1506-12. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to view the abstract.

Bydon M, De la Garza-Ramos R, Macki M, Desai A, Gokaslan AK, Bydon A. Incidence of sacral fractures and in-hospital postoperative complications in the United States: an analysis of 2002-2011 data. Spine 2014 Aug 15; 39(18):E1103-9. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to view the abstract.

Surgery
Schwartz DA, Hui X, Schneider EB, Ali MT, Canner JK, Leeper WR, Efron DT, Haut ER, Velopulos CG, Pawlik TM, et al. Worse outcomes among uninsured general surgery patients: does the need for an emergency operation explain these disparities? Surgery 2014 Aug; 156(2):345-51. [Uses 2005-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to view the abstract.

Weiss A, Lee KC, Brumund KT, Chang DC, Bouvet M. Risk factors for hematoma after thyroidectomy: results from the nationwide inpatient sample. Surgery 2014 Aug; 156(2):399-404. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to view the abstract.

Urologic Oncology
Monn MF, Cary KC, Kaimakliotis HZ, Flack CK, Koch MO. National trends in the utilization of robotic-assisted radical cystectomy: an analysis using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Urol Oncol 2014 Aug; 32(6):785-90. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, and uses HCUP Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files, both  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 view the abstract.

Cohen SA, Mirheydar HS, Parsons JK, Palazzi KL, Liss MA, Chang DC, Kane CJ, Kader AK. Minimally invasive cystectomy is associated with improved perioperative patient safety outcomes compared with open cystectomy in a national cohort. Urology 2014 Aug; 84(2):314-9. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data and PSIs, citing Patient Safety Indicators Overview as published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site.] Select to view the abstract.