Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, September 5, 2014

American Journal of Public Health
Wright DR, Austin SB, LeAnn Noh H, Jiang Y, Sonneville KR. The cost-effectiveness of school-based eating disorder screening. Am J Public Health 2014 Sep; 104(9):1774-82. [Uses 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Infectious Diseases
Odden AJ, Rohde JM, Bonham C, Kuhn L, Malani PN, Chen LM, Flanders SA, Iwashyna TJ. Functional outcomes of general medical patients with severe sepsis. BMC Infect Dis 2013 Dec 12; 13:588. [Supported by grant K08 HS20671 (to sixth author, Chen LM); uses 2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data, citing Overview of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and Hospitalizations for Congestive Heart Failure with Major Comorbid Conditions in 2010: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), as obtained from AHRQ's HCUPnet Web site; cites HCUP statistical brief, Septicemia in U.S. Hospitals, 2009, 2011, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Journal of Pain
Wu J, Noxon V, Lu ZK. Patterns of use and health expenses associated with triptans among adults with migraines. Clin J Pain 2014 Sep 1; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2011 MEPS Household Component data, MEPS HC-148: Panel 15 Longitudinal Data File, 2013, and methodologies from MEPS statistical brief, Trends in Person Characteristics and Expenditures for Persons under Age 65 Reporting Migraine Headaches, 1997 and 2007, 2011, all published on AHRQ's MEPS Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Zachariah P, Reagan J, Furuya EY, Dick A, Liu H, Herzig CT, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Stone PW, Saiman L. The association of state legal mandates for data submission of central line-associated bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care units with process and outcome measures. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Sep; 35(9):1133-9. [Uses AHRQ data to assess state participation in AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), citing Eliminating CLABSI, a National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention and Using a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, both published on the AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Headache and Pain
Parisi P, Vanacore N, Belcastro V, Carotenuto M, Giudice ED, Mariani R, Papetti L, Pavone P, Savasta S, Striano P, et al.  Clinical guidelines in pediatric headache: evaluation of quality using the AGREE II instrument. J Headache Pain 2014 Sep 1; 15:57. [Uses AHRQ's NGC as a data source.]  Select to access the abstract.

Lancet. Infectious Diseases
Castelblanco RL, Lee M, Hasbun R. Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the USA from 1997 to 2010: a population-based observational study. Lancet Infect Dis 2014 Sep; 14(9):813-9. [Uses 1997-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Laryngoscope
Chung TK, Rosenthal EL, Magnuson JS, Carroll WR. Transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal and tongue cancer in the United States. Laryngoscope 2014 Aug 5; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2008-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Aliu O, Auger KA, Sun GH, Burke JF, Cooke CR, Chung KC, Hayward RA. The effect of pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid eligibility expansion in New York State on access to specialty surgical care. Med Care 2014 Sep; 52(9):790-5. [Uses 1998-2006 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for New York, citing Overview of the State Inpatient Databases (SID), 2013, and HCUP Projections: Mobility/Orthopedic Procedures 2011 to 2012, 2012, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Fox JP, Burkardt DD, Ranasinghe I, Gross CP. Hospital-based acute care after outpatient colonoscopy: implications for quality measurement in the ambulatory setting. Med Care 2014 Sep; 52(9):801-8. [Uses 2009-2010 HCUP State Ambulatory Surgery Database (SASD) data and HCUP Clinical Classifications Software for ICD-9-CM, 2012, both published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site, and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998); cites data from AHRQ statistical brief Hospital-based Ambulatory Surgery, 2007.] Select to access the abstract.

Morden NE, Munson JC, Colla CH, Skinner JS, Bynum JP, Zhou W, Meara E. Prescription opioid use among disabled Medicare beneficiaries: intensity, trends, and regional variation. Med Care 2014 Sep; 52(9):852-9. [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.

Neurology
George BP, Kelly AG, Schneider EB, Holloway RG. Current practices in feeding tube placement for US acute ischemic stroke inpatients. Neurology 2014 Sep 2; 83(10):874-82. [Uses 2004-2011 HCUP NIS data, citing Introduction to the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2011, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Patient Education and Counseling
Moskowitz D, Lyles CR, Karter AJ, Adler N, Moffet HH, Schillinger D. Patient reported interpersonal processes of care and perceived social position: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Patient Educ Couns 2013 Mar; 90(3):392-8. [Supported by grant HS13853 (to second author); uses adaptation of AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®), citing CAHPS: Assessing Healthcare Quality from the Patient's Perspective, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Spine
Skovrlj B, Guzman JZ, Silvestre J, Al Maaieh M, Qureshi SA. Clostridium difficile colitis in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery. Spine 2014 Sep 1; 39(19):E1167-73. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Spine Journal
Yoshihara H, Yoneoka D. Trends in the surgical treatment for spinal metastasis and the in-hospital patient outcomes in the United States from 2000 to 2009. Spine J 2014 Sep 1; 14(9):1844-9. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Bekelis K, Missios S, Kakoulides G, Rahmani R, Simmons N. Selection of patients for ambulatory lumbar discectomy: results from four US states. Spine J 2014 Sep 1; 14(9):1944-50. [Uses 2005-2008 HCUP SASD data for New York, California, Florida, and North Carolina.] Select to access the abstract.

Goz V, Weinreb JH, Schwab F, Lafage V, Errico TJ. Comparison of complications, costs, and length of stay of three different lumbar interbody fusion techniques: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Spine J 2014 Sep 1; 14(9):2019-27. [Uses 2001-2010 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.

World Neurosurgery
Attenello FJ, Wang K, Wen T, Cen SY, Tenser MK, Amar AP, Sanossian N, Giannotta S, Mack WJ. Health disparities in time to aneurysm clipping/coiling among aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a national study. World Neurosurg 2014 Aug 28; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.]