Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, September 19, 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 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) data.] Select to access the Select to access the abstract.

American Family Physician
Hsu V. Prevention of health care-associated infections. Am Fam Physician 2014 Sep 15; 90(6):377-82. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as a data source. Select to access the Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Platé M, Lawson PJ, Hill MR, Quint JK, Kumari M, Laurent GJ, Wedzicha JA, Chambers RC, Hurst JR. Impact of a functional polymorphism in the PAR-1 gene promoter in COPD and COPD exacerbations. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2014 Aug 15; 307(4):L311-6. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Infectious Diseases
Galbraith JW, Donnelly JP, Franco RA, Overton ET, Rodgers JB, Wang HE. National estimates of healthcare utilization by individuals with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2014 Sep 15; 59(6):755-64. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (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.

Disability and Health Journal
Dobbertin K, Horner-Johnson W, Lee JC, Andresen EM. Subgroup differences in having a usual source of health care among working-age adults with and without disabilities. Disabil Health J 2014 Aug 29. [Uses 2002-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, citing Sample Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007, 2008; also cites AHRQ's National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR), 2012.] [Select to access the abstract.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Navaneethan U, Njei B, Venkatesh PG, Sanaka MR. Timing of colonoscopy and outcomes in patients with lower GI bleeding: a nationwide population-based study. Gastrointest Endosc 2014 Feb; 79(2):297-306.e12. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data and HCUP Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files, as accessed on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site; also uses the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index described in article by Deyo, Cherkin, and Ciol (J Clin Epidemiol, 1992).]Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Sabbatini AK, Nallamothu BK, Kocher KE. Reducing variation in hospital admissions from the emergency department for low-mortality conditions may produce savings. Health Aff 2014 Sep; 33(9):1655-63. [Uses 2010 HCP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data, Clinical Classifications Software, and Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Casalino LP, Pesko MF, Ryan AM, Mendelsohn JL, Copeland KR, Ramsay PP, Sun X, Rittenhouse DR, Shortell SM. Small primary care physician practices have low rates of preventable hospital admissions. Health Aff 2014 Sep; 33(9):1680-8. [Uses ambulatory care-sensitive definitions and types as given in Prevention Quality Indicators Overview, 2013, as published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Healthcare
Mortensen K, Perman C, Chen J. Innovative payment mechanisms in Maryland hospitals: an empirical analysis of readmissions under Total Patient Revenue. Healthc 2014 Sep 1; 2(3):177-183. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data, citing Overview of the State Inpatient Databases (SID),2013, SID: Description of Data Elements, and HCUP NIS Description of Data Elements: Bedsize of Hospital, 2008, all published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Surgery
Han S, Smith TS, Gunnar W. Descriptive analysis of 30-day readmission after inpatient surgery discharge in the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Surg 2014 Nov 1; 149(11):1162-8. [Uses AHRQ's Clinical Classification Software for ICD-9-CM, as published on AHRQ's HCUP User Support Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Chang DW, Brass EP. Patient and hospital-level characteristics associated with the use of do-not-resuscitate orders in patients hospitalized for sepsis. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Sep; 29(9):1256-62. [Uses the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index described in article by Deyo, Cherkin, et al. (J Clin Epidemiol, 1992).] Select to access the abstract.

Anderson RE, Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, McWilliams JM. Quality of care and racial disparities in Medicare among potential ACOs. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Sep; 29(9):1296-304. [Uses AHRQ's Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), citing Prevention Quality Indicators Overview, as published on AHRQ's Quality Indicators Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Surgical Endoscopy
AlNasser M, Schneider EB, Gearhart SL, Wick EC, Fang SH, Haider AH, Efron JE. National disparities in laparoscopic colorectal procedures for colon cancer. Surg Endosc 2014 Jan; 28(1):49-57. [Uses 2009 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.