Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, October 10, 2014

ASAIO Journal
Sauer CM, Yuh DD, Bonde P. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use has increased by 433% in adults in the United States from 2006 to 2011. ASAIO J 2014 Oct 9; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research
Hageman MG, Ring DC, Gregory PJ, Rubash HE, Harmon L. Do 360-degree feedback survey results relate to patient satisfaction measures? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Oct 7; epub ahead of print. [Uses AHRQ's Clinician & Group-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey data.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Kennerly DA, Kudyakov R, da Graca B, Saldaña M, Compton J, Nicewander D, Gilder R. Characterization of adverse events detected in a large health care delivery system using an enhanced global trigger tool over a five-year interval. Health Serv Res 2014 Oct; 49(5):1407-25. [Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and PSI Software.] Select to access the abstract.

Rosen AK, Chen Q, Borzecki AM, Shin M, Itani KM, Shwartz M. Using estimated true safety event rates versus flagged safety event rates: does it change hospital profiling and payment? Health Serv Res 2014 Oct; 49(5):1426-45. [Uses AHRQ's PSIs and HCUP Clinical Classifications Software (CCS).] Select to access the abstract.

White C. Cutting Medicare hospital prices leads to a spillover reduction in hospital discharges for the nonelderly. Health Serv Res 2014 Oct; 49(5):1578-95. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for ten states.] Select to access the abstract.

McClelland LE, Vogus TJ. Compassion practices and HCAHPS: does rewarding and supporting workplace compassion influence patient perceptions? Health Serv Res 2014 Oct; 49(5):1670-83. [Uses Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS) survey data.] Select to access the abstract.

Garrido MM, Kelley AS, Paris J, Roza K, Meier DE, Morrison RS, Aldridge MD. Methods for constructing and assessing propensity scores. Health Serv Res 2014 Oct; 49(5):1701-20. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Tehrani DM, Phelan MJ, Cao C, Billimek J, Datta R, Nguyen H, Kwark H, Huang SS. Substantial shifts in ranking of California hospitals by hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection following adjustment for hospital characteristics and case mix. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Oct; 35(10):1263-70. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and comorbidity software.] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Cardiology
Shore S, Maddox TM, Tang F, Jones PG, Lanfear DE, Ho PM. Gap between clinical guidelines and practice: the case of aldosterone-antagonists in patients with myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2014; 172(1):e151-3. [Uses the AHRQ-funded Prospective Registry Evaluating Myocardial Infarction: Events and Recovery (PREMIER) multi-center registry (previously supported by grant R01 HS11282-01).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Stretch R, Sauer CM, Yuh DD, Bonde P. National trends in the utilization of short-term mechanical circulatory support: incidence, outcomes, and cost analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Oct 7; 64(14):1407-15. [Uses 2004-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Bergen G, Peterson C, Ederer D, Florence C, Haileyesus T, Kresnow MJ, Xu L; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vital signs: health burden and medical costs of nonfatal injuries to motor vehicle occupants—United States, 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014 Oct 10; 63(40):894-900. [Uses 2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

PLoS One
Guo J, Cheng C, Yan W, Xu G, Feng J, Wang T, Chen CS, Qin X. Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines related to multiple sclerosis. PLoS One 2014 Oct 10; 9(10):e106762. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC).] Select to access the abstract.

Population Health Management
Shah R, Yang Y. Health and economic burden of obesity in elderly individuals with asthma in the United States. Popul Health Manag 2014 Oct 7; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.