Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, October 17, 2014

American Family Physician
Servey J, Chang J. Over-the-counter medications in pregnancy. Am Fam Physician 2014 Oct 15; 90(8):548-55. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

Baird DC, Seehusen DA, Bode DV. Enuresis in children: a case based approach. Am Fam Physician 2014 Oct 15; 90(8):560-8. [Uses AHRQ's NGC as a data source.]  Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Nephrology
Opelami O, Sakhuja A, Liu X, Tang WH, Schold JD, Navaneethan SD. Outcomes of infected cardiovascular implantable devices in dialysis patients. Am J Nephrol 2014; 40(3):280-7. [Uses 2005-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Surgeon
Dehal A, Abbas A, Al-Tememi M, Hussain F, Johna S. Impact of surgeon volume on incidence of neck hematoma after thyroid and parathyroid surgery: ten years' analysis of nationwide in-patient sample database. Am Surg 2014 Oct; 80(10):948-52. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Surgical Oncology
Habermann EB, Thomsen KM, Hieken TJ, Boughey JC. Impact of availability of immediate breast reconstruction on bilateral mastectomy rates for breast cancer across the United States: data from the nationwide inpatient sample. Ann Surg Oncol 2014 Oct; 21(10):3290-6. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Abbasi N, Patenaude V, Abenhaim HA. Evaluation of obstetrical and fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by acute appendicitis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2014 Oct; 290(4):661-7. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

BJOG
Grotegut CA, Kuklina EV, Anstrom KJ, Heine RP, Callaghan WM, Myers ER, James AH. Factors associated with the change in prevalence of cardiomyopathy at delivery in the period 2000-2009: a population-based prevalence study. BJOG 2014 Oct; 121(11):1386-94. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.]  Select to access the abstract.

BJU International
Kardos SV, Gross CP, Shah ND, Schulam PG, Trinh QD, Smaldone MC, Sun M, Weight CJ, Sammon J, Han LC, et al. Association of type of renal surgery and access to robotic technology for kidney cancer: results from a population-based cohort. BJU Int 2014 Oct;114(4):549-54. [Uses 2006-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Circulation
Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Grover P, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Chothani A, Mehta K, Deshmukh A, Savani GT, et al. Impact of annual operator and institutional volume on percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes: a 5-year United States experience (2005-2009). Circulation 2014 Oct 14;130(16):1392-406. [Uses 2005-2009 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.

Diabetes Care
Zhuo X, Zhang P, Barker L, Albright A, Thompson TJ, Gregg E. The lifetime cost of diabetes and its implications for diabetes prevention. Diabetes Care 2014 Sep; 37(9):2557-64. [Uses 2006-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Xu F, Tong X, Leidner AJ. Hospitalizations and costs associated with hepatitis C and advanced liver disease continue to increase. Health Aff 2014 Oct; 33(10):1728-35. [Uses 2004-2011 HCUP NIS and SID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Jena AB, Schoemaker L, Bhattacharya J. Exposing physicians to reduced residency work hours did not adversely affect patient outcomes after residency. Health Aff 2014 Oct; 33(10):1832-40. [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.

Inquiry
Richard P, Ferguson C, Lara AS, Leonard J, Younis M. Disparities in physician-patient communication by obesity status. Inquiry 2014 Jan 1; 51. [Uses 2005-2007 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Arthroplasty
Inacio MC, Paxton EW, Fisher D, Li RA, Barber TC, Singh JA. Bariatric surgery prior to total joint arthroplasty may not provide dramatic improvements in post-arthroplasty surgical outcomes. J Arthroplasty 2014 Jul; 29(7):1359-64. [Uses AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity index (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Yoshihara H, Yoneoka D. Predictors of allogeneic blood transfusion in total hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States, 2000-2009. J Arthroplasty 2014 Sep; 29(9):1736-40. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity index (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Davydow DS, Zivin K, Katon WJ, Pontone GM, Chwastiak L, Langa KM, Iwashyna TJ. Neuropsychiatric disorders and potentially preventable hospitalizations in a prospective cohort study of older Americans. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Oct; 29(10):1362-71. [Uses ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) identified in AHRQ publications, AHRQ Quality Indicators: Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, 2001, and Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for the Seventh (2009) National Healthcare Quality Report, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

MedSurg Nursing
Skinner RT. Symptom-triggered vs. fixed-dosing management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. MedSurg Nurs 2014 Sep; 23(5):307-16. [Uses AHRQ's NGC and the AHRQ Web site as sources for the literature review.]

Pituitary
Brinjikji W, Lanzino G, Cloft HJ. Cerebrovascular complications and utilization of endovascular techniques following transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas: a study of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2001-2010. Pituitary 2014 Oct; 17(5):430-5. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Social Work in Health Care
Kim J, Richardson V. The impact of poverty, chronic illnesses, and health insurance status on out-of-pocket health care expenditures in later life. Soc Work Health Care 2014 Oct; 53(9):932-49. [Uses 2008-2009 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Spine
Yoshihara H, Yoneoka D. Predictors of allogeneic blood transfusion in spinal fusion for pediatric patients with idiopathic scoliosis in the United States, 2004-2009. Spine 2014 Oct 15; 39(22):1860-7. [Uses 2004-2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity index (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).]Select to access the abstract.

Stroke
Sakhuja A, Schold JD, Kumar G, Katzan I, Navaneethan SD. Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in maintenance dialysis hospitalizations: trends and outcomes. Stroke 2014 Jan; 45(1):71-6. [Uses 2004-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Surgery
Wright GP, Davis AT, Koehler TJ, Scheeres DE. Cost-efficiency and outcomes in the treatment of perforated peptic ulcer disease: laparoscopic versus open approach. Surgery 2014 Oct; 156(4):1003-7. [Uses 2007-2010 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.