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

American Journal of Cardiology  
Badheka AO, Arora S, Panaich SS, Patel NJ, Patel N, Chothani A, Mehta K, Deshmukh A, Singh V, Savani GT, et al. Impact on in-hospital outcomes with drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents (from 665,804 procedures).  Am J Cardiol 2014 Dec 1; 114(11):1629-37.] Uses 2006-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data, AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), and PSI Individual Measure Technical Specifications, Version 4.4, 2012, and the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index described in AHRQ-funded article by Deyo, Cherkin, and Ciol (J Clin Epidemiol).] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Kharat AA, Borrego ME, Raisch DW, Roberts MH, Blanchette CM, Petersen H. Assessing disparities in the receipt of inhaled corticosteroid prescriptions for asthma by Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2015 Feb;12(2):174-83.  Assessing disparities in the receipt of inhaled corticosteroid prescriptions Kharat AA, Borrego ME, Raisch DW, Roberts MH, Blanchette CM, Petersen H. for asthma by Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2015 Feb; 12(2):174-83. [Uses 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Diabetes Care
Dall TM, Yang W, Halder P, Pang B, Massoudi M, Wintfeld N, Semilla AP, Franz J, Hogan PF. The economic burden of elevated blood glucose levels in 2012: diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus, and prediabetes. Diabetes Care 2014 Dec; 37(12):3172-9. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Disability and Health Journal
Shi J, Wheeler KK, Lu B, Bishai DM, Stallones L, Xiang H. Medical expenditures associated with nonfatal occupational injuries among U.S. workers reporting persistent disabilities. Disabil Health J 2014 Dec 2. [Uses 2004-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data.] Select to access the abstract.

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
Geltzeiler CB, Lu KC, Diggs BS, Deveney KE, Keyashian K, Herzig DO, Tsikitis VL. Initial surgical management of ulcerative colitis in the biologic era. Dis Colon Rectum 2014 Dec; 57(12):1358-63. [Uses 1991-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Wisk LE, Gangnon R, Vanness DJ, Galbraith AA, Mullahy J, Witt WP. Development of a novel, objective measure of health care-related financial burden for U.S. families with children. Health Serv Res 2014 Dec; 49(6):1852-74. [Uses 2002-2010 MEPS data linked to National Health Interview Survey data.] Select to access the abstract.

Horner-Johnson W, Dobbertin K, Lee JC, Andresen EM; Expert Panel on Disability and Health Disparities. Disparities in health care access and receipt of preventive services by disability type: analysis of the medical expenditure panel survey. Health Serv Res 2014 Dec; 49(6):1980-99. [Uses 2002-2008 MEPS data; cites AHRQ's National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2011, and USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

"Phenotyping" hospital value of care for patients with heart failure. Xu X, Li SX, Lin H, Normand SL, Kim N, Ott LS, Lagu T, Duan M, Kroch EA, Krumholz HM. Health Serv Res 2014 Dec;49(6):2000-16. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and Comorbidity Software.] Select to access the abstract.

Wherry LR, Burns ME, Leininger LJ. Using self-reported health measures to predict high-need cases among Medicaid-eligible adults. Health Serv Res 2014 Dec; 49 Suppl 2:2147-72. [Uses 1992-2009 MEPS data linked to National Health Interview Survey data and uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume)
Bohl DD, Russo GS, Basques BA, Golinvaux NS, Fu MC, Long WD 3rd, Grauer JN. Variations in data collection methods between national databases affect study results: a comparison of the nationwide inpatient sample and national surgical quality improvement program databases for lumbar spine fusion procedures. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 Dec 3; 96(23) : e193. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Murthy SB, Moradiya Y, Shah S, Naval NS. In-hospital outcomes of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with cocaine use in the USA. J Clin Neurosci 2014 Dec; 21(12):2088-91. [Uses 2007-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Community Health
Widmer AJ, Basu R, Hochhalter AK. The association between office-based provider visits and emergency department utilization among Medicaid beneficiaries. J Community Health 2014 Dec 3; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2009 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Riggs KR, Buttorff C, Alexander GC. Impact of out-of-pocket spending caps on financial burden of those with group health insurance. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Dec 4; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2011-2012 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine
Gologorsky Y, Knightly JJ, Chi JH, Groff MW. The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database does not accurately reflect surgical indications for fusion. J Neurosurg Spine 2014 Dec; 21(6):984-93. [Uses 2011-2013 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
Tuggle CT, Patel A, Broer N, Persing JA, Sosa JA, Au AF. Increased hospital volume is associated with improved outcomes following abdominal-based breast reconstruction. J Plast Surg Hand Surg 2014 Dec; 48(6):382-8. [Uses 2009-2010 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Robich MP, Schiltz N, Johnston DR, Mick S, Tse W, Koch C, Soltesz EG. Outcomes of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection undergoing cardiovascular surgery in the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014 Dec; 148(6):3066-73. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data, Clinical Classifications Software, and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al.,  Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Laryngoscope
Scott AR, Mader NS. Regional variations in the presentation and surgical management of Pierre Robin sequence. Laryngoscope. 2014 Dec; 124(12):2818-25. [Uses 2006 and 2009 Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Obstetrics & Gynecology
E Riddell CA, Kaufman JS, Hutcheon JA, Strumpf EC, Teunissen PW, Abenhaim HA. Effect of uterine rupture on a hospital's future rate of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol 2014 Dec; 124(6):1175-81. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data; cites AHRQ-funded systematic review by Guise et al. (BMJ, 2004), of the incidence and consequences of uterine rupture in women with previous caesarean section, performed by the Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Anesthesia
Salazar JH, Yang J, Shen L, Abdullah F, Kim TW. Pediatric malignant hyperthermia: risk factors, morbidity, and mortality identified from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and Kids' Inpatient Database. Paediatr Anaesth 2014 Dec; 24(12):1212-6. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS and KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Surgical Endoscopy
Jassim H, Seligman JT, Frelich M, Goldblatt M, Kastenmeier A, Wallace J, Zhao HS, Szabo A, Gould JC. A population-based analysis of emergent versus elective paraesophageal hernia repair using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Surg Endosc 2014 Dec; 28(12):3473-8. [Uses 2006-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Preventive Medicine
Nandyala SV, Marquez-Lara A, Fineberg SJ, Singh K. Comparison of revision surgeries for one- to two-level cervical TDR and ACDF from 2002 to 2011. Spine J 2014 Dec 1; 14(12):2841-6. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Spine Journal
Golinvaux NS, Bohl DD, Basques BA, Fu MC, Gardner EC, Grauer JN. Limitations of administrative databases in spine research: a study in obesity. Spine J 2014 Dec 1; 14(12):2923-8. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

World Journal of Urology
Becker A, Bianchi M, Hansen J, Tian Z, Shariat SF, Popa I, Perrotte P, Trinh QD, Karakiewicz PI, Sun M. Benefit in regionalization of care for patients treated with nephrectomy: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample. World J Urol 2014 Dec; 32(6):1511-21. [Uses1998-2007 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).] Select to access the abstract.