Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, December 19, 2014

AIDS
Kourtis AP, Ellington S, Pazol K, Flowers L, Haddad L, Jamieson DJ. Complications of cesarean deliveries among HIV-infected women in the United States. AIDS 2014 Nov 13; 28(17):2609-18. [Uses 1995-1996, 2000-2001, 2005-2006, and 2010-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and methodologies from AHRQ-authored article by Meikle et al. (Obstet Gynecol, 2005).  Select to access the abstract.

American Heart Journal
Lu Y, Agrawal G, Lin CW, Williams RG. Inpatient admissions and costs of congenital heart disease from adolescence to young adulthood. Am Heart J 2014 Dec; 168(6):948-55. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for California and HCUP Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files.] Select to access the abstract.

AJNR: American Journal of Neuroradiology
Gu CN, Brinjikji W, El-Sayed AM, Cloft H, McDonald JS, Kallmes DF. Racial and health insurance disparities of inpatient spine augmentation for osteoporotic vertebral fractures from 2005 to 2010. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014 Dec;35(12): 2397-402. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data; cites AHRQ’s National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR).] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Creanga AA, Bateman BT, Mhyre JM, Kuklina E, Shilkrut A, Callaghan WM. Performance of racial and ethnic minority-serving hospitals on delivery-related indicators. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014 Dec; 211(6):647.e1-16. [Uses 2008-2011 HCUP SID data for seven states; uses the Quality Indicators Resources landing page on AHRQ’s Quality Indicators Web site and quality measure summary Obstetrics (Australian Council on Healthcare Standards) in AHRQ’s National Quality Measures Clearinghouse^TM (NQMC) as sources for obstetric care quality indicators; cites AHRQ’s NHDR, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.

American Surgeon
Sawkar HP, Kim DY, Thum DJ, Zhao L, Cashy J, Bjurlin M, Bhalani V, Boller AM, Kundu S. Frequency of lower urinary tract injury after gastrointestinal surgery in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Am Surg 2014 Dec; 80(12):1216-21. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Anesthesiology
Maeda A, Bateman BT, Clancy CR, Creanga AA, Leffert LR. Opioid abuse and dependence during pregnancy: temporal trends and obstetrical outcomes. Anesthesiology 2014 Dec; 121(6):1158-65. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Hilbert JP, Zasadil S, Keyser DJ, Peele PB. Using decision trees to manage hospital readmission risk for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2014 Dec; 12(6):573-85. [Uses 2010-2011 HCUP SID data for California and Clinical Classifications Software (CCS).] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Urology
Liss MA, Wang S, Palazzi K, Jabaji R, Patel N, Lee HJ, Parsons JK, Derweesh IH. Evaluation of national trends in the utilization of partial nephrectomy in relation to the publication of the American Urologic Association guidelines for the management of clinical T1 renal masses. BMC Urol 2014 Dec 17; 14:101. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Sadler MD, Ravindran NC, Hubbard J, Myers RP, Ghosh S, Beck PL, Dixon E, Ball C, Prusinkiewicz C, Heitman SJ, et al. Predictors of mortality among patients undergoing colectomy for ischemic colitis: A population-based United States study. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 Dec; 28(11):600-4. [Uses 1993-2008 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.

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Tanweer O, Wilson TA, El Helou A, Becske T, Riina HA. National trends in utilization and outcomes of angioplasty and stenting for revascularization in intracranial stenosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014 Jan; 116:54-60. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Johantgen et al., Jt Comm J Qual Improv, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Pugely AJ, Martin CT, Gao Y, Belatti DA, Callaghan JJ. Comorbidities in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: do they influence hospital costs and length of stay?  Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Dec; 472(12):3943-50. [Uses 2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Healthcare
Li H, Gail MH, Braithwaite RS, Gold HT, Walter D, Liu M, Gross CP, Makarov DV. Are hospitals "keeping up with the Joneses"?: Assessing the spatial and temporal diffusion of the surgical robot. Healthc 2014 Jul; 2(2):152-7. [Uses 2001-2008 HCUP SID data for seven states.] Select to access the abstract.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Pant C, Sferra TJ, Deshpande A, Olyaee M, Gilroy R, Anderson MP, Donskey C. Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients with cystic fibrosis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Dec; 35(12):1547-8. [Uses 2002-2010 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).]

JAMA Pediatrics
Lau JS, Adams SH, Park MJ, Boscardin WJ, Irwin CE Jr. Improvement in preventive care of young adults after the Affordable Care Act: the Affordable Care Act is helping. JAMA Pediatr 2014 Dec; 168(12):1101-6. [Uses 2009-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Kamiński JP, Bueltmann KW, Rudnicki M. Robotic versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy inpatient analysis: does the end justify the means? J Gastrointest Surg 2014 Dec; 18(12):2116-22. [Uses 2010-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Moghadamyeghaneh Z, Masoomi H, Mills SD, Carmichael JC, Pigazzi A, Nguyen NT, Stamos MJ. Outcomes of conversion of laparoscopic colorectal surgery to open surgery. JSLS 2014 Oct-Dec; 18(4). pii: e2014.00230.
[Uses 2009-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Matharoo GS, Afthinos JN, Gibbs KE. Trends in splenectomy: where does laparoscopy stand? JSLS 2014 Oct-Dec; 18(4). pii: e2014.00239. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data.]  Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Chopra V, Ratz D, Kuhn L, Lopus T, Lee A, Krein S. Peripherally inserted central catheter-related deep vein thrombosis: contemporary patterns and predictors. J Thromb Haemost 2014 Jun; 12(6):847-54. [Uses AHRQ’s Clinical Classifications Software for ICD-9-CM, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Dua A, Furlough CL, Ray H, Sharma S, Upchurch GR, Desai SS. The effect of hospital factors on mortality rates after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 2014 Dec; 60(6):1446-51. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Orandi BJ, Selvarajah S, Orion KC, Lum YW, Perler BA, Abularrage CJ. Outcomes of nonelective weekend admissions for lower extremity ischemia. J Vasc Surg 2014 Dec; 60(6):1572-9.e1. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Eslami MH, Rybin D, Doros G, Farber A. Care of patients undergoing vascular surgery at safety net public hospitals is associated with higher cost but similar mortality to nonsafety net hospitals. J Vasc Surg 2014 Dec; 60(6):1627-34. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998); cites AHRQ’s NHDR, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Dua A, Desai SS, Seabrook GR, Brown KR, Lewis BD, Rossi PJ, Edmiston CE, Lee CJ. The effect of Surgical Care Improvement Project measures on national trends on surgical site infections in open vascular procedures. J Vasc Surg 2014 Dec; 60(6):1635-9. [Uses 2007-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Women’s Health
Petterson SM, Bazemore AW, Phillips RL, Rayburn WF. Trends in office-based care for reproductive-aged women according to physician specialty: a ten-year study. J Womens Health 2014 Dec; 23(12):1021-6. [Uses 2002-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Surgical Infections
Blitzer DN, Davis JM, Ahmed N, Kuo YH, Kuo YL. Impact of procedure on the post-operative infection risk of patients after elective colon surgery. Surg Infect 2014 Dec; 15(6):721-5. [Uses 2006 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Surgical Neurology International
Wilson TA, Tanweer O, Huang PP, Riina HA. Comparison of outcomes and utilization of extracranial-intracranial bypass versus intracranial stenting for intracranial stenosis. Surg Neurol Int 2014 Dec 11; 5:178. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Transplantation Proceedings
Santos CA, Brennan DC, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA. Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of delayed-onset cytomegalovirus disease in a large, retrospective cohort of heart transplant recipients. Transplant Proc 2014 Dec; 46(10):3585-92. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP SID data for California, Florida, and New York and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).]  Select to access the abstract.