Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, December 26, 2014

American Journal of Managed Care
Axon RN, Gebregziabher M, Craig J, Zhang J, Mauldin P, Moran WP. Frequency and costs of hospital transfers for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Am J Manag Care 2015 Jan; 21(1):51-9. [Uses modification of the coding scheme for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) recommended by AHRQ in Appendix B: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions as published on the AHRQ Archive Web site; gives AHRQ definition of ACSCs from AHRQ National Quality Measures Clearinghouse quality measure summary, Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: Age-Standardized Acute Care Hospitalization Rate for Conditions where Appropriate Ambulatory Care Prevents or Reduces the Need for Admission to the Hospital, per 100,000 Population Younger than Age 75 Years, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Appari A, Johnson EM, Anthony DL. Information technology and hospital patient safety: a cross-sectional study of US acute care hospitals. Am J Manag Care 2014 Nov; 20(11 Spec No. 17):eSP39-47. [Uses eight AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and associated methodologies from AHRQ publication, Quality Indicator Empirical Methods, 2013; cites AHRQ publication, Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Volume 4: Technology and Medication Safety, 2008.]  Select to access the abstract.

Diabetes
Herder C, Nuotio ML, Shah S, Blankenberg S, Brunner EJ, Carstensen M, Gieger C, Grallert H, Jula A, Kähönen M, et al. Genetic determinants of circulating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels and their association with glycemic traits. Diabetes 2014 Dec; 63(12):4343-59. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Endocrine Practice
Glazer ES, Stanko K, Ong ES, Guerrero MA. Decreased inpatient mortality in obese patients with abdominal nets. Endocr Pract 2014 Dec; 20(12):1309-14. [Uses 2009-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Gynecologic Oncology
McMaster J, Dua A, Desai SS, Kuy S, Kuy S. Short term outcomes following breast cancer surgery in pregnant women. Gynecol Oncol 2014 Dec; 135(3):539-41. [Uses 1999-2006 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Issue Brief (Commonwealth Fund)
Collins SR, Radley DC, Schoen C, Beutel S. National trends in the cost of employer health insurance coverage, 2003-2013. Issue Brief Commonw Fund 2014 Dec; 32(1793)1-9. [Uses 2003-2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Insurance Component data.]

JAMA
Mosquera RA, Avritscher EB, Samuels CL, Harris TS, Pedroza C, Evans P, Navarro F, Wootton SH, Pacheco S, Clifton G, et al. Effect of an enhanced medical home on serious illness and cost of care among high-risk children with chronic illness: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2014 Dec 24-31; 312(24):2640-8. [Uses AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Child 12-Month Survey.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Hauch A, Al-Qurayshi Z, Friedlander P, Kandil E. Association of socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity with outcomes of patients undergoing thyroid surgery. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014 Dec; 140(12):1173-83. [Uses 2003-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Esposito D, Yong PL, Rich E, Geonnotti K, Kimmey LD. The ARRA investment in CER: a description of the midstream evaluation and how the funds were allocated and CER priorities addressed. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):581-9. [Uses AHRQ's priority populations list and data from AHRQ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-funded grant and contract proposals.] Select to access the abstract.

O'Day B, Kieffer T, Forrestal S, Esposito D. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments in data infrastructure. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):591-600. [Uses data from AHRQ ARRA-funded grant and contract proposals Select to access the abstract.

Zurovac J, Esposito D. Lessons from comparative effectiveness research methods development projects funded under the Recovery Act. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):601-7. [Uses AHRQ's Grants OnLine Database (GOLD) and mentions AHRQ's ARRA comparative effectiveness research (CER)-supported Electronic Data Methods Forum and Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Methods Learning Network as "examples of learning networks that can achieve some of" the study's recommendations; cites AHRQ publication, Research Priorities in Developing Quality Measures for Persons with Disabilities: Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Geonnotti KL, Rich EC, Esposito D. Workforce development for comparative effectiveness research: training programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):609-15. [Uses AHRQ's ARRA Awards database and interviews with AHRQ T32/K12 program directors.] Select to access the abstract.

Cornwell D, Hu M, Esposito D. Public perceptions of comparative effectiveness research and use of evidence in healthcare decision-making. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):623-34. [Uses an adaptation of AHRQ's plain-language definition of CER/patient-centered outcomes research; cites AHRQ publication, Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence: Executive Summary, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Holve E, Segal C. Infrastructure to support learning health systems: are we there yet? Innovative solutions and lessons learned from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act CER investments. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):635-45. [Uses data from site visits to seven research and quality improvement networks funded by AHRQ ARRA CER data infrastructure funds; describes AHRQ's definition of an electronic clinical data infrastructure and summarizes AHRQ-authored article by Randhawa (researcher in AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement) and Slutsky (former AHRQ center director) (Med Care, 2012) on AHRQ-supported clinical data infrastructure projects.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Hospital Medicine
Pathak R, Bhatt VR, Karmacharya P, Aryal MR, Alweis R. Trends in blood-product transfusion among inpatients in the United States from 2002 to 2011: data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. J Hosp Med 2014 Dec; 9(12):800-1. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data and Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM, 2009-2011.]

Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Havrilesky LJ, Dinan M, Sfakianos GP, Curtis LH, Barnett JC, Van Gorp T, Myers ER. Costs, effectiveness, and workload impact of management strategies for women with an adnexal mass. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Dec 16; 107(1):322. [Uses 2007 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for four states.] 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 primary and secondary codes in AHRQ’s HCUP NIS and describes HCUP NIS data composition and coverage.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Allareddy V. Prevalence and impact of complications on hospitalization outcomes following surgical repair for craniosynostosis. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014 Dec; 72(12):2522-30. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Allareddy V. Use of human recombinant bone morphogenetic protein is associated with increased hospital charges in children with cleft lip and palate having bone graft procedures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014 Dec; 72(12):2531-8. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP NIS data and associated comorbidity severity files.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Urology
Sharma V, Meeks JJ. Open conversion during minimally invasive radical prostatectomy: impact on perioperative complications and predictors from national data. J Urol 2014 Dec; 192(6):1657-62. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Vascular and International Neurology
Kainth DS, Adil MM, Kainth HS, Dhaliwal JK, Qureshi AI. Unsustainable hospital charges are incurred in the treatment of Medicare beneficiaries admitted with subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2014 Dec; 7(5):56-63. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Emiru T, Adil MM, Suri MF, Qureshi AI. Thrombolytic treatment for in-hospital ischemic strokes in United States. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2014 Dec; 7(5):28-34. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Science and Social Science
Mahmoudi E, Levy HG. How did Medicare Part D affect racial and ethnic disparities in drug coverage? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2014 Dec 22; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2009 MEPS data.]  Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care Research and Review
Shin MH, Sullivan JL, Rosen AK, Solomon JL, Dunn EJ, Shimada SL, Hayes J, Rivard PE. Examining the validity of AHRQ's patient safety indicators (PSIs): is variation in PSI composite score related to hospital organizational factors?  Med Care Res Rev 2014 Dec; 71(6):599-618. [Uses AHRQ's PSIs (and cites related articles) and organizational structure and process domains derived from AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Bhattacharyya N, Shapiro NL. Associations between socioeconomic status and race with complications after tonsillectomy in children. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014 Dec; 151(6):1055-60. [Uses 2010-2011 HCUP State Emergency Department Database (SEDD) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatrics
Miller TR, Steinbeigle R, Wicks A, Lawrence BA, Barr M, Barr RG. Disability-adjusted life-year burden of abusive head trauma at ages 0-4. Pediatrics 2014 Dec; 134(6):e1545-50. [Uses 2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Vascular Health and Risk Management
Ghushchyan V, Nair KV, Page RL 2nd. Indirect and direct costs of acute coronary syndromes with comorbid atrial fibrillation, heart failure, or both. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2014 Dec 24; 11:25-34. [Uses 1998-2009 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.