Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, February 6, 2015

American Family Physician
Quinlan JD, Murphy NJ. Cesarean delivery: counseling issues and complication management. Am Fam Physician 2015 Feb 1; 91(3):178-84. [Uses AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Medicine
Akbaraly TN, Shipley MJ, Ferrie JE, Virtanen M, Lowe G, Hamer M, Kivimaki M. Long-term adherence to healthy dietary guidelines and chronic inflammation in the prospective Whitehall II study. Am J Med 2015 Feb; 128(2):152-160.e4. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Perinatology
Hassan N, Patenaude V, Oddy L, Abenhaim HA. Pregnancy outcomes in marfan syndrome: a retrospective cohort study. Am J Perinatol 2015 Feb; 30(2):123-30. Uses 2003-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Bardenheier BH, Imperatore G, Devlin HM, Kim SY, Cho P, Geiss LS. Trends in pre-pregnancy diabetes among deliveries in 19 U.S. states, 2000-2010. Am J Prev Med 2015 Feb; 48(2):154-61. [Uses 2014 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

BJU International
Monn MF, Calaway AC, Mellon MJ, Bahler CD, Sundaram CP, Boris RS. Changing USA national trends for adrenalectomy: the influence of surgeon and technique. BJU Int 2015 Feb; 115(2):288-94. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions
Alkhouli M, Zack CJ, Zhao H, Shafi I, Bashir R. Comparative outcomes of catheter-directed thrombolysis plus anticoagulation versus anticoagulation alone in the treatment of inferior vena caval thrombosis. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2015 Feb; 8(2):e001882. [Uses 2005-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Cardiology
Pathak R, Giri S, Karmacharya P, Aryal MR, Donato AA. Comparison between saddle versus non-saddle pulmonary embolism: insights from Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Int J Cardiol 2015 Feb 1; 180:58-9. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Giri S, Pathak R, Aryal MR, Karmacharya P, Bhatt VR, Martin MG. Lack of "weekend effect" on mortality for pulmonary embolism admissions in 2011: data from Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Int J Cardiol 2015 Feb 1; 180:151-3. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Osborne NH, Nicholas LH, Ryan AM, Thumma JR, Dimick JB. Association of hospital participation in a quality reporting program with surgical outcomes and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA 2015 Feb 3; 313(5):496-504. [Uses AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Internal Medicine
Jena AB, Prasad V, Goldman DP, Romley J. Mortality and treatment patterns among patients hospitalized with acute cardiovascular conditions during dates of national cardiology meetings. JAMA Intern Med 2015 Feb; 175(2):237-44. [Uses AHRQ’s Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs).] Select to access the abstract.

Fleischman RJ, Kaji AH, Diaz VM, McKenzie K, Soltero P, et al. A simple intervention to improve hospital flow from emergency department to inpatient units. JAMA Intern Med 2015 Feb; 175(2):289-90. [Uses AHRQ’s Emergency Severity Index, Version 4.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Cavallaro P, Rhee AJ, Chiang Y, Itagaki S, Seigerman M, et al. In-hospital mortality and morbidity after robotic coronary artery surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2015 Feb; 29(1):27-31. [Uses 2008-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurosurgery
Trinh VT, Davies JM, Berger MS. Surgery for primary supratentorial brain tumors in the United States, 2000-2009: effect of provider and hospital caseload on complication rates. J Neurosurg 2015 Feb; 122(2):280-96. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Khalil M, Pandit V, Rhee P, Kulvatunyou N, Orouji T, et al. Certified acute care surgery programs improve outcomes in patients undergoing emergency surgery: a nationwide analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 Jan; 79(1):60-4. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Schwartz DA, Shah AA, Zogg CK, Nicholas LH, Velopulos CG, et al. Operative delay to laparoscopic cholecystectomy: racking up the cost of health care. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 Jan; 79(1):15-21. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Younossi ZM, Otgonsuren M, Henry L, Arsalla Z, Stepnaova M, et al. Inpatient resource utilization, disease severity, mortality and insurance coverage for patients hospitalized for hepatitis C virus in the United States. J Viral Hepat 2015 Feb; 22(2):137-45. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Factsheet
Measuring long-term services and supports rebalancing. Kaiser Commission Medicaid Uninsured 2015 Feb; online. [Includes in Table 2: Selected Quality Measures Related to Community Integration, five measures from AHRQ publication, Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Measure Scan, 2007.]

Laryngoscope
Krings JG, Kallogjeri D, Wineland A, Nepple KG, Piccirillo JF, et al. Complications following primary and revision transsphenoidal surgeries for pituitary tumors. Laryngoscope 2015 Feb; 125(2):311-7. [Uses 2005-2008 HCUP SID, State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD), and State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) data for California and Florida.] Select to access the abstract.

Shay S, Shapiro NL, Bhattacharyya N. Revisit rates and diagnoses following pediatric tonsillectomy in a large multistate population. Laryngoscope 2015 Feb; 125(2):457-61. [Uses 2010 HCUP SASD, SEDD, and SID data for New York, Florida, Iowa, and California.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurosurgical Focus
Wilson D, Jin DL, Wen T, Carmichael JD, Cen S, et al. Demographic factors, outcomes, and patient access to transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease: analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2002 to 2010. Neurosurg Focus 2015 Feb; 38(2):E2. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Revista de Calidad Asistencial: Organo de la Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial
Silvestre-Busto C, Torijano-Casalengua ML, Olivera-Cañadas G, Astier-Peña MP, Maderuelo-Fernández JA, et al. [Adaptation of the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture (MOSPSC) tool]. Rev Calid Asist 2015 Jan-Feb; 30(1):24-30. [Uses the Spanish adaptation of AHRQ’s Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture and Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

State Health Access Reform Evaluation
Ziller E, Lenardson J, Coburn A. Rural implications of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. State Health Access Reform Eval 2015 Feb; online. [Uses 2007-2011 MEPS data.]

Vascular Medicine
Lefebvre KM, Chevan J. The persistence of gender and racial disparities in vascular lower extremity amputation: an examination of HCUP-NIS data (2002-2011). Vasc Med 2015 Feb; 20(1):51-9. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.