Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, February 27, 2015

Academic Pediatrics
Karaca-Mandic P, Choi-Yoo SJ, Lee J, et al. Family out-of-pocket health care burden and children's unmet needs or delayed health care. Acad Pediatr 2014 Jan-Feb;14(1):101-8. [Uses 2002-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Medicine
Akbaraly TN, Shipley MJ, Ferrie JE, et al. 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, et al. 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 (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Salihu HM, Mogos MF, Salinas-Miranda AA, et al. National trends in maternal use of opioid drugs among pregnancy-related hospitalizations in the United States, 1998 to 2009. Am J Perinatol 2015 Feb; 32(3):289-98. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Public Health
Coffield E, Nihiser AJ, Sherry B, et al. Shape Up Somerville: change in parent body mass indexes during a child-targeted, community-based environmental change intervention. Am J Public Health 2015 Feb; 105(2):e83-9. [Uses 2006-2010 MEPS data and methodologies to determine study model variables.] Select to access the abstract.

Cochran SD, Mays VM. Mortality risks among persons reporting same-sex sexual partners: evidence from the 2008 General Social Survey-National Death Index data set. Am J Public Health 2015 Feb; 105(2):358-64. [Uses AHRQ’s Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) codes (as incorporated into the General Social Survey-National Death Index public data file.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Surgery
Skipworth JR, Nijmeijer RM, van Santvoort HC, et al. The effect of renin angiotensin system genetic variants in acute pancreatitis. Ann Surg 2015 Jan; 261(1):180-8. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Arthritis Care & Research
Losina E, Paltiel AD, Weinstein AM, et al. Lifetime medical costs of knee osteoarthritis management in the United States: impact of extending indications for total knee arthroplasty. Arthritis Care Res 2015 Feb; 67(2):203-15. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Chest
Ford ES, Murphy LB, Khavjou O, Giles WH, Holt JB, Croft JB. Total and state-specific medical and absenteeism costs of COPD among adults aged ≥18 years in the United States for 2010 and projections through 2020. Chest 2015 Jan; 147(1):31-45. [Uses 2006-2010 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Naziri Q, Boylan MR, Issa K, et al. Does HIV infection increase the risk of perioperative complications after THA? A nationwide database study. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2015 Feb; 473(2):581-6. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access theabstract.

Critical Care Medicine
Kahn JM, Le T, Angus DC, et al. The epidemiology of chronic critical illness in the United States*. Crit Care Med 2015 Feb; 43(2):282-7. [Uses 2004-2009 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Current Medical Research & Opinion
Pant C, Olyaee M, Sferra TJ, et al. Emergency department visits for gastrointestinal bleeding in children: results from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample 2006-2011. Curr Med Res Opin 2015 Feb;31(2):347-51. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Drugs in Context
Van Doren BA, Roy D, Noone JM, et al. Cachexia & debility diagnoses in hospitalized children and adolescents with complex chronic conditions: evidence from the Kids' Inpatient Database. Drugs Context 2015 Feb 27; 4. pii: 212277. [Uses 2003-2012 HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Ethnicity & Health
Schoenthaler A, Montague E, Baier Manwell L, et al. Patient-physician racial/ethnic concordance and blood pressure control: the role of trust and medication adherence. Ethn Health 2014; 19(5):565-78. [Uses study cohort data from the Minimizing Error, Maximizing Outcome (MEMO) study previously funded by AHRQ under grant 5 R01 HS11955.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Rahman M, Tyler D, Thomas KS, et al. Higher Medicare SNF care utilization by dual-eligible beneficiaries: can Medicaid long-term care policies be the answer? Health Serv Res 2015 Feb; 50(1):161-79. [Uses AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998) and the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index described in AHRQ-funded article by Deyo, Cherkin, and Ciol (J Clin Epidemiol, 1992).]
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Mitchell JM, Conklin EA. Factors affecting receipt of expensive cancer treatments and mortality: evidence from stem cell transplantation for leukemia and lymphoma. Health Serv Res 2015 Feb; 50(1):197-216. [Uses AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Heart Rhythm
Hayward RM, Dewland TA, Moyers B, et al. Device complications in adult congenital heart disease. Heart Rhythm 2015 Feb; 12(2):338-44. [Uses 2005-2011 HCUP SID, State Ambulatory Surgery Database (SASD), and State Emergency Department Database (SEDD) data for California.] Select to access the abstract.

Injury
Kozanek M, Menendez ME, Ring D. Association of perioperative blood transfusion and adverse events after operative treatment of proximal humerus fractures. Injury 2015 Feb; 46(2):270-4. [Uses 2008-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Levey AS, Becker C, Inker LA. Glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria for detection and staging of acute and chronic kidney disease in adults: a systematic review. JAMA 2015 Feb 24; 313(8):837-46. [Uses AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Surgery
Zafar SN, Obirieze A, Adesibikan B, Optimal time for early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. JAMA Surg 2015 Feb; 150(2):129-36. [Uses 2005-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
Li CC, Wang YQ, Li YP, Li XL. Critical appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for treating pancreatic cancer based on the global disease burden. J Evid Based Med 2015 Feb; 8(1):11-21. [Uses AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Wong RK, Jang R, Darling G. Postoperative chemoradiotherapy vs. preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced (operable) gastric cancer: clarifying the role and technique of radiotherapy. J Gastrointest Oncol 2015 Feb; 6(1):89-107. [Uses AHRQ’s NGC as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Saliem S, Patenaude V, Abenhaim HA. Pregnancy outcomes among renal transplant recipients and patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis. J Perinat Med 2015 Feb 23; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Ponce BA, Oladeji LO, Raley JA, et al. Analysis of perioperative morbidity and mortality in shoulder arthroplasty patients with preexisting alcohol use disorders. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2015 Feb; 24(2):167-73. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques
Alosh H, Li D, Riley LH 3rd, et al. Health care burden of anterior cervical spine surgery: national trends in hospital charges and length of stay, 2000-2009. J Spinal Disord Tech 2015 Feb; 28(1):5-11. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Yoshihara H, Yoneoka D. Incidental dural tear in cervical spine surgery: analysis of a nationwide database. J Spinal Disord Tech 2015 Feb; 28(1):19-24. [Uses 2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Surgical Research
Kwok AC, Hu YY, Dodgion CM, et al. Invasive procedures in the elderly after stage IV cancer diagnosis. J Surg Res 2015 Feb; 193(2):754-63. [Uses HCUP CCS procedure code categorizations.] Select to access the abstract.

Sammon JD, Klett DE, Sood A, et al. Sepsis after major cancer surgery. J Surg Res 2015 Feb; 193(2):788-94. [Uses 1999-2009 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.

Spine Journal
Yoshihara H, Yoneoka D. National trends in the surgical treatment for lumbar degenerative disc disease: United States, 2000 to 2009. Spine J 2015 Feb 1; 15(2):265-71. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Urology
Sammon JD, McKay RR, Kim SP, et al. Burden of hospital admissions and utilization of hospice care in metastatic prostate cancer patients. Urology 2015 Feb; 85(2):343-9. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

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.