Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, March 13, 2015

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Parish SL, Thomas KC, Williams CS, et al. Autism and families' financial burden: the association with health insurance coverage. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2015 Mar; 120(2):166-75. [Uses 2000-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Xu X, Bishop EE, Kennedy SM, et al. Annual healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking: an update. Am J Prev Med 2015 Mar; 48(3):326-33. [Uses 2006-2010 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Canadian Urological Association Journal
Varda B, Sood A, Krishna N, et al. National rates and risk factors for stent failure after successful insertion in patients with obstructed, infected upper tract stones. Can Urol Assoc J 2015 Mar-Apr; 9(3-4):E164-71. [Uses 1008-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Center for American Progress
The Great cost shift: why middle-class workers do not feel the health care spending slowdown. 2015 Mar; online. [Uses 2007-2013 MEPS Insurance Component data.]

Clinical Infectious Diseases
Galbraith JW, Donnelly JP, Franco RA, et al. National estimates of healthcare utilization by individuals with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2014 Sep 15; 59(6):755-64. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical  Orthopaedics and Related Research
Menendez ME, van Dijk CN, Ring D. Who leaves the hospital against medical advice in the orthopaedic setting? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2015 Mar; 473(3):1140-9. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Foot & Ankle International
Schipper ON, Jiang JJ, Chen L, et al. Effect of diabetes mellitus on perioperative complications and hospital outcomes after ankle arthrodesis and total ankle arthroplasty. Foot Ankle Int 2015 Mar; 36(3):258-67. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Economics
Deb P, Trivedi PK, Zimmer DM. Cost-offsets of prescription drug expenditures: data analysis via a copula-based bivariate dynamic hurdle model. Health Econ 2014 Oct; 23(10):1242-59. [Uses 1996-2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Weech-Maldonado R, Elliott MN, Adams JL, et al. Do racial/ethnic disparities in quality and patient experience within Medicare plans generalize across measures and racial/ethnic groups? Health Serv Res 2015 Mar 11; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2008-2009 CAHPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Cardiology
Pathak R, Aryal MR, Karmacharya P, et al. Int J Cardiol 2014 Sep; 176(1):279-80. Mortality in intra-aortic balloon pump therapy in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: data from nationwide inpatient sample. [Uses 2000-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Prescott HC, Langa KM, Iwashyna TJ. Readmission diagnoses after hospitalization for severe sepsis and other acute medical conditions. JAMA 2015 Mar 10; 313(10):1055-7. [Uses HCUP Clinical Classifications Software and AHRQ-identified ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) from AHRQ's Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators, Version 3.1.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Dual Diagnosis
Sacco P, Unick GJ, Zanjani F, et al. Hospital outcomes in major depression among older adults: differences by alcohol comorbidity. J Dual Diagn 2015; 11(1):83-92. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics
Jacob V, Qu S, Chattopadhyay S, et al. Legislations and policies to expand mental health and substance abuse benefits in health insurance plans: a community guide systematic economic review. J Ment Health Policy Econ 2015 Mar;18(1):39-48. [Uses MEPS Insurance Component data on health plan premiums.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery
Attenello FJ, Reid P, Wen T, et al. Evaluation of time to aneurysm treatment following subarachnoid hemorrhage: comparison of patients treated with clipping versus coiling. J Neurointerv Surg 2015 Mar 12; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
Menendez ME, Ring D. Failure to rescue after proximal femur fracture surgery. J Orthop Trauma 2015 Mar; 29(3):e96-102. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Hadid V, Patenaude V, Oddy L, Abenhaim HA. Sarcoidosis and pregnancy: obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in a population-based cohort of 7 million births. J Perinat Med 2015 Mar; 43(2):201-7. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Pope D, Scaife SL, Tzeng TH, Vasdev S, Saleh KJ. Impact of diabetes on early postoperative outcomes after total elbow arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2015 Mar; 24(3):348-52. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatrics
Kelleher KJ, Cooper J, Deans K, et al. Cost saving and quality of care in a pediatric accountable care organization. Pediatrics 2015 Mar; 135(3):e582-9. [Uses 15 AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators.] Select to access the abstract.

Lehmann CU; Council on Clinical Information Technology. Pediatric aspects of inpatient health information technology systems. Pediatrics 2015 Mar; 135(3):e756-68. [Uses and expands on the AHRQ-funded Model Pediatric EHR Format.] Select to access the abstract.