Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, March 20, 2015

American Family Physician
Saguil A, Fargo M, Grogan S. Diagnosis and management of kawasaki disease. Am Fam Physician. 2015 Mar 15; 91(6):365-71. [Uses AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Menendez ME, Ring D. Factors associated with hospital admission for proximal humerus fracture. Am J Emerg Med 2015 Feb; 33(2):155-8. [Uses 2010-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Otolaryngology
Bhattacharyya N. Healthcare disparities in revisits for complications after adult tonsillectomy. Am J Otolaryngol 2015 Mar-Apr; 36(2):249-53. [Uses 2010-2011 HCUP State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) data for four states.] Select to aceess the abstract.

BMJ
Bateman BT, Hernandez-Diaz S, Fischer MA, et al. Statins and congenital malformations: cohort study. BMJ 2015 Mar 17; 350:h1035. [Uses cohort data from the Medicaid Analytical eXtract database, funded by R01 HS10533.] Select to access the abstract.

European Journal of Health Economics
Xu WY, Dowd B, Abraham J. Lessons from state mandates of preventive cancer screenings. Eur J Health Econ 2015 Mar 15; epub ahead of print. [Uses 1997-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA Pediatrics
Leyenaar JK, Shieh MS, Lagu T, et al. Direct admission to hospitals among children in the United States. JAMA Pediatr 2015 May; 169(5):500-2. [Uses 2009 HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Affective Disorders
Castellani A, Girlanda F, Barbui C. Rigour of development of clinical practice guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder: systematic review. J Affect Disord 2015 Mar 15; 174:45-50. [Uses AHRQ’s NGC as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Heart Association
Sugiyama T, Hasegawa K, Kobayashi Y, et al. Differential time trends of outcomes and costs of care for acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations by ST elevation and type of intervention in the United States, 2001-2011. J Am Heart Assoc 2015 Mar 23; 4(3):e001445. [Uses 2001-2011 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Agarwal S, Menon V, Jaber WA. Outcomes after acute ischemic stroke in the United States: does residential ZIP code matter? J Am Heart Assoc 2015 Mar 15; 4(3):e001629. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Ponce BA, Oladeji LO, Rogers ME, Menendez ME. Comparative analysis of anatomic and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: in-hospital outcomes and costs. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2015 Mar; 24(3):460-7. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
Karl JW, Olson PR, Rosenwasser MP. The epidemiology of upper extremity fractures in the United States, 2009. J Orthop Trauma 2015 Aug; 29(8):e242-4. [Uses 2009 HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) and State Inpatient Databases (SID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Shah AA, Haider AH, Zogg CK, et al. National estimates of predictors of outcomes for emergency general surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 Mar; 78(3):482-90; discussion 490-1. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Welch BT, Brinjikji W, Schmit GD, et al. Evaluation of the charges, safety, and mortality of percutaneous renal thermal ablation using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015 Mar; 26(3):342-7. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Laryngoscope
Bhattacharyya N. Revisits and readmissions following ambulatory uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Laryngoscope 2015 Mar; 125(3):754-7. [Uses 2010 HCUP SASD data for four states.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Venkatesh AK, Dai Y, Ross JS, et al.  Variation in US hospital emergency department admission rates by clinical condition. Med Care 2015 Mar; 53(3):237-44. [Uses2009 HCUP NEDS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurosurgery
Hooten KG, Neal D, Lovaton Espadin RE, et al. Insurance status influences the rates of reportable quality metrics in brain tumor patients: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample study. Neurosurgery 2015 Mar; 76(3):239-47; discussion 247-8. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs).] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Mueller EL, Sabbatini A, Gebremariam A, et al. Why pediatric patients with cancer visit the emergency department: United States, 2006-2010. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015 Mar; 62(3):490-5. [Uses 2006-2010 HCUP NEDS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Sleep Medicine
Pathak R, Giri S, Karmacharya P, et al. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and secondary polycythemia: analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Sleep Med 2015 Jan; 16(1):205-6. [Uses 2010-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Supportive Care in Cancer
Pathak R, Giri S, Aryal MR, et al. Mortality, length of stay, and health care costs of febrile neutropenia-related hospitalizations among patients with breast cancer in the United States. Support Care Cancer 2015 Mar; 23(3):615-7. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management
Dresden SM, O'Connor LM, Pearce CG, et al. National trends in the use of postcardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia and hospital factors influencing its use. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2015 Mar; 5(1):48-54. [Uses 2007-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.