Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, May 15, 2015

American Journal of Cardiology
Singh V, Badheka AO, Arora S, et al. Comparison of inhospital mortality, length of hospitalization, costs, and vascular complications of percutaneous coronary interventions guided by ultrasound versus angiography. Am J Cardiol 2015 May 15; 115(10):1357-66. [Uses 2008-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data, AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), and the AHRQ-funded adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity index by Deyo et al (J Clin Epidemiol, 1992).] Select to access the abstract.

Minutello RM, Wong SC, Swaminathan RV, et al. Costs and in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement in commercial cases using a propensity score matched model. Am J Cardiol 2015 May 15; 115(10):1443-7. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Sears JM, Bowman SM, Hogg-Johnson S. Disparities in occupational injury hospitalization rates in five states (2003-2009). Am J Ind Med 2015 May; 58(5):528-40. [Uses 2003-2009 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Medicine
Agarwal S. Trends and burden of firearm-related hospitalizations in the United States across 2001-2011. Am J Med 2015 May; 128(5):484-92.e1. [Uses 2001-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Selet to access the abstract.

American Journal of Medical Quality
Wilson MZ, Soybel DI, Hollenbeak CS. Operative volume in colon surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Am J Med Qual 2015 May; 30(3):271-82. [Uses 2004-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Slocum CS, Goldstein R, DiVita MA, et al. , Kowalske KJ, Zafonte R, Ryan CM, et al. Assessing the ability of comorbidity indexes to capture comorbid disease in the inpatient rehabilitation burn injury population. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2015 May; 94(5):373-84. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy
Chung TK, Riley KO, Woodworth BA. The use of image-guidance during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in the United States. Am J Rhinol Allergy 2015 May-Jun; 29(3):215-20. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Cancer
Mueller EL, Walkovich KJ, Mody R, et al. Hospital discharges for fever and neutropenia in pediatric cancer patients: United States, 2009. BMC Cancer 2015 May 10; 15:388. [Uses 2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Health Services Research
Cantiello J, Fottler MD, Oetjen D, et al. The impact of demographic and perceptual variables on a young adult's decision to be covered by private health insurance. BMC Health Serv Res 2015 May 12; 15:195. [Uses 2005 and 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access abstract.

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
Kasten KR, Marcello PW, Roberts PL, et al. What are the results of colonic volvulus surgery? Dis Colon Rectum 2015 May; 58(5):502-7. [Uses 2005-2007 HCUP SID data for California.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Haeder SF, Weimer DL, Mukamel DB. California hospital networks are narrower in Marketplace than in commercial plans, but access and quality are similar. Health Aff 2015 May; 34(5):741-8. [Uses unspecified AHRQ data and 12 AHRQ quality indicators.] Se;lect to access the abstract.

Singhal A, Caplan DJ, Jones MP, et al. Eliminating Medicaid adult dental coverage in California led to increased dental emergency visits and associated costs. Health Aff 2015 May; 34(5):749-56. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP State Emergency Department (SEDD) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Joynt KE, Chatterjee P, Orav EJ, et al. Hospital closures had no measurable impact on local hospitalization rates or mortality rates, 2003-11. Health Aff 2015 May; 34(5):765-72. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Arthroplasty
Cavanaugh PK, Chen AF, Rasouli MR, Post ZD, Orozco FR, Ong AC. Total joint arthroplasty in transplant recipients: in-hospital adverse outcomes. J Arthroplasty 2015 May; 30(5):840-5. [Uses 1993-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Rolston JD, Ouyang D, Englot DJ, et al. National trends and complication rates for invasive extraoperative electrocorticography in the USA. J Clin Neurosci 2015 May; 22(5):823-7. [Uses 1998-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Chawla N, Urato M, Ambs A, et al. Unveiling SEER-CAHPS®: a new data resource for quality of care research. J Gen Intern Med 2015 May; 30(5):641-50. [Uses 1998-2010 CAHPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Gidwani R, Bhattacharya J. CMS reimbursement reform and the incidence of hospital-acquired pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. J Gen Intern Med 2015 May; 30(5):588-96. Uses 2007-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
Taylor CA, Greenspan AI, Xu L, Kresnow MJ. Comparability of national estimates for traumatic brain injury-related medical encounters. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2015 May-Jun; 30(3):150-9. [Uses 2006-2010 HCUP NIS and Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery
Brinjikji W, Kallmes DF, Lanzino G, et al. Carotid revascularization treatment is shifting to low volume centers. J Neurointerv Surg 2015 May; 7(5):336-40. [Uses 2005-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
McClelland S, 3rd, Ukwuoma OI, Lunos S, et al. Mortality of Dandy-Walker syndrome in the United States: Analysis by race, gender, and insurance status. J Neurosci Rural Pract 2015 Apr-Jun; 6(2):182-5. [Uses 1997-2003 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Singh JA, Ramachandran R. Persisting racial disparities in total shoulder arthroplasty utilization and outcomes. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2015; 2015:1-8. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques
Chitale R, Campbell PG, Yadla S, et al. International classification of disease clinical modification 9 modeling of a patient comorbidity score predicts incidence of perioperative complications in a nationwide inpatient sample assessment of complications in spine surgery. J Spinal Disord Tech 2015 May; 28(4):126-33. [Uses 2002-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Surgical Research
Haring RS, Narang K, Canner JK, et al. Traumatic brain injury in the elderly: morbidity and mortality trends and risk factors. J Surg Res 2015 May 1; 195(1):1-9. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Isaacs AJ, Shuhaiber J, Salemi A, et al. National trends in utilization and in-hospital outcomes of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic valve replacements. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015 May; 149(5):1262-9.e3. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Liu S, Bowman SM, Smith TC, et al. Trends in pediatric spleen management: do hospital type and ownership still matter? J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 May; 78(5):935-42. [Uses 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Osler T, Glance LG, Li W, Buzas JS, Wetzel ML, Hosmer DW. Trauma care does not discriminate: The association of race and health insurance with mortality following traumatic injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 May; 78(5):1026-33. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Neurology
Yacoub HA, Al-Qudah ZA, Khan HM, et al. Trends in outcome and hospitalization cost among adult patients with acute ischemic stroke in the United States. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2015 May; 8(2):19-23. [Uses 1993-1994 and 2006-2007 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Laryngoscope
Kim IA, Shapiro N, Bhattacharyya N. The national cost burden of bronchial foreign body aspiration in children. Laryngoscope 2015 May; 125(5):1221-4. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Jerant A, Bertakis KD, Franks P. Body mass index and health care utilization in diabetic and nondiabetic individuals. Med Care 2015 May; 53(5):409-16. [Uses 2000-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Neurosurgery
Hooten KG, Neal D, Lovaton Espadin RE, Gil JN, Azari H, Rahman M. 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 47-8. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's PSIs.] Select to access the abstract.

Pediatrics
Stey A, Barnert ES, Tseng CH, Keeler E, Needleman J, Leng M, Kelley-Quon LI, Shew SB. Outcomes and costs of surgical treatments of necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatrics 2015 May; 135(5):e1190-7. [Uses HCUP cost-to-charge ratio files.] Select to access the abstract.

PLoS One
Dagher RK, Chen J, Thomas SB. Gender Differences in Mental Health Outcomes before, during, and after the Great Recession. PLoS One 2015 May 13; 10(5):e0124103; online. [Uses 2005-2006, 2008-2009, and 2010-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Spine Journal
Goz V, Errico TJ, Weinreb JH, Koehler SM, Hecht AC, Lafage V, Qureshi SA. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: national outcomes and trends in utilization from 2005 through 2010. Spine J 2015 May; 15(5):959-65. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.