Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, May 22, 2015

Kaye ID, Marascalchi BJ, Macagno AE, et al. Predictors of morbidity and mortality among patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated surgically. Eur Spine J 2015 Dec; 24(12):2910-17. [Uses 2001-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data and Comorbidity Software.] Select to access the abstract.

Alameddine M, Saleh S, Natafgi N. Assessing health-care providers' readiness for reporting quality and patient safety indicators at primary health-care centres in Lebanon: a national cross-sectional survey. Hum Resour Health, 2015 May 22; 13:37. [Uses questions adapted from AHRQ's Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ)-Ambulatory Version.] Select to access the abstract.

Pant S, Patel NJ, Deshmukh A, et al. Trends in infective endocarditis incidence, microbiology, and valve replacement in the United States from 2000 to 2011. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015 May 19; 65(19):2070-6. [Uses 2000-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Agarwal P, Sambamoorthi U. Healthcare expenditures associated with depression among individuals with osteoarthritis: post-regression linear decomposition approach. J Gen Intern Med 2015 Dec; 30(12):1803-11. [Uses 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Bishu KG, Gebregziabher M, Dismuke CE, et al. Quantifying the incremental and aggregate cost of missed workdays in adults with diabetes. J Gen Intern Med 2015 Dec; 30(12):1773-9. [Uses 2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Nuno M, Carico C, Mukherjee D, et al. Association between in-hospital adverse events and mortality for patients with brain tumors. J Neurosurg 2015 May 22:1-9; epub ahead of print. [Uses 1998-2009 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSI).] Select to access the abstract.

Aljameel AH, Watt RG, Brunner EJ, et al. Earlier depression and later-life self-reported chewing difficulties: results from the Whitehall II study. J Oral Rehabil Feb 2015 Feb; 42(2):98-104. [Uses study cohort data from the Whitehall II study, previously funded by AHRQ.] Select to access the abstract.

Tashiro J, Perez EA, Lasko DS, et al. Post-ECMO chest tube placement: a propensity score-matched survival analysis. J Pediatr Surg 2015 May; 50(5):793-7. [Uses 1997-2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Bokman CL, Tashiro J, Perez EA, et al. Determinants of survival and resource utilization for pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United States 1997-2009. J Pediatr Surg 2015; 50(5):809-14. [Uses 1997-2009 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Broderick RC, Fuchs HF, Harnsberger CR, et al. Increasing the value of healthcare: improving mortality while reducing cost in bariatric surgery. Obesity Surg 2015 Dec; 25(12):2231-8. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Martin BI, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, et al. Use of bone morphogenetic protein among patients undergoing fusion for degenerative diagnoses in the United States, 2002 to 2012. Spine J 2015 Apr; 15(4):692-9. [Uses 2002-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Blaschko SD, Harris Cr, Zaid UB, et al. Trends, utilization, and immediate perioperative complications of urethroplasty in the United States: data from the National Inpatient Sample 2000-2010. Urology 2015 May; 85(5):1190-4. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Malone H, Yang J, Hershman DL, et al. Complications following stereotactic needle biopsy of intracranial tumors. World Neurosurg 2015 Oct; 84(4):1084-9. [Uses 2006-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.