Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, May 29, 2015

Tadisina KK, Chopra K, Singh DP. The "weekend effect" in plastic surgery: analyzing weekday versus weekend admissions in body contouring procedures from 2000 to 2010. Aesthet Surg J 2015 Nov; 35(8):995-8. [Uses 2000-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Simo H, Yang S, Qu W, Preis M, Nazzal M, Baugh R. Meniere's disease: importance of socioeconomic and environmental factors. Am J Otolaryngol 2015 May-Jun; 36(3):393-8. [Uses 2008-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Panaich SS, Badheka AO, Arora S, Patel NJ, Thakkar B, Patel N, Singh V, Chothani A, Deshmukh A, Agnihotri K, et al. Variability in utilization of drug eluting stents in United States: Insights from nationwide inpatient sample. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2015 May 29; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2006-2011 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.

Raikundalia MD, Pines MJ, Svider PF, Baredes S, Folbe AJ, Liu JK, Eloy JA. Characterization of transsphenoidal complications in patients with acromegaly: an analysis of inpatient data in the United States from 2002 to 2010. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2015 May; 5(5):417-22. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Johansen ME, Matic K, McAlearney AS. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication use among teens and young adults. J Adolesc Health 2015 Aug; 57(2):192-7. [Uses 2003-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Rampa S, Allareddy V, Asad R, Nalliah RP, Allareddy V, Rotta AT. Outcomes of invasive mechanical ventilation in children and adolescents hospitalized due to status asthmaticus in United States: a population based study. J Asthma 2015 May; 52(4):423-30. [Uses 2009-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Goz V, McCarthy I, Weinreb JH, et al. Venous thromboembolic events after spinal fusion: which patients are at high risk? J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 Jun 4; 96(11):936-42. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Jha S, Wang Z, Laucis N, Bhattacharyya T. Trends in media reports, oral bisphosphonate prescriptions, and hip fractures 1996-2012: an ecological analysis. J Bone Miner Res 2015 May 27; epub ahead of print. [Uses 1996-2012 HCUP NIS and MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Birthi P, Nagar VR, Nickerson R, Sloan PA. Hypogonadism associated with long-term opioid therapy: A systematic review. J Opioid Manag 2015 May-Jun; 11(3):255-78. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) for the literature review.] Select to access the abstract.                                                        

Garrido MM, Balboni TA, Maciejewski PK, Bao Y, Prigerson HG. Quality of life and cost of care at the end of life: The role of advance directives. J Pain Symptom Manage 2015 May; 49(5):828-35. [Uses 2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Lin Y, Pan IW, Harris DA, Luerssen TG, Lam S. The impact of insurance, race, and ethnicity on age at surgical intervention among children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. J Pediatr 2015 May; 166(5):1289-96. [Uses 2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Takemoto S, Vail TP, Houman J, Barnes CL. What defines a high-volume hip or knee surgeon in the United States?J Surg Orthop Adv 2015 Summer; 24(2):87-90. [Uses 2000-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Park R, Mikami S, LeClair J, Bollom A, Lembo C, Sethi S, Lembo A, Jones M, Cheng V, Friedlander E, et al. Inpatient burden of childhood functional GI disorders in the USA: an analysis of national trends in the USA from 1997 to 2009. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2015 May; 27(5):684-92. [Uses 1997-2009 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Mulvey CL, Pronovost PJ, Gourin CG. Hospital volume and failure to rescue after head and neck cancer surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015 May; 152(5):783-9. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Groenewald CB, Wright DR, Palermo TM. Health care expenditures associated with pediatric pain-related conditions in the United States. Pain 2015 May; 156(5):951-7. [Uses 2008 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Yilmaz Z, Goris S. Determination of the patient safety culture among nurses working at intensive care units. Pak J Med Sci 2015; 31(3):597-601. [Uses the Turkish adaptation of AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC).] Select to access the abstract.

Kusumi K, Becknell B, Schwaderer A. Trends in pediatric urolithiasis: patient characteristics, associated diagnoses, and financial burden. Pediatr Nephrol 2015 May; 30(5):805-10. [Uses 1997-2012 HCUP KID data and 2006-2011 HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Mahmoudi E, Giladi AM, Wu L, Chung KC. Effect of federal and state policy changes on racial/ethnic variation in immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2015 May; 135(5):1285-94. [Uses 1998-2006 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for New York.] Select to access the abstract.

Broderick RC, Fuchs HF, Harnsberger CR, Chang DC, McLemore E, Ramamoorthy S, Horgan S. The price of decreased mortality in the operative management of diverticulitis. Surg Endosc 2015 May; 29(5):1185-91. [Uses 1998-2010 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.

Dua A, Desai SS, Ali F, Yang K, Lee C. Popliteal vein repair may not impact amputation rates in combined popliteal artery and vein injury. Vascular 2015 May 25; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.