Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, June 12, 2015

Bangalore S, Gupta N, Guo Y, et al. Outcomes with invasive vs conservative management of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction. Am J Med 2015 Jun; 128(6):601-8. [Uses 2002-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Guglielminotti J, Li G. Monitoring obstetric anesthesia safety across hospitals through multilevel modeling. Anesthesiology 2015 Jun; 122(6):1268-79. [Uses 2008-2011 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for New York.] Select to access the abstract.

Allareddy V. Is there an increasing regionalization of surgical repair of craniosynostosis procedures into teaching hospitals? Implications of regionalization. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2015 Jun 11; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Bozic KJ, Kamath AF, Ong K, et al. Comparative epidemiology of revision arthroplasty: failed THA poses greater clinical and economic burdens than failed TKA. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2015 Jun; 473(6):2131-8. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Kralewski J, Dowd B, Knutson D, et al. The relationships of physician practice characteristics to quality of care and costs. Health Serv Res 2015 Jun; 50(3):710-29. [Uses AHRQ's algorithm for identifying ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) admissions, citing AHRQ publication, Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.

Zenner HP, Delb W, Kroner-Herwig B, et al. On the interdisciplinary S3 guidelines for the treatment of chronic idiopathic tinnitus [article in German]. HNO 2015 Jun; 63(6):419-27. [Uses AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.

Jain NB, Ayers GD, Peterson EN, et al. Traumatic spinal cord injury in the United States, 1993-2012. JAMA 2015 Jun 9; 313(22):2236-43. [Uses 1993-2012 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; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2001-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Odum SM, Springer BD. In-hospital complication rates and associated factors after simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 Jul 2; 96(13):1058-65; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2004-2007 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Yoshihara H, Yoneoka D. Trends in the incidence and in-hospital outcomes of elective major orthopaedic surgery in patients eighty years of age and older in the United States from 2000 to 2009. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 Jul 16; 96(14):1185-91; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Saleh A, Small T, Chandran Pillai AL, et al. Allogenic blood transfusion following total hip arthroplasty: results from the nationwide inpatient sample, 2000 to 2009. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 Sep 17; 96(18):e155; online. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Snow R, Granata J, Ruhil AV, et al. Associations between preoperative physical therapy and post-acute care utilization patterns and cost in total joint replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2014 Oct 1; 96(19):e165; online. [Uses AHRQ's Comorbidity Software.] Select to access the abstract.

Gunnarsson C, Chen J, Rizzo JA, et al. The employee absenteeism costs of rheumatoid arthritis: evidence from U.S. national survey data. J Occup Environ Med 2015 Jun; 57(6):635-42. [Uses 1996-2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Blum K, Badgaiyan RD, Agan G, et al. Molecular genetic testing in reward deficiency syndrome (rds): facts and fiction. J Reward Defic Syndr 2015; 1(1):65-68. [Uses AHRQ's NGC as a data source.] Select to access the abstract.