Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, July 17, 2016

Elder K, Meret-Hanke L, Dean C, et al. How do African American men rate their health care? An analysis of the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans 2003-2006. Am J Mens Health 2015 May;9(3):178-85. [Uses AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hernandez RA, Hevelone ND, Lopez L, et al. Racial variation in the use of life-sustaining treatments among patients who die after major elective surgery. Am J Surg 2015 Jul;210(1):52-8. [Uses 2006-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Allareddy V, Das A, Lee MK, et al. Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients undergoing major surgical procedures in the United States: a population-based study. Am J Surg 2015 Jul;210(1):59-67. [Uses 2009-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Munasinghe A, Markar SR, Mamidanna R, et al. Is it time to centralize high-risk cancer care in the United States? Comparison of outcomes of esophagectomy between England and the United States. Ann Surg 2015 Jul;262(1):79-85. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Loehrer AP, Song Z, Auchincloss HG, et al. Influence of health insurance expansion on disparities in the treatment of acute cholecystitis. Ann Surg 2015 Jul;262(1):139-45. [Uses 2001-2009 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Simeone RM, Oster ME, Hobbs CA, et al. Factors associated with inpatient hospitalizations among patients aged 1 to 64 years with congenital heart defects, Arkansas 2006 to 2011. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2015 Jul;103(7):589-96. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP SID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Sherzai D, Sherzai A, Babayan D, et al. Dementia in the oldest-old: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database analysis. J Aging Health 2015 Jul 17; epub ahead of print. [Uses 1999-2008 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Nwachukwu BU, McLawhorn AS, Simon MS, et al. Management of end-stage ankle arthritis: cost-utility analysis using direct and indirect costs. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015 Jul 15;97(14):1159-72. [Uses 2012  HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Whitney RL, Bell JF, Reed SC, et al. Predictors of financial difficulties and work modifications among cancer survivors in the United States. J Cancer Surviv 2015 Jul 19; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) with Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Supplement data.] Select to access the abstract.

Jinjuvadia R, Liangpunsakul S. Trends in alcoholic hepatitis-related hospitalizations, financial burden, and mortality in the United States. J Clin Gastroenterol 2015 Jul; 49(6):506-11. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hinde JM, Bray JW, Aldridge A, et al. The impact of a mandated trauma center alcohol intervention on readmission and cost per readmission in Arizona. Med Care 2015 Jul;53(7):639-45. [Uses 2007-2010 HCUP SID data for Arizona.] Select to access the abstract.

Hasegawa K, Tsugawa Y, Cohen A, et al. Infectious disease-related emergency department visits among children in the US. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 Jul;34(7):681-5. [Uses 2011 HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hsu BS, Meyer BD, Lakhani S. Healthcare costs and outcomes for pediatric inpatients with bronchiolitis: comparison of urban versus rural hospitals. Rural Remote Health 2015 Apr-Jun;15(2):3380. [Uses 2009 Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Johnson EE, Simpson AN, Harvey JB, et al. Trends in bariatric surgery, 2002-2012: do changes parallel the obesity trend? Surg Obes Relat Dis 2015 Jul 17; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2002-2012 HCUP SID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Pariser JJ, Pearce SM, Patel SG, et al. National patterns of urethral evaluation and risk factors for urethral injury in patients with penile fracture. Urology 2015 Jul;86(1):181-5. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.