Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, August 7, 2015

Schneider EB, Singh A, Sung J, et al. Emergency department presentation, admission, and surgical intervention for colonic diverticulitis in the United States. Am J Surg  2015 Aug;210(2):404-7. [Uses 2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Joy PS, Kumar G. Delirium tremens leads to poor outcomes for acute coronary syndrome. Cardiology  2015 Aug 8;132(3):172-75. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Brinjikji W, Cloft HJ. Outcomes of endovascular occlusion and stenting in the treatment of carotid blowout. Interv Neuroradiol  2015 Aug;21(4):543-7. [Uses 2003-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Yanagawa F, Perez M, Bell T, et al. Critical outcomes in nonrobotic vs robotic-assisted cardiac. JAMA Surg  2015 Aug;150(8):771-7. [Uses 2008-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hempel S, Maggard-Gibbons M, Nguyen DK, et al. Wrong-site surgery, retained surgical items, and surgical fires: a systematic review of surgical never events. JAMA Surg  2015 Aug; 150(8):796-805. [Uses AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) to identify relevant literature and methodologies from AHRQ publication, Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Safety Practices: Developing Criteria, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Weiss A, Anderson JE, Chang DC. Comparing the national surgical quality improvement program with the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. JAMA Surg  2015 Aug;150(8):815-6. [Uses 2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Asgari H, Esfahani SS, Yaghoubi M, et al. Investigating selected patient safety indicators using medical records data. J Educ Health Promot  2015 Aug 6;4:54. [Uses AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs).] Select to access the abstract.

Franck LS, Ferguson D, Fryda S, et al. The child and family hospital experience: is it influenced by family accommodation? Med Care Res Rev  2015 Aug;72(4):419-37. [Uses pediatric care surveys aligned with AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems® (CAHPS) methodologies and formats.] Select to access the abstract.

Kalakoti P, Missios S, Menger R, et al. Association of risk factors with unfavorable outcomes after resection of adult benign intradural spine tumors and the effect of hospital volume on outcomes: an analysis of 18, 297 patients across 774 US hospitals using the National Inpatient Sample (2002-2011). Neurosurg Focus  2015 Aug;39(2):E4. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Vadera S, Griffith SD, Rosenbaum BP, et al. National trends and in-hospital complication rates in more than 1600 hemispherectomies from 1988 to 2010: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample study. Neurosurgery  2015 Aug; 77(2):185-91. [Uses 1988-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Tanenbaum JE, Lubelski D, Rosenbaum BP, et al. Propensity matched analysis of outcomes and hospital charges for anterior vs posterior cervical fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Neurosurgery  2015 Aug; 62 Suppl 1:203. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.]

Attenello F, Tuchman A, Wen T, et al. Infection rates following prolonged time to open neural tube repair: a national study. Neurosurgery  2015 Aug;62 Suppl 1:229. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS and KID data.]

Thompson JL, Kuklina EV, Bateman BT, et al. Medical and obstetric outcomes among pregnant women with congenital heart disease. Obstet Gynecol  2015 Aug;126(2):346-54. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Maxwell BG, Nies MK, Ajuba-Iwuji CC, et al. Trends in hospitalization for pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Pediatrics  2015 Aug;136(2):241-50. [Uses 1997-2012 HCUP KIDS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Skrepnek GH, Mills JL, Sr., Armstrong DG. A diabetic emergency one million feet long: disparities and burdens of illness among diabetic foot ulcer cases within emergency departments in the United States, 2006-2010. PLoS One  2015 Aug 6;10(8):e0134914. [Uses 2006-2010 HCUP NEDS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Choi S, Cassie KM. A comparison of young, middle-aged, and older uninsured individuals in the United States: health beliefs and satisfaction with providers. Soc Work Health Care  2015 Aug; 54(7):669-85. [Uses 2000-2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Taghavi S, Ambur V, Jayarajan SN, et al. Postoperative outcomes with cholecystectomy in lung transplant recipients. Surgery  2015 Aug;158(2):373-8. [Uses 2005-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.