Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, September 4, 2015

Tabtabai S, DeFaria Yeh D, Stefanescu A, et al. National trends in hospitalizations for patients with single-ventricle anatomy. Am J Cardiol  2015 Sep 1;116(5):773-8. [Uses 2000-2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Arora S, Panaich SS, Patel N, et al. Impact of hospital volume on outcomes of lower extremity endovascular interventions (insights from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample [2006 to 2011]). Am J Cardiol  2015 Sep 1;116(5):791-800. [Uses 2006-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Walsh B, O'Neill C. Socioeconomic disparities across ethnicities: an application to cervical cancer screening. Am J Manag Care  2015 Sep 1;21(9):e527-36. [Uses 2007-2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Thorpe JM, Thorpe CT, Schulz R, et al. Informal caregiver disability and access to preventive care in care recipients. Am J Prev Med  2015 Sep;49(3):370-9. [Uses 2000-2008 MEPS data.] Select to access abstract.

Warner L, Cox S, Whiteman M, et al. Impact of health insurance type on trends in newborn circumcision, United States, 2000 to 2010. Am J Public Health  2015 Sep;105(9):1943-9. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Wakeam E, Hyder JA, Lipsitz SR, et al. Outcomes and costs for major lung resection in the United States: which patients benefit most from high-volume referral? Ann Thorac Surg  2015 Sep;100(3):939-46. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select access the abstract.

Shewale AR, Borse MS, Brown JD, et al. Mental health status of varenicline and bupropion users during a quit attempt compared to current smokers, other quitters, and non-smokers. Drug Alcohol Depend  2015 Sep 1;154:132-8. [Uses 2006-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Mirsaeidi M, Allen MB, Ebrahimi G, et al. Hospital costs in the US for pulmonary mycobacterial diseases. Int J Mycobacteriol  2015 Sep;4(3):217-21. [Uses 2001-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Westermann RW, Pugely AJ, Martin CT, et al. Reverse shoulder arthroplasty in the united states: a comparison of national volume, patient demographics, complications, and surgical indications. Iowa Orthop J  2015;35:1-7. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998.] Select to access the abstract.

Mendoza-Lattes S, Besomi J, O'Sullivan C, et al. Pediatric spine trauma in the United States - analysis of the HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) 1997 - 2009. Iowa Orthop J  2015;35:135-9. [Uses 1997-2009 HCUP KID data.] Select to access the abstract.

Sacks GD, Lawson EH, Dawes AJ, et al. Relationship between hospital performance on a patient satisfaction survey and surgical quality. JAMA Surg  2015 Sep;150(9):858-64. [Uses survey questions from AHRQ’s Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (H-CAHPS).] Select to access the abstract.

Kalesan B, Galea S. The relation of depression to in-hospital outcomes among adults hospitalized for firearm-related injury. J Affect Disord  2015 Sep 1;183:166-72. [Uses 2005-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Adkinson JM, Zhong L, Aliu O, et al. Surgical treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome: trends and the influence of patient and surgeon characteristics. J Hand Surg Am  2015 Jun 30;40(9):1824-31. [Uses 2005-2012 HCUP State Ambulatory Surgery Database (SASD) data for Florida.] Select to access the abstract.

Tabatabaee RM, Rasouli MR, Rezapoor M, et al. Coronary revascularization and adverse events in joint arthroplasty. J Surg Res  2015 Sep;198(1):135-42. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Murthy SB, Moradiya Y, Shah J, et al. Incidence, predictors, and outcomes of ventriculostomy-associated infections in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care  2015 Sep 3; epub ahead of print.] [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Pandey AS, Gemmete JJ, Wilson TJ, et al. High subarachnoid hemorrhage patient volume associated with lower mortality and better outcomes. Neurosurgery  2015 Sep;77(3):462-70. [Uses 2002-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Han X, Robin Yabroff K, Guy GP, Jr., et al. Has recommended preventive service use increased after elimination of cost-sharing as part of the Affordable Care Act in the United States? Prev Med  2015 Sep;78:85-91. [Uses 2009 and 2011/2012 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Alghnam S, Schneider EB, Castillo RC. Insurance status and health-related quality-of-life disparities after trauma: results from a nationally representative survey in the US. Qual Life Res  2015 Sep 4; epub ahead of print. [Uses 200-2006 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Wu JX, Dawes AJ, Sacks GD, Cost effectiveness of nonoperative management versus laparoscopic appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis. Surgery  2015 Sep;158(3):712-21. [Uses 2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.