Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, September 18, 2015

DeShazo JP, Hoffman MA. A comparison of a multistate inpatient EHR database to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample. BMC Health Serv Res  2015 Sep 15;15(1):384. [Uses 2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Ellimoottil C, Roghmann F, Blackwell R, et al. Open versus robotic radical prostatectomy in obese men. Curr Urol  2015 Sep;8(3):156-61. [Uses 2009-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Aggarwal S, Malik D. Clinical impact of USPSTF screening recommendations for abdominal aortic aneurysm: analysis of Nationwide Inpatient Sample data. Int J Cardiol  2015 Sep 15;195:77-8. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data in the context of USPSTF recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (Ann Intern Med, 2005).] Select to access the abstract.

Hwang GS, Young MT, Hanna MH, et al. Colorectal surgery in Parkinson's disease--outcomes and predictors of mortality. Int J Colorectal Dis  2015 Aug;30(8):1051-8. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

MacDonald SC, Bateman BT, McElrath TF, Hernandez-Diaz S. Mortality and morbidity during delivery hospitalization among pregnant women with epilepsy in the United States. JAMA Neurol  2015 Sep; 72(9):981-8. [Uses 2007-2009 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Rinke ML, Bundy DG, Abdullah F, et al. State-mandated hospital infection reporting is not associated with decreased pediatric health care-associated infections. J Patient Saf  2015 Sep;11(3):123-34. [Uses 2000-2009 HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Databases (KID) data and AHRQ’s Pediatric Quality Indicators.] Select to access the abstract.

Seaman CD, Yabes J, Comer DM, et al. Does deficiency of von Willebrand factor protect against cardiovascular disease? Analysis of a national discharge register. J Thromb Haemost  2015 Nov;13(11):1999-2003.[Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Wachtel MS, Yang S, Dissanaike S, et al. Hormone replacement therapy, likely neither angel nor demon. PLoS One  2015 Sep 18; 10(9):e0138556. [Uses 1996-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Buck JS, Yoon ST. The incidence of durotomy and its clinical and economic impact in primary, short-segment lumbar fusion: An analysis of 17,232 cases. Spine  2015 Sep 15;40(18):1444-50. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP data.] Select to access the abstract.