Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products October 2, 2015

Bhounsule P, Peterson AM. The impact of HbA1c testing on total annual healthcare expenditures among newly diagnosed patients with diabetes. Am Health Drug Benefits 2015 Sep;8(6):319-29. [Uses 2009 and 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household Component (MEPS-HC) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Calderon LE, Kavanagh KT, Rice MK. Questionable validity of the catheter-associated urinary tract infection metric used for value-based purchasing. Am J Infect Control 2015 Oct;43(10):1050-2. [Uses and analyzes AHRQ’s Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate as a metric for catheter-associated urinary tract infection.] Select to access the abstract.

Boylan MR, Rosenbaum J, Adler A, et al. Hip fracture and the weekend effect: Does weekend admission affect patient outcomes? Am J Orthop 2015 Oct;44(10):458-464. [Uses 1998-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hawken SR, Herrel LA, Ellimootil C, et al. Understanding pre-enrollment surgical outcomes for hospitals participating in Medicare accountable care organizations. Am J Surg 2015 Oct 3; epub ahead of print. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Sola R, Wormer  BA, Walters AL, et al. National trends in the surgical treatment of ovarian torsion in children: An analysis of 2041 pediatric patients utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Am Surg 2015 Sep;81(9):844-8. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Moghadamyeghaneh Z, Carmichael JC, Mills SD, et al. Outcomes of bowel resection in patients with Crohn's disease. Am Surg 2015 Oct;81(10):1021-7. [Uses 2002-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Jafari MD, Jafari F, Foe-Paker JE, et al. Adhesive small bowel obstruction in the United States: has laparoscopy made an impact? Am Surg 2015 Oct;81(10):1028-33. [Uses 2001-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Weiss A, Tapia V, Parina R, et al. Living donor hepatectomy: is it safe? Am Surg 2015 Oct;81(10):1101-6. [Uses 1998-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Kothari AN, Zapf MA,  Blackwell RH, et al. Components of hospital perioperative infrastructure can overcome the weekend effect in urgent general surgery procedures. Ann Surg 2015 Oct;262(4):683-91. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) data for Florida linked to the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database.] Select to access the abstract.

Singh JA, Ramachandran R. Age-related differences in the use of total shoulder arthroplasty over time: use and outcomes. Bone Joint J 2015 Oct;97-B(10):1385-9. [Uses 1998-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Beydoun MA, Beydoun HA, Gamaldo AA. Nationwide inpatient prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of Alzheimer's disease among older adults in the United States, 2002-2012. J Alzheimers Dis 2015;48(2):361-75. [Uses 2002-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

El Bitar YF, Illingworth KD, Scaife SL, et al. Hospital length of stay following primary total knee arthroplasty: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database. J Arthroplasty 2015 Oct;30(10):170-5. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Patel NJ, Badheka AO, Jhamnani S, et al. Effect of hospital volume on outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve repair: An early US experience. J Interv Cardiol 2015 Oct;28(5):464-71. [Uses 2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Villwock MR, Padalino DJ, Deshaies EM. Carotid artery stenosis with acute ischemic stroke: stenting versus angioplasty. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2015 Oct;8(4):11-6. [Uses 2003-2011 and 2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Rudowitz R, Garfield R. New analysis shows states with Medicaid expansion experienced declines in uninsured hospital discharges. Kaiser Fam Found Issue Brief 2015 Sep. [Uses 2010-2014 HCUP SID data for 16 states.]

Nguyen MT, Chan WY, Keeler C. The association between self-rated mental health status and total health care expenditure: A cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample. Medicine 2015 Sep;94(35):e1410. [Uses 2011 MEPS-HC data.] Select to access the abstract.