Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products, November 6, 2015

Tadisina KK, Chopra K, Singh DP. The "weekend effect" in plastic surgery: Analyzing weekday versus weekend admissions in body contouring procedures from 2000 to 2010. Aesthet Surg J  2015 Nov;35(8):995-8. [Uses 2000-2010 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Tadisina KK, Chopra K, Mohan R, et al. Nationwide incidence, cost, and epidemiologic trends in facial rhytidectomy: An examination of inpatient facelifts using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database. Aesthet Surg J  2015 Nov;35(8):NP266-8. [Uses 2000-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Bhatt P, Patel NJ, Patel A, et al. Impact of hospital volume on outcomes of endovascular stenting for adult aortic coarctation. Am J Cardiol  2015 Nov 1;116(9):1418-24. [Uses 2000-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Krishna SG, Hinton A, Oza V, et al. Morbid obesity is associated with adverse clinical outcomes in acute pancreatitis: A propensity-matched study. Am J Gastroenterol  2015 Nov;110(11):1608-19. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Zakhari A, Czuzoj-Shulman N, Spence AR, et al. Laparoscopic and robot-assisted hysterectomy for uterine cancer: a comparison of costs and complications. Am J Obstet Gynecol  2015 Nov; 213(5):665.e1-7. [Uses 2008-2012 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Kim LK, Swaminathan RV, Minutello RM, et al. Trends in hospital treatments for peripheral arterial disease in the United States and association between payer status and quality of care/outcomes, 2007-2011. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv  2015 Nov;86(5):864-72. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Bir SC, Maiti TK, Ambekar S, et al. Incidence, hospital costs and in-hospital mortality rates of epidural hematoma in the United States. Clin Neurol Neurosurg  2015 Nov;138:99-103. [Uses 2003-2010 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Chan JK, Gardner AB, Taylor K, et al. Robotic versus laparoscopic versus open surgery in morbidly obese endometrial cancer patients - a comparative analysis of total charges and complication rates. Gynecol Oncol  2015 Nov;139(2):300-5. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Wang YC, Pamplin J, Long MW, et al. Severe obesity in adults cost state Medicaid programs nearly $8 billion in 2013. Health Aff  2015 Nov;34(11):1923-31. [Uses 2007-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Kemp KA, Chan N, McCormack B, et al. Drivers of inpatient hospital experience using the HCAHPS survey in a Canadian setting. Health Serv Res  2015 Aug;50(4):982-97. [Uses Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Foote EM, Singleton RJ, Holman RC, Seeman SM, Steiner CA, et al. Lower respiratory tract infection hospitalizations among American Indian/Alaska Native children and the general United States child population. Int J Circumpolar Health  2015 Nov 5;74:29256. [Uses 2009-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Khera S, Kolte D, Gupta T, et al. Temporal trends and sex differences in revascularization and outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in younger adults in the United States. J Am Coll Cardiol  2015 Nov 3;66(18):1961-72. [Uses 2004-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Menendez ME, Ring D. A comparison of the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity measures to predict inpatient mortality after proximal humerus fracture. J Orthop Trauma  2015 Nov;29(11):488-93. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ’s Elixhauser comorbidity measures (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Herrel LA, Ye Z, Miller DC. Utilization and outcomes of inpatient urological care at safety net hospitals. J Urol  2015 Nov;194(5):1380-5. [Uses 2007-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hung M, Zhang W, Chen W, et al. Patient-reported outcomes and total health care expenditure in prediction of patient satisfaction: Results from a national study. JMIR Public Health Surveill  2015 Sep 23;1(2):e13. [Uses 2010-2011 MEPS.] Select to access the abstract.

Anderson LE, Chen ML, Perrin JM, et al. Outpatient visits and medication prescribing for US children with mental health conditions. Pediatrics  2015 Nov;136(5):e1178-85. [Uses 2008-2011 MEPS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Al Kazzi ES, Lau B, Li T, et al. Differences in the prevalence of obesity, smoking and alcohol in the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. PLoS One  2015 Nov 4;10(11):e0140165. [Uses 2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Shahbazi S, Studnicki J, Warner-Hillard CW. A cross-sectional retrospective analysis of the racial and geographic variations in cataract surgery. PLoS One  2015 Nov 5;10(11):e0142459. [Uses 2010 State Ambulatory Surgery Database (SASD) data for Florida.] Select to access the abstract.

Allareddy V, Allareddy V, Martinez-Schlurmann N, et al. Immediate effects of use of recombinant bone morphogenetic protein in children having spinal fusion and re-fusion procedures in United States. Spine  2015 Nov;40(21):1719-26. [Uses 2004-2010 HCUP data.] Select to access the abstract.

Diebo BG, Passias PG, Marascalchi BJ, et al. Primary versus revision surgery in the setting of adult spinal deformity: a nationwide study on 10,912 patients. Spine  2015 Nov;40(21):1674-80. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Lovy AJ, Guzman JZ, Skovrlj B, et al. Prevalence, comorbidities, and risk of perioperative complications in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients undergoing cervical spine surgery. Spine  2015 Nov;40(21):E1128-e34. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Nadkarni GN, Patel AA, Konstantinidis I, et al. Dialysis requiring acute kidney injury in acute cerebrovascular accident hospitalizations. Stroke  2015 Nov;46(11):3226-31. [Uses 2002-2011 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.