Research Spotlights Archives

Trends in pediatric hospitalizations and readmissions: 2010-2016
Bucholz EM ,Toomey SL,Schuster MA.
Pediatrics 2019;143(2).

Inpatient Care for Stiff Person Syndrome in the United States: A Nationwide Readmission Study.
Crispo JAG, Thibault DP, Fortin Y, Willis AW.
Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders. 2018 Aug 6;5:5.

Frequency, Trends, and Antecedents of Severe Maternal Depression After Three Million U.S. Births.
Franca UL, McManus ML.
PLoS One. 2018;13(2).

Impact of Economic Downturn on the Surgical Volumes of Common Hand Procedures
Fujihara N,Fujihara Y,Sterbenz JM,Shauver MJ,Chung TT,Chung KC.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Feb;143(2):340e-349e.

Opioid Abuse or Dependence Increases 30-day Readmission Rates after Major Operating Room Procedures: A National Readmissions Database Study.
Gupta A, Nizamuddin J, Elmofty D, Nizamuddin SL, Tung A, Minhaj M, Mueller A, Apfelbaum J, Shahul S.
Anesthesiology. 2018 May;128(5):880-890.

Incidence, Distribution, and Cost of Lawn-Mower Injuries in the United States, 2006-2013
Hottinger DG, Nasr I, Canner JK, Kattail D, Koka R, Schwengel
Public Health Rep. 2018 Sep/Oct;133(5):570-577.

When Good Operations Go Bad: The Additive Effect of Comorbidity and Postoperative Complications on Readmission After Pulmonary Lobectomy.
Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Kim AW.
Surgery 2018 Aug;164(2):294-299.

Rural and Appalachian Disparities in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Incidence and Access to Opioid Abuse Treatment.
Joshua D. Brown, Amie J. Goodin, & Jeffery C. Talbert.
The Journal of Rural Health. 2018; 34(1): 6-13.

Thirty-day readmission rates, timing, causes, and costs after ST Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States: A National Readmission Database analysis 2010-2014.
Kim LK, Yeo I, Cheung JW, Swaminathan RV, Wong SC, Charitakis K, Adejumo O, Chae J, Minutello RM, Bergman G, Singh H, Feldman DN.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2018;7(18).

Impact of Neurosurgeon Specialization on Patient Outcomes for Intracranial and Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998-2009.
McCutcheon BA, Hirshman BR, Gabel BC, Heffner MW, Marcus LP, Cole TS, Chen CC, Chang DC, Carter BS.
J Neurosurg. 2018 May;128(5):1578-1588.

Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion and Use of Regionalized Surgery at High-Volume Hospitals
McDermott J, Zeymo A, Chan K, Ehsan A, Crocker A, Xiao D, Ahluwalia JS, DeLeire T, Shara N, Al-Refaie W.
J Am Coll Surg. 2018; 227(5): 507-520.

Lifetime Cost of Abusive Head Trauma at Ages 0-4, USA.
Miller TR, Steinbeigle R, Lawrence BA, Peterson C, Florence C, Barr M, Barr RG.
Prevention Science. 2018 Aug;19(6):695-704.

Readmissions After Revascularization Procedures for Peripheral Arterial Disease : A Nationwide Cohort Study.
Secemsky EA, Schermerhorn M, Carroll BJ, Kennedy KF, Shen C, Valsdottir LR, Landon B, Yeh RW.
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2018 Jan 16;168(2):93-99.

Impact of Bariatric Surgery in Patients with HIV Infection: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis, 2004-2014.
Sharma P, McCarty TR, Ngu JN, O'Donnell M, Njei B.
AIDS. 2018 Sep 10;32(14):1959-1965.

Opioid Dependence and Prolonged Length of Stay in Lumbar Fusion: A Retrospective Study Utilizing the National Inpatient Sample 2003-2014.
Tank A, Hobbs J, Ramos E, Rubin DS.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018; 43(24):1739-1745.

Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later-Life Health Care Utilization.
Wherry LR, Miller S, Robert Kaestner R, and Meyer BD.
Review of Economics and Statistics. 2018 May 04;100(2):287-302.

Comparing variation in hospital rates of cesarean delivery among low-risk women using 3 different measures.
Armstrong JC, Kozhimannil KB, McDermott P, Saade GR, Srinivas SK; Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Health Policy Committee.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb;214(2):153-63.

Financial Incentives, Hospital Care, and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Fair Pricing Laws.
Batty M, Ippolito, B.
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 2017; 9(2): 28-56.

Contributions of Children With Multiple Chronic Conditions to Pediatric Hospitalizations in the United States: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
Berry JG, Ash AS, Cohen E, Hasan F, Feudtner C, Hall M.
Hosp Pediatr. 2017 Jul;7(7):365-372.

The Epidemiology of Emergency Department Trauma Discharges in the United States
DiMaggio CJ, Avraham JB, Lee DC, Frangos SG, Wall SP.
Acad Emerg Med. 2017;24(10):1244-1256.

A Nationwide Assessment of the Association of Smoking Bans and Cigarette Taxes With Hospitalizations for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia.
Ho V, Ross JS, Steiner CA, Mandawat A, Short M, Ku-Goto MH, Krumholz HM.
Med Care Res Rev. 2017 Dec;74(6):687-704.

The Association Between Insurance and Transfer of Noninjured Children From Emergency Departments.
Huang Y, Natale JE, Kissee JL, Dayal P, Rosenthal JL, Marcin JP.
Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jan;69(1):108-116.

Trends in Diagnoses Among Hospitalizations of HIV-infected Children and Adolescents in the United States: 2003-2012.
Hurst SA, Ewing AC, Ellington SR, Kourtis AP.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017;36(10):981-987.

Adherence to Methodological Standards in Research Using the National Inpatient Sample.
Khera R, Angraal S, Couch T, Welsh JW, Nallamothu BK, Girotra S, Chan PS, Krumholz HM.
JAMA. 2017 Nov 28;318(20):2011-2018.

The Impact of Disability and Social Determinants of Health on Condition-Specific Readmissions beyond Medicare Risk Adjustments: A Cohort Study.
Meddings J, Reichert H, Smith SN, Iwashyna TJ, Langa KM, Hofer TP, McMahon LF Jr
J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Jan;32(1):71-80.

Medical marijuana policies and hospitalizations related to marijuana and opioid pain reliever.
Shi Y.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Apr 1;173:144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.006.

Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths - United States, 2007 and 2013.
Taylor CA, Bell JM, Breiding MJ, Xu L.
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2017 Mar 17;66(9):1-16.

Thirty-Day Readmission Rate and Costs After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States: A National Readmission Database Analysis.
Tripathi A, Abbott JD, Fonarow GC, et al.
Cic Cardiovasc Interv. 2017; 10(12).

Rural Bypass for Elective Surgeries.
Weigel P., Ullrich F., Finegan C. and Ward M.
J Rural Health. 2017; 33(2): 135-145.

Rising Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infections in Hospitalized Children in the United States.
Adams DJ, Eberly MD, Goudie A, Nylund CM.
Hosp Pediatr. 2016 Jul;6(7):404-11

Hospital Utilization and Costs Among Preterm Infants by Payer: Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2009
Barradas DT, Wasserman MP, Daniel-Robinson L, Bruce MA, DiSantis KI, Navarro FH, Jones WA, Manzi NM, Smith MW, Goodness BM.
Matern Child Health J. 2016 Apr;20(4):808-18

After Medicaid Expansion In Kentucky, Use Of Hospital Emergency Departments For Dental Conditions Increased.
Chalmers N, Grover J, Compton R.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Dec 1;35(12):2268-2276.

Nationwide increase in hospitalizations for heroin-related soft tissue infections: Associations with structural market conditions.
Ciccarone D, Unick GJ, Cohen JK, Mars SG, Rosenblum D.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Jun 1;163:126-33

Unintentional injuries treated in hospital emergency departments among persons aged 65 years and older, United States, 2006-2011
DeGrauw X, Annest JL, Stevens JA, Xu L, Coronado V.
J Safety Res. 2016 Feb;56:105-9

National Trends in Hospitalizations for Opioid Poisonings Among Children and Adolescents, 1997 to 2012.
Gaither JR, Leventhal JM, Ryan SA, Camenga DR.
JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Dec 1;170(12):1195-1201.

Rural risk: Geographic disparities in trauma mortality.
Jarman MP, Castillo RC, Carlini AR, Kodadek LM, Haider AH.
Surgery. 2016 Dec;160(6):1551-1559.

Disparities in Surgical Care Among Women With Endometrial Cancer.
Mannschreck D, Matsuno RK, Moriarty JP, Borah BJ, Dowdy SC, Tanner EJ 3rd, Makary MA, Stone RL, Levinson KL, Temkin SM, Fader AN.
Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep;128(3):526-34.

Effects of a Commercial Insurance Policy Restriction on Lumbar Fusion in North Carolina and the Implications for National Adoption.
Martin BI, Deyo RA, Lurie JD, Carey TS, Tosteson AN, Mirza SK.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Jun;41(11):647-55

Trends in colorectal cancer admissions and stage at presentation: impact of screening.
Moghadamyeghaneh Z, Alizadeh RF, Phelan M, Carmichael JC, Mills S, Pigazzi A, Zell JA, Stamos MJ.
Surg Endosc. 2016 Aug;30(8):3604-10.

"Halo effect" in trauma centers: does it extend to emergent colectomy?
Nagarajan N, Selvarajah S, Gani F, Alshaikh HN, Giuliano K, Zogg CK, Schneider EB, Haider AH.
J Surg Res. 2016 Jun 1;203(1):231-7

Hospital Charges for Pediatric Heart Failure-Related Hospitalizations from 2000 to 2009.
Nandi D, Lin KY, O'Connor MJ, Elci OU, Kim JJ, Decker JA, Price JF, Zafar F, Morales DL, Denfield SW, Dreyer WJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Mar;37(3):512-8

Etiologies and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission and In-Hospital Mortality During Primary and Readmission After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Panaich SS, Arora S, Patel N, Lahewala S, Agrawal Y, Patel NJ, Shah H, Patel V, Deshmukh A, Schreiber T, Grines CL, Badheka AO.
Am J Cardiol. 2016 Dec 1;118(11):1705-1711.

In-Hospital Outcomes and Costs Among Patients Hospitalized During a Return Visit to the Emergency Department.
Sabbatini, A, Kocher, K, Basu, A, Hsia, RY.
JAMA. 2016;315(7):663-671.

Reliability of 30-Day Readmission Measures Used in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program.
Thompson MP, Kaplan CM, Cao Y, Bazzoli GJ, Waters TM.
Health Serv Res. 2016 Dec;51(6):2095-2114.

Rethinking Priorities: Cost of Complications After Elective Colectomy.
Zogg CK, Najjar P, Diaz AJ, Zogg DL, Tsai TC, Rose JA Jr, Scott JW, Gani F, Alshaikh H, Canner JK, Schneider EB, Goldberg JE, Haider AH.
Ann Surg. 2016 Aug;264(2):312-22.

Hospitalization costs for acute myocardial infarction patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States are substantially higher than Medicare payments.
Afana M, Brinjikji W, Cloft H, Salka S.
Clin Cardiol. 2015 Jan;38(1):13-9.

The rise in metastasectomy across cancer types over the past decade.
Bartlett EK, Simmons KD, Wachtel H, Roses RE, Fraker DL, Kelz RR, Karakousis GC.
Cancer. 2015 Mar 1;121(5):747-57.

Relationship between Guillain-Barré syndrome, influenza-related hospitalizations, and influenza vaccine coverage.
Iqbal S, Li R, Gargiullo P, Vellozzi C.
Vaccine. 2015 Apr 21;33(17):2045-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.064. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

The epidemiology of chronic critical illness in the United States.
Kahn JM, Le T, Angus DC, Cox CE, Hough CL, White DB, Yende S, Carson SS.
Crit Care Med. 2015 Feb;43(2):282-7.

Trends in pediatric spleen management: Do hospital type and ownership still matter?
Liu S, Bowman SM, Smith TC, Sharar SR.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 May;78(5):935-42. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000621.

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Hospital-based Emergency Department Visits with Tooth Fractures
Nalliah RP, Rampa S, Lee MK, Allareddy V, Allareddy V.
Pediatr Dent. 2015 Jul-Aug;37(4):348-54

National trends in hospital-treated self-harm events among middle-aged adults.
Olfson M, Wang S, Blanco C.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2015 Nov-Dec;37(6):613-9. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.08.004. Epub 2015 Aug 21

National trends in maternal use of opioid drugs among pregnancy-related hospitalizations in the United States, 1998 to 2009.
Salihu HM, Mogos MF, Salinas-Miranda AA, Salemi JL, Whiteman VE.
Am J Perinatol. 2015 Feb;32(3):289-98.

Delayed-onset cytomegalovirus disease coded during hospital readmission in a multicenter, retrospective cohort of liver transplant recipients.
Santos CA, Brennan DC, Chapman WC, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA.
Liver Transpl. 2015 May;21(5):581-90. doi: 10.1002/lt.24089. Epub 2015 Apr 15

Population -based study of hospital costs for hospitalizations of infants, children, and adults with a congenital heart defect, Arkansas 2006 to 2011.
Simeone RM, Oster ME, Hobbs CA, Robbins JM, Collins RT, Honein MA.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Sep;103(9):814-20

Hospital Transfer Network Structure as a Risk Factor for Clostridium difficile Infection
Simmering JE, Polgreen LA, Campbell DR, Cavanaugh JE, Polgreen PM.
Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015; 36(9):1031-1037

Comparability of National Estimates for Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Medical Encounters.
Taylor CA, Greenspan AI, Xu L, Kresnow MJ.
J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2015 May-Jun;30(3):150-9. doi: 0.1097 /HTR. 0000000000000105.

Variation in US hospital emergency department admission rates by clinical condition.
Venkatesh AK, Dai Y, Ross JS, Schuur JD, Capp R, Krumholz HM.
Med Care. 2015 Mar;53(3):237-44.

Comparison of rates of emergency department procedures and critical diagnoses in metropolitan and rural hospitals.
Waymack JR, Markwell S, Milbrandt JC, Clark TR.
Rural Remote Health. 2015 Oct-Dec;15(4):3298. Epub 2015 Oct 13

The effect of pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid eligibility expansion in New York State on access to specialty surgical care
Aliu O, Auger KA, Sun GH, Burke JF, Cooke CR, Chung KC, Hayward RA.
Med Care. 2014 Sep;52(9):790-5.

Has access to care changed in minority communities? A study of preventable hospitalizations over time in selected States.
Basu J.
J Ambul Care Manage. 2014 Oct-Dec;37(4):314-30.

Vital signs: health burden and medical costs of nonfatal injuries to motor vehicle occupants - United States, 2012.
Bergen G, Peterson C, Ederer D, Florence C, Haileyesus T, Kresnow MJ, Xu L; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 10;63(40):894-900.

ED use by older adults attempting suicide
Carter MW, Reymann MR.
Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;32(6):535-40.

Disparities in access to deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease: interaction between African American race and Medicaid use
Chan AK, McGovern RA, Brown LT, Sheehy JP, Zacharia BE, Mikell CB, Bruce SS, Ford B, McKhann GM 2nd.
JAMA Neurol. 2014 Mar;71(3):291-9.

Racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity: a multistate analysis, 2008-2010
Creanga AA, Bateman BT, Kuklina EV, Callaghan WM.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 May;210(5):435.e1-8.

Specialization and the current practices of general surgeons
Decker MR, Dodgion CM, Kwok AC, Hu YY, Havlena JA, Jiang W, Lipsitz SR, Kent KC, Greenberg CC.
J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Jan;218(1):8-15.

Insurance status and the transfer of hospitalized patients: an observational study
Hanmer J, Lu X, Rosenthal GE, Cram P.
Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jan 21;160(2):81-90.

Variation in hospital-based acute care within 30 days of outpatient plastic surgery.
Hansen DG, Abbott LE, Johnson RM, Fox JP.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Sep;134(3):370e-378e.

Does health information exchange reduce redundant imaging? Evidence from emergency departments
Lammers EJ, Adler-Milstein J, Kocher KE.
Med Care. 2014 Mar;52(3):227-34.

Use of Hospital-Based Services Among Young Adults With Behavioral Health Diagnoses Before and After Health Insurance Expansions
Meara E, Golberstein E, Zaha R, Greenfield SF, Beardslee WR, Busch SH.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Apr;71(4):404-11.

Disability-adjusted life-year burden of abusive head trauma at ages 0-4.
Miller TR, Steinbeigle R, Wicks A, Lawrence BA, Barr M, Barr RG.
Pediatrics. 2014 Dec;134(6):e1545-50. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1385.

Epidemiology of acute pancreatitis in hospitalized children in the United States from 2000-2009.
Pant C, Deshpande A, Olyaee M, Anderson MP, Bitar A, Steele MI, Bass PF 3rd, Sferra TJ.
PLoS One. 2014 May 7;9(5):e95552

Epidemiological analysis on two decades of hospitalizations for meningitis in the United States.
Pellegrino P, Carnovale C, Perrone V, Salvati D, Gentili M, Brusadelli T, Antoniazzi S, Pozzi M, Radice S, Clementi E.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;33(9):1519-24.

Hospital readmissions after primary shoulder arthroplasty.
Schairer WW, Zhang AL, Feeley BT.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2014 Sep;23(9):1349-55.

Inpatient survival after gastrectomy for gastric cancer in the 21st century.
Wang H, Pawlik TM, Duncan MD, Hui X, Selvarajah S, Canner JK, Haider AH, Ahuja N, Schneider EB.
J Surg Res. 2014 Jul;190(1):72-8.

An examination of longitudinal CAUTI, SSI, and CDI rates from key HHS data systems
Weinberg DA, Kahn KL.
Med Care. 2014 Feb;52(2 Suppl 1):S74-82.

A decade analysis of trends and outcomes of bariatric surgery in Medicare beneficiaries
Young MT, Jafari MD, Gebhart A, Phelan MJ, Nguyen NT.
J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Sep;219(3):480-8.

Measuring Hospital Quality Using Pediatric Readmission and Revisit Rates
Bardach NS, Vittinghoff E, Asteria-Penaloza R, Edwards JD, Yazdany J, Lee HC, et al.
Pediatrics. 2013 Sep;132(3):429-36..

Variation in Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Hospital Discharges for Obstetric Delivery across 23 States in the United States
Bardenheier BH, Elixhauser A, Imperatore G, Devlin HM, Kuklina EV, Geiss LS, et al.
Diabetes Care. 2013 May; 36(5):1209-14.

Emergency Department Use by Centenarians: The 2008 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample
Carey MR, Howell EM, McHugh MC.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 Nov 27;10:E198.

Mortality burden of the 2009-10 influenza pandemic in the United States: improving the timeliness of influenza severity estimates using inpatient mortality records
Charu V, Simonsen L, Lustig R, Steiner C, Viboud C.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2013 Sep;7(5):863-71.

Nationwide Temporal Trends in Incidence of Hospitalization and Surgical Intestinal Resection in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the United States from 1997 to 2009
Debruyn JC, Soon IS, Hubbard J, Wrobel I, Panaccione R, Kaplan GG.
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013 Oct;19(11):2423-32.

Bariatric Surgery Complications Before vs. After Implementation of a National Policy Restricting Coverage to Centers of Excellence
Dimick JB, Nicholas LH, Ryan AM, Thumma JR, Birkmeyer JD.
Jama. 2013 Feb; 309(8):792-9.

Hospital Cost and Quality Performance in Relation to Market Forces: An Examination of U.S. Community Hospitals in the "Post-managed Care Era"
Jiang HJ, Friedman B, Jiang S.
Int J Health Care Finance Econ. 2013 Mar;13(1):53-71.

Disparities in Access to Hospitals with Robotic Surgery for Patients with Prostate Cancer Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy
Kim SP, Boorjian SA, Shah ND, Weight CJ, Tilburt JC, Han LC, et al.
J Urol. 2013 Feb;189(2):514-20.

Guns and states: Pediatric firearm injury
Lee J, Moriarty K, Tashjian D, Patterson L.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jul;75(1):50-3.

Ethnic Differences in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders: Implications for Reducing Health Care Disparities
Moy E, Mau MK, Raetzman S, Barrett M, Miyamura JB, Chaves KH, et al.
Ethn Dis. 2013 Jan;23(1):6-11.

Clinical and Economic Burden of Emergency Department Visits due to Gastrointestinal Diseases in the United States
Myer PA, Mannalithara A, Singh G, Singh G, Pasricha PJ, Ladabaum U.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep;108(9):1496-507.

Racial Disparities in Mortality in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery in the USA
Nguyen GC, Patel AM.
Obes Surg. 2013 Oct;23(10):1508-14.

Variation in Emergency Department Admission Rates across the United States
Pines JM, Mutter RL, Zocchi MS.
Med Care Res Rev. 2013 Apr; 70(2):218-31.

Epidemiology of Cryptococcal Meningitis in the US: 1997-2009
Pyrgos V, Seitz AE, Steiner CA, Prevots DR, Williamson PR.
PLoS One. 2013 Feb;8(2):e56269.

Comparison of Robotic and Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Disease
Rosero EB, Kho KA, Joshi GP, Giesecke M, Schaffer JI.
Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Oct;122(4):778-86.

Impact of the Fall 2009 Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Pandemic on US Hospitals
Rubinson L, Mutter R, Viboud C, Hupert N, Uyeki T, Creanga A, et al.
Med Care. 2013 Mar; 51(3):259-65.

Community Hospital Admission from the Emergency Department by Persons with Substance Use Disorders
Schildhaus S, Stocks C, Santora PB, Smith MW.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2013 Feb;44(2):201-7.

The Quality Of Care Delivered To Patients Within The Same Hospital Varies By Insurance Type
Spencer CS, Gaskin DJ, Roberts ET.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Oct;32(10):1731-9.

Hospital Utilization, Costs, and Mortality for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2009
Steiner CA, Friedman B.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 Apr; 10(E62).

Trends in immediate breast reconstruction across insurance groups after enactment of breast cancer legislation
Yang RL, Newman AS, Lin IC, Reinke CE, Karakousis GC, Czerniecki BJ, Wu LC, Kelz RR.
Cancer. 2013 Jul 1;119(13):2462-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28050.

Preventable Hospitalizations and Medicare Managed Care: A Small Area Analysis
Basu J.
Am J Manag Care. 2012 Aug;18(8):e280-90.

Changes in Preventable Hospitalization Patterns among the Adults: A Small Area Analysis of US states
Basu J, Thumula V, Mobley LR.
J Ambul Care Manage 2012 Jul;35(3):226-37.

Congestive Heart Failure: Who is Likely to be Readmitted?
Coffey RM, Misra A, Barrett M, Andrews RM, Mutter R, Moy E.
Med Care Res Rev. 2012 Oct;69(5):602-16.

All-cause Gastroenteritis and Rotavirus-coded Hospitalizations among US Children, 2000-2009
Desai R, Curns AT, Steiner CA, Tate JE, Patel MM, Parashar UD.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;55(4):e28-34.

Likelihood of Hospital Readmission after First Discharge: Medicare Advantage vs. Fee-for-service Patients
Friedman B, Jiang HJ, Steiner CA, Bott J.
Inquiry. 2012 Fall;49(3):202-13.

Measuring the Effect of Policy Interventions at the Population Level: Some Methodological Concerns
Huesch MD, Ostbye T, Ong MK.
Health Econ 2012 Oct;21(10):1234-49.

Enhancing Board Oversight on Quality of Hospital Care: An Agency Theory Perspective
Jiang HJ, Lockee C, Fraser I.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2012 Apr;37(2):144-53.

Psychiatric-related Emergency Department Visits among Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kalb LG, Stuart EA, Freedman B, Zablotsky B, Vasa R.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Dec;28(12):1269-76.

Epidemiology of Humerus Fractures in the United States: Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, 2008
Kim SH, Szabo RM, Marder RA.
J Vasc Surg. 2012 Jan;55(1):72-8.

Hospitalizations, Costs, and Outcomes of Severe Sepsis in the United States 2003 to 2007
Lagu T, Rothberg MB, Shieh MS, Pekow PS, Steingrub JS, Lindenauer PK.
Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):754-61.

What Hospital Inpatient Services Contributed the Most to the 2001-2006 Growth in the Cost Per Case?
Maeda JL, Raetzman SO, Friedman BS.
Health Serv Res. 2012 Oct;47(5):1814-35.

Regional Variations in Cost of Trauma Care in the United States: Who is More?
Obirieze AC, Gaskin DJ, Villegas CV, Bowman SM, Schneider EB, Oyetunji TA, et al.
Trauma Acute Care Surg 2012 Aug;73(2):516-22.

Concentration of Hospital Care for Acute Sickle Cell Disease-related Visits
Panepinto JA, Owens PL, Mosso AL, Steiner CA, Brousseau DC.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Oct;59(4):685-9.

Sociodemographic Trends in Bariatric Surgery Utilization in the USA
Pickett-Blakely OE, Huizinga MM, Clark JM.
Obes Surg. 2012 May;22(5):838-42.

Harnessing the Power of Enhanced Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement: Lessons from a Minnesota Hospital Association Pilot Project
Pine M, Sonneborn M, Schindler J, Stanek M, Maeda JL, Hanlon C.
J Healthc Manag 2012 Nov;57(6):406-18.

Thirty-Day, All-cause Readmissions for Elderly Patients Who Have an Injury-related Inpatient Stay
Spector WD, Mutter R, Owens P, Limcangco R.
Med Care. 2012 Oct;50(10):863-9.

Population Based Comparative Effectiveness of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate and Laser Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Strope SA, Yang L, Nepple KG, Andriole GL, Owens PL.
J Urol. 2012 Apr;187(4):1341-5.

ED Visits for Drug-Related Poisoning in the United States, 2007
Xiang Y, Zhao W, Xiang H, Smith GA.
Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Feb;30(2):293-301.

Hospitalizations for Intussusception Before and After the Reintroduction of Rotavirus Vaccine in the United States
Zickafoose JS, Benneyworth BD, Riebschleger MP, Espinosa CM, Davis MM.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Apr;166(4):350-5.

Admissions for CABG Procedure in the Elderly: Was There a Change in Access to Teaching Hospitals After 1997?
Basu J.
Soc Work Public Health. 2011 Sep;26(6):605-20.

Dramatic Decreases in Mortality From Laparoscopic Colon Resections Based on Data From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Cone MM, Herzig DO, Diggs BS, Dolan JP, Rea JD, Deveny KE, Lu KC.
Arch Surg. 2011 May;146(5):594-9.

Report Card on Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP): Nationwide Inpatient Sample Infection Data 2001-2006
Davis JM, Kuo YH, Ahmed N, Kuo YL.
Surg Infec. 2011 Dec;12(6):429-34.

National Trends in utilization and postprocedure outcomes for carotid artery revascularization 2005 to 2007
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J Vasc. Surg. 2011 Feb;53(2):307-22.

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