Association between Statin Use and Risk for Keratinocyte Carcinoma in the Veterans Affairs Topical Tretiinoin Chemoprevention Trial

This weekly compilation of articles appearing in recently released journals and newsletters includes:

• Articles funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or authored by AHRQ researchers.
• Articles mentioning or discussing AHRQ staff, activities, and publications/products.
• Articles related to AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Centers.
• Articles related to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force or Put Prevention into Practice program.
• Articles mentioning the National Healthcare Disparities Report and National Healthcare Quality Report.
• Other research using AHRQ data or products.

AHRQ-Funded/Authored Articles

Annals of Internal Medicine
Dore DD, Lapane KL, Trivedi AN, et al. Association between statin use and risk for keratinocyte carcinoma in the Veterans Affairs Topical Tretiinoin Chemoprevention Trial. Ann Intern Med 2009 Jan 6; 150(1):9-18. [Supported by grant 5 T32 HS000011-21 to first author.] Select to access the abstract.

Familial Cancer
Kirchhoff AC, Newcomb PA, Trentham-Dietz A, et al. Fam Cancer 2008; 7(4):287-92. [Supported by grant 5 T32 HS13853.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Care Management Review
Harrison MI, Kimani J. Building capacity for a transformation initiative: system redesign at Denver Health. Health Care Manage Rev 2009 Jan-Mar; 34(1):42-53. [First author is a senior research scientist in the Center for Delivery Organization and Markets, and second author is a former intern in the same center; authors acknowledge "Caryn McManus and other members of the Information Resource Center" for their assistance.] Select to access the abstract.

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Shannon SE, Foglia MB, Hardy M, et al. Disclosing errors to patients: perspectives of registered nurses. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2009 Jan; 35(1):5-12. [Supported by grants 1 U18 HS16658-01 and 1 K08 HS14012-01.]

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA
Lazarus R, Klompas M, Campion FX, et al. Electronic Support for Public Health: validated case finding and reporting for notifiable diseases using electronic medical data. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):18-24. [Supported in part by grant HS 17045.] Select to access the abstract.

Lo HG, Matheny ME, Seger DL, et al. Impact of non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts in ambulatory care. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):66-71. [Supported in part by grant HS11169-01.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Pezzin LE, Pollak RA, Schone BS. Parental marital disruption, family type, and transfers to disabled elderly parents. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2008 Nov; 63(6):S349-58. [Third author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends (CFACT) and first author is a former AHRQ researcher.] Select to access the abstract.

Pharmacogenomics
Epstein RS, Frueh FW, Geren D, Hummer D, McKibbin S, O-Connor S, Randhawa G, et al. Payer perspectives on pharmacogenomics testing and drug development. Pharmacogenomics 2009 Jan; 10(1):149-51. [Seventh author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Evidence.] Select to access the abstract.

Preventing Chronic Disease
Kim H, Kieckhefer GM, Greek AA, et al. Health care utilization by children with asthma. Prev Chronic Dis 2009 Jan; 6(1):1-11. [Supported by grant R01 HS13110.] Select to access the abstract.

Boyington JE, Schoster B, Remmes Martin K, et al. Perceptions of individual and community environmental influences on fruit and vegetable intake, North Carolina, 2004. Prev Chronic Dis 2009 Jan; 6(1):1-15. [Supported in part by grant R24 HS13353 (to first author).] Select to access the abstract.

Public Health Reports
Liu SY, Pearlman DN. Hospital readmissions for childhood asthma: the role of individual and neighborhood facts. Public Health Rep 2009 Jan-Feb; 124(1):65-78. [Funded in part by grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health's Asthma Control Program for first author's preliminary analysis of the Rhode Island Hospital Discharge Data used in this study.]

Social Forces
Kirby JB. Poor people, poor places and access to health care in the United States. Soc Forces 2008 Sep; 87(1):325-55. [Author is researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends; uses 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.]

Surgery
Neuman HB, Michelassi F, Turner JW, et al. Surrounded by quality metrics: what do surgeons think of ACS-NSQIP? Surgery 2009 Jan; 145(1):27-33. [Supported in part by grant 5 T32 HS000066-13.] Select to access the abstract.

AHRQ-Related Articles

American Journal of Nursing
Book of the Year Awards 2008. Am J Nurs 2009 Jan; 109(1):80-2. [Lists AHRQ publication, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, 2008, edited by Ronda Hughes, researcher in AHRQ's Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, among the "most valuable texts of 2008" in four separate categories.]

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Atrash H, Jack BW, Johnson K, et al. Where is the "W"oman in MCH? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S259-65. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Clancy et al. (JAMA, 1992).] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Psychiatry
First MB, Pincus HA, Schoenbaum M. Issues for DSM-V: Adding problem codes to facilitate assessment of quality of care. Am J Psychiatry 2009 Jan;166(1):11-13. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Rosenthal et al. (JAMA, 2007).]

Annals of Internal Medicine
Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, et al. Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer. Ann Intern Med 2009 Jan 6; 150(1):1-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Hodgson et al. (J Natl Cancer Inst, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

Venditti M, Falcone M, Corrao S, et al. Outcomes of patients hospitalized with community-acquired, health care-associated, and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Ann Intern Med 2009 Jan 6; 150(1):19-26. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Fine et al. (N Engl J Med, 1997).] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Health Services Research
Barbour KE, Fabio A, Pearlman DN. Inpatient charges among HIV/AIDS patients in Rhode Island from 200-2004. BMC Health Serv Res 2009 Jan 7; 9(1):3. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles by Crane et al. (includes AHRQ authors Hellinger, Fleishman, and Fraser) (J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2002), Hellinger (Health Care Financ Rev, 1998, Inquiry, 1991 and 1992, and Public Health Rep, 1990), Fleishman et al. (Med Care, 2005), Fleishman and Hellinger (J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2003), Shapiro et al. (includes AHRQ author Fleishman) (JAMA, 1999), and Bozzette and Hellinger (AIDS Alert, 2001); cites AHRQ-funded articles by Bozzette et al. (N Engl J Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Detmer D, Bloomrosen M, Raymond B, et al. Integrated personal records: transformative tools for consumer-centric care. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2008 Oct 8; 8:45. [Highlights and builds on insights shared during a 2006 invitational roundtable sponsored by AHRQ, Kaiser Permanente Institute, and the American Medical Informatics Association.] Select to access the abstract.

Circulation
Lucas FL, Siewers AE, Malenka DJ, et al. Diagnostic-therapeutic cascade revisited: coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and percutaneous coronary intervention in the modern era. Circulation 2008 Dec 16; 118(25):2797-802. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Wennberg et al. (JAMA, 1996) and Wennberg et al. (J Gen Intern Med, 1997).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA
Paterno MD, Maviglia SM, Gorman PN, et al. Tiering drug-drug interaction alerts by severity increases compliance rates. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):40-6. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Weingart et al. (Arch Intern Med, 2003) and Bates et al. (J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2003).] Select to access the abstract.

Vincent WR, Martin CA, Winstead PS, et al. Effects of a pharmacist-to-dose computerized request on promptness of antimicrobial therapy. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):47-53. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Bates et al. (J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2003).] Select to access the abstract.

Rosenbloom ST, Brown SH, Froehling D, et al. Using SNOMED CT to represent two interface terminologies. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009 Jan-Feb; 16(1):81-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Bates et al. (J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2003) and McDonald et al. (Int J Med Inform, 1999).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Rowland D, Shartzer A. America's uninsured: the statistics and back story. J Law Med Ethics 2008 Winter; 36(4):618-28. [Cites AHRQ publication, The Long-term Uninsured in American, 2002-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65, MEPS Statistical Brief No. 183, 2007, as published on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Siegel B, Mead H, Burke R. Private gain and public pain: financing American health care. J Law Med Ethics 2008 Winter; 36(4):644-51. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Vistnes and Schone (Health Aff, 2008).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Rue T, Thompson HJ, Rivara FP, et al. Managing the common problem of missing data in trauma studies. J Nurs Scholarsh 2008; 40(4):373-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Patrician et al. (Res Nurs Health, 2002).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Women's Health
Tello MA, Yeh HC, Keller JM, et al. HIV women's health: a study of gynecological healthcare service utilization in a U.S. urban clinic population. J Womens Health 2008 Dec; 17(10):1609-14. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Cunningham et al. (Med Care, 1999).] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Reference Services Quarterly
Fitzpatrick RB. CMA Infobase: clinical practice guidelines. Med Ref Serv Q 2008 Winter; 27(4):419-29. [Notes that the CMA Infobase "is an alternative source of free clinical practice guidelines to the National Guideline Clearinghouse."] Select to access the abstract.

Social Science and Medicine
Reyes-García V, McDade TW, Molina JL, et al. Social rank and adult male nutritional status: Evidence of the social gradient in health from a foraging-farming society. Soc Sci Med 2008 Dec; 67(12):2107-15. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Marmot et al. (Soc Sci Med, 1997).] Select to access the abstract.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)/Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP)-Related Articles

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Floyd RL, Jack BW, Cefalo R, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug exposures. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S333-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendations in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 1996.] Select to access the abstract.

Moos MK, Dunlop AL, Jack BW, et al. Healthier women, healthier reproductive outcomes: recommendations for the routine care of all women of reproductive age. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S280-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening and interventions of obesity in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2003); cites recommendation statements, Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-caused Disease, both on AHRQ Web site; cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence review on behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2004); cites PHS-sponsored guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2000.] Select to access the abstract.

Coonrod DV, Jack BW, Boggess KA, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: immunizations as part of preconception care. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S290-5. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer, on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Coonrod DV, Jack BW, Stubblefield PG, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: infectious diseases in preconception care. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S296-309. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence review update on screening for human immunodeficiency virus, 2007; cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for gonorrhea, chlamydial infection, syphilis, and asymptomatic bacteriuria, on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Floyd RL, Jack BW, Cefalo R, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug exposures. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S333-9. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence review on behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2004); cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, 2000, and 2008 Update; cites USPSTF evidence synthesis, Screening in Primary Care Settings for Illicit Drug Use: Assessment of Screening Instruments—a Supplemental Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Gardiner PM, Nelson L, Shellhaas CS, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: nutrition and dietary supplements. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S345-56. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects, 2008; cites USPSTF recommendations on screening and interventions of obesity in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2003); cites AHRQ publication, Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Child and Maternal Health, 2005.] Select to access the abstract.

Klerman LV, Jack BW, Coonrod DV, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: care of psychosocial stressors. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S362-6. [Cites Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005: Recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force, 2005.] Select to access the abstract.

Frey KA, Navarro SM, Kotelchuck M, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: preconception care for men. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S389-95. [Cites Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2007: Recommendations of the USPSTF, 2007, on AHRQ Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Internal Medicine
Ransohoff DF. How much does colonoscopy reduce colon cancer mortality? Ann Intern Med 2009 Jan 6; 150(1):50-2. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored systematic review on cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening (Ann Intern Med, 2002).]

Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Yabroff KR, Bradley CJ, Mariotto AB, et al. Estimates and projections of value of life lost from cancer deaths in the United States. J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 Dec 17; 100(24):1755-62. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence reviews on breast cancer screening (Ann Intern Med, 2002) and screening for colorectal cancer in adults at average risk (Ann Intern Med, 2002); cites Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2006.] Select to access the abstract.

Evidence-based Practice Centers-Related Articles

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dunlop AL, Jack BW, Bottalico JN, et al. The clinical content of preconception care: women with chronic medical conditions. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008 Dec; 199(6 Suppl 2):S310-27. [Cites Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Management of Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy, 2000; cites AHRQ-authored article by Elixhauser et al. (Diabetes Care, 1993).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Orme-Johnson DW. Commentary on the AHRQ report on meditation practices in health. J Altern Complement Med 2008 Dec; 14(10):1215-21. [Reviews and comments on AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Meditation Practices for Health: State of the Research, 2007, prepared by the Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Schnall R, Stone P, Currie L, et al. Development of a self-report instrument to measure patient safety attitudes, skills, and knowledge. J Nurs Scholarsh 2008; 40(4):391-4. [Cites Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Women's Health
Østbye T, Krause KM, Brouwer RJ, et al. Active Mothers Postpartum (AMP): rationale, design, and baseline characteristics. J Womens Health 2008 Dec; 17(10):1567-75. [Cites Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Perinatal Depression: Prevalence, Screening Accuracy, and Screening Outcomes, 2005).] Select to access the abstract.

National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)/National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR)-Related Articles

Clinical Therapeutics
Milne C, Bruss JB. The economics of pediatric formulation development for off-patent drugs. Clin Ther 2008 Nov; 30(11):2133-45. [Notes use of publicly accessible databases of AHRQ and other agencies as information sources and specifically cites AHRQ publications, Fact Sheet: Selected Findings on Child and Adolescent Health Care From the 2004 National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Reports, 2005, and Child Health Research Findings, January 2001-December 2004, 2005.]

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Lillie-Blanton M, Maleque S, Miller W. Reducing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health care: opportunities in national health reform. J Law Med Ethics 2008 Winter; 36(4):693-702. [Cites NHDR, 2007; cites MEPS statistical brief no. 183 (The Long Term Uninsured in America, 2002-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65, 2007, as published on AHRQ Web site; cites MEPS Statistical Brief no. 140 (The Long Term Uninsured in America, 2003 to 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65, 2006).] Select to access the abstract.

Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products

American Journal of Surgery
Ebaugh JL, Gagnon D, Owens CD, et al. Comparison of costs of staged versus simultaneous lower extremity arterial hybrid procedures. Am J Surg 2008 Nov;196(5):634-40. [Uses AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data for 2000 and 2004.] Select to access the abstract.

AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings
Cerrito PB, Cerrito JC. Extracting coded information from large databases. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2008 Nov 6:1239-40. [Uses and analyzes MEPS dataset structures as focus of workshop presentation; mentions results of searches on "National Inpatient Sample" and "MEPS."] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nguyen GC, Ross H, Harris ML, et al. Outcomes of obstetric hospitalizations among women with inflammatory bowel disease in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print. Uses 2005 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Nguyen GC, Laveist TA, Segev DL, et al. Race is a predictor of in-hospital mortality after cholecystectomy, especially in those with portal hypertension. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 Oct; 6(10):1146-54. [Uses 1998-2003 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical and Investigative Medicine
Fric-Shamji EC, Shamji MF. Impact of US state government regulation on patient access to elective surgical care. Clin Invest Med 2008 Oct 1;31(5):E236-41. [Uses 2004 and 2005 HCUP State Inpatient Database (SID) data.] Select to access the abstract.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Ananthakrishnan AN, McGinley EL, Saeian K. Higher hospital volume predicts endoscopy but not the in-hospital mortality rate in patients with acute variceal hemorrhage. Gastrointest Endosc 2008 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print. Uses 2004 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Hepatology
Myers RP, Quan H, Hubbard JN, et al. Predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis: results differ across risk adjustment methods. Hepatology 2008 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print. Uses 2002-2005 HCUP NIS data and AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity algorithm (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Nguyen GC, Sam J, Thuluvath PJ. Hepatitis C is a predictor of acute liver injury among hospitalizations for acetaminophen overdose in the United States: a nationwide analysis. Hepatology 2008 Oct; 48(4):1336-41. [Uses 1998-2005 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Allied Health
Cook C, Cook A, Hegedus E, et al. Use of physical therapy in patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of generalized weakness: a retrospective study. J Allied Health 2008 Fall; 37(3):162-8. [Uses 1988-2003 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Mancini GJ, Petroski GF, Lin WC, et al. Nationwide impact of laparoscopic lysis of adhesions in the management of intestinal obstruction in the U.S. J Am Coll Surg 2008 Oct; 207(4):520-6. [Uses 2002 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Burn Care Research
Endorf FW, Klein MB, Mack CD, et al. Necrotizing soft-tissue infections: differences in patients treated at burn centers and non-burn centers. J Burn Care Res 2008 Nov-Dec; 29(6):933-8. [Uses 2001 and 2004 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Women's Health
Bansil P, Kuklina EV, Whiteman MK, et al. Eating disorders among delivery hospitalizations: Japrevalence and outcomes. J Womens Health 2008 Nov; 17(9):1523-8. [Uses 1994-2004 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.

Proceedings (Baylor University Medical Center)
Silverstein MD, Qin H, Mercer SQ, Risk factors for 30-day hospital readmission in patients ≥65 years of age. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2008 Oct;21(4):363-72. [Uses AHRQ's Elixhauser comorbidity algorithm (Elixhauser et al., Med Care, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Stroke
Kelly A, Thompson JP, Tuttle D, et al. Public reporting of quality data for stroke: is it measuring quality? Stroke 2008 Dec; 39(12):3367-71. [Uses AHRQ's Report Card Compendium; cites the Niagara Health Quality Coalition's use of AHRQ's Inpatient Quality Indicators.] Select to access the abstract.

World Journal of Urology
Gore JL, Litwin MS. Quality of care in bladder cancer: trends in urinary diversion following radical cystectomy. World J Urol 2008 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print. Uses 1998-2005 HCUP NIS data.] Select to access the abstract.