Health Services Research

Assessing and Understanding Measurement Equivalence in Health Outcome Measures: Issues for Further Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry. C. McHorney, J. Fleishman, Medical Care 44(11, Supplement 3): November 2006, S205-S210. Presents an epilogue to a special journal issue devoted to issues of measurement equivalence in diverse populations, particularly those characterized by disparities. (AHRQ 07-R018)

Completeness of Cause of Injury Coding in Healthcare Administrative Databases in the United States, 2001. J. Coben, C. Steiner, M. Barrett, et al., Injury Prevention 12:2006, 199-201. Examines the completeness of external cause of injury coding (E-coding) within health care administrative databases in the United States and identifies factors that contribute to variations in E-code reporting across States. (AHRQ 07-R009)

Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality. M. Pine, H. Jordan, A. Elixhauser, et al., Journal of the American Medical Association 267(1): January 3, 2007, 71-76. Discusses the effect on risk-adjusted hospital mortality rates of adding "present" on admission codes and numerical laboratory data to administrative claims data. The goal is to distinguish between conditions that were present or not present on hospital admission. (AHRQ 07-R028)

Interdisciplinary Research: The Role of Nursing Education. H. Hubbard, Journal of Professional Nursing 22(5): September/October 2006, 266-269. Explores the role of nursing faculty in doctoral nursing programs to inspire, support, and guide students into avenues of important clinical and health services research. (AHRQ 07-R006)

Intersections for Mutual Success in Nursing and Health Services Research. C. Clancy, B. Sharp, H. Hubbard, Nursing Outlook 53(6): November/December 2005, 263-265. Discusses issues of access to care/nursing workforce, health behavior, quality of care, cost/cost-effectiveness, and organization/delivery of care, and presents an agenda for nursing health services research. (AHRQ 06-R026)

An Opportunity for Health Services Research: The AHRQ Furthers Nursing Practice. H. Hubbard, B. Collins Sharp, American Journal of Nursing 104(11): November 2004, 89-91. Discusses examples of nursing-related research from AHRQ. (AHRQ 05-R016)

Organizational Climate: Implications for the Home Healthcare Workforce. P. Stone, D. Pastor, M. Harrison, Journal for Healthcare Quality 28(1): January/February 2006, 4-11. Examines how organizational climate has been defined and measured in health services research and identifies factors most important in home health care delivery. (AHRQ 06-R020)

Population-Based Trends in Volumes and Rates of Ambulatory Lumbar Spine Surgery. D. Gray, R. Deyo, W. Kreuter, et al., Spine 31(17):2006, 1957-1963. Examines the distribution of ambulatory lumbar spine surgery procedures being performed in the United States and estimates the impact on overall lumbar spine surgery rates. (AHRQ 07-R010)

Some Tips on Getting Funding for Health Services Research. R. Hughes, Applied Nursing Research 17(4): November 2004, 305-307. Advice on submitting clear and methodologically sound grant applications in order to be successful in receiving Federal research grants. (AHRQ 05-R035)

Translating Research Into Nursing Practice: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. B. Collins Sharp, H. Hubbard, C. Jones, Nursing Outlook 53(1):2005, 46-48. Describes opportunities for nurse scientists, administrators, and clinicians to interact with AHRQ programs that fund and generate research while seeking to translate that research into practice and policy. (AHRQ 05-R040)

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