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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedPine M, Kowlessar NM, Salemi JL
Enhancing clinical content and race/ethnicity data in statewide hospital administrative databases: obstacles encountered, strategies adopted, and lessons learned.
Eight grant teams used Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality infrastructure development research grants to enhance the clinical content of and improve race/ethnicity identifiers in statewide all-payer hospital administrative databases. The authors concluded that creation of enhanced administrative databases to support comparative effectiveness research is difficult, particularly in the face of numerous challenges with recruiting data partners such as competing demands on information technology resources.
AHRQ-funded
Citation: Pine M, Kowlessar NM, Salemi JL .
Enhancing clinical content and race/ethnicity data in statewide hospital administrative databases: obstacles encountered, strategies adopted, and lessons learned.
Health Serv Res 2015 Aug;50 Suppl 1:1300-21. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12330..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Comparative Effectiveness, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Data
Hicks CW, Hashmi ZG, Hui X
Explaining the paradoxical age-based racial disparities in survival after trauma: The role of the treating facility.
This study sought to determine if differences in outcomes at treating facilities can help explain age-based racial disparities in survival after trauma. For example, among patients older than 65 years, blacks had decreased odds of mortality compared with whites. It found that facility-based differences do not seem to explain this paradoxical age-based racial disparity after trauma observed in the older population.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952.
Citation: Hicks CW, Hashmi ZG, Hui X .
Explaining the paradoxical age-based racial disparities in survival after trauma: The role of the treating facility.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952..
Keywords: Disparities, Comparative Effectiveness, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Singh JA, Ramachandran R
Does hospital volume predict outcomes and complications after total shoulder arthroplasty in the US?
The researchers assessed the association of hospital procedure volume for total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) with patient outcomes and complications. They found that, compared to low volume hospitals (<5, 5–9, or 10–14 procedures annually), patients receiving TSA at higher volume hospitals (15–24 or ‡25 procedures annually) had significantly lower likelihood of being discharged to an inpatient medical facility.
AHRQ-funded; HS021110.
Citation: Singh JA, Ramachandran R .
Does hospital volume predict outcomes and complications after total shoulder arthroplasty in the US?
Arthritis Care Res 2015 May;67(6):885-90. doi: 10.1002/acr.22507..
Keywords: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Adverse Events, Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Martin BI, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN
Use of bone morphogenetic protein among patients undergoing fusion for degenerative diagnoses in the United States, 2002 to 2012.
The authors examined whether published concerns about the safety of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) altered clinical practice. They found that use of BMP in spinal fusion surgery declined subsequent to published safety concerns and revelations of financial conflicts of interest for investigators involved in the pivotal clinical trials.
AHRQ-funded; HS021695.
Citation: Martin BI, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN .
Use of bone morphogenetic protein among patients undergoing fusion for degenerative diagnoses in the United States, 2002 to 2012.
Spine J 2015 Apr;15(4):692-9. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.12.010.
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Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Practice Patterns, Surgery