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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedPeng J, Wheeler K, Shi J
Trauma with Injury Severity Score of 75: are these unsurvivable injuries?
This study aimed to assess the true mortality among patients with an ISS=75, and to examine the characteristics and primary diagnoses of these patients. Its results revealed that at least half of patients with an ISS=75 survived, demonstrating that the rationale for excluding patients with an ISS=75 from analysis is not always justified.
AHRQ-funded; HS022277.
Citation: Peng J, Wheeler K, Shi J .
Trauma with Injury Severity Score of 75: are these unsurvivable injuries?
PLoS One 2015 Jul 31;10(7):e0134821. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134821..
Keywords: Mortality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Trauma, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department
Geissler KH, Holmes GM
Emergency department use in the US-Mexico border region and violence in Mexico: is there a relationship?
This study assessed the association between homicide rates in northern Mexico and potentially avoidable use of emergency departments (ED) in the US-Mexico border region. It concluded that a substantial majority of ED encounters in the US-Mexico border region were potentially avoidable. However, there was not a strong relationship between homicide rates in northern Mexico and the distribution of ED discharges in Arizona and California.
AHRQ-funded; HS021074.
Citation: Geissler KH, Holmes GM .
Emergency department use in the US-Mexico border region and violence in Mexico: is there a relationship?
J Rural Health 2015 Summer;31(3):316-25. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12109.
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Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Healthcare Utilization, Access to Care, Vulnerable Populations
Moy E, Barrett M, Coffey R
AHRQ Author: Moy E
Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: variation by patient and facility characteristics.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the frequency of missed heart attacks or their precursors (e.g., unstable angina) in the emergency department (ED) by examining use of EDs in the week prior to hospitalization for heart attack. This study of 111,973 patients found an overall rate of 0.9 percent for missed diagnoses of heart attacks.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201300002C
Citation: Moy E, Barrett M, Coffey R .
Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: variation by patient and facility characteristics.
Diagn. 2015 Feb;2(1):29-40..
Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Heart Disease and Health, Emergency Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)