Publications from the HCUP Databases

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Authors: Kabir AA, Pridjian G, Steinmann WC, et al.
Title: Racial differences in cesareans: an analysis of U.S. 2001 National Inpatient Sample Data
Publication: Obstet Gynecol 105(4):710-8
Date: Apr. 2005
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Authors: Kaczmarek RG, Lui CH, & Gross TP
Title: Medical device surveillance: gender differences in pulmonary artery rupture after pulmonary artery catheterization
Publication: J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12(9):931-5
Date: 2003
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Authors: Kaestner R, Racine A, Joyce T
Title: Did recent expansions in medicaid narrow socioeconomic differences in hospitalization rates of infants?
Publication: Med Care 38(2):195-206
Date: 2000
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Authors: Kalkanis SN, Eskandar EN, Carter BS, & Barker FG 2nd
Title: Microvascular decompression surgery in the United States, 1996 to 2000: mortality rates, morbidity rates, and effects of hospital and surgeon volumes
Publication: Neurosurgery 52(6):1251-61; discussion:1261-2
Date: 2003
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Authors: Kansagra SM, LH Curtis, and KA Schulman
Title: Regionalization of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and implications for patient travel distance
Publication: JAMA 292(14):1717-23
Date: 2004

Authors: Kanter DE, Turenne W, & Slonim AD
Title: Hospital-reported medical errors in premature neonates
Publication: Pediatr Crit Care Med 5(2):119-23
Date: 2004
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Authors: Keenan HT, Foster CM, Bratton SL
Title: Social factors associated with prolonged hospitalization among diabetic children
Publication: Pediatrics 109(1):40-4
Date: 2002
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Authors: Kelz RR, Gimotty PA, Polsky D, et al.
Title: Morbidity and mortality of colorectal carcinoma surgery differs by insurance status
Publication: Cancer 101(10):2187-94
Date: 2004

Authors: Khetsuriani N, Quiroz ES, Holman RC, & Anderson LJ
Title: Viral meningitis-associated hospitalizations in the United States, 1988-1999
Publication: Neuroepidemiology 22(6):345-52
Date: 2003
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Authors: Killingsworth JB, Tilford JM, Parker JG, Graham JJ, et al.
Title: National hospitalization impact of pediatric all-terrain vehicle injuries
Publication: Pediatrics 115:e316-21
Date: 2005
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Authors: Kim WR, Gross JB Jr, Poterucha JJ, et al.
Title: Outcome of hospital care of liver disease associated with Hepatitis C in the United States
Publication: Hepatology 33(1):201-6
Date: 2001
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Authors: Kim WR, Gores GJ, Benson JT, et al.
Title: Mortality and hospital utilization for hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States
Publication: Gastroenterology 129(2):486-93
Date: 2005
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Authors: Kirsner RS, Yang DG, Kerdel FA
Title: Dermatologic disease accounts for a large number of hospital admissions annually
Publication: J Am Acad Dermatol 41(6):970-73
Date: 1999
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Authors: Knipp BS, JB Dimick, JL Eliason, et al.
Title: Diffusion of new technology for the treatment of renovascular hypertension in the U.S.: Surgical revascularization versus catheter-based therapy, 1988-2001
Publication: J Vascular Surg 40(4):717-23
Date: 2004

Authors: Konety BR, V Dhawan, V Allareddy, and MA O'Donnell
Title: Association between volume and charges for most frequently performed ambulatory and nonambulatory surgery for bladder cancer. Is more cheaper?
Publicaton: J Urology 172(3):1056-61
Date: 2004

Authors: Konety BR, Dhawan V, Allareddy V, Joslyn SA
Title: Impact of hospital and surgeon volume on in-hospital mortality from radical cystectomy: data from the health care utilization project
Publication: J Urol 173(5):1695-1700
Date: 2005
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Authors: Konety SH, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Rosenthal GE
Title: Patient and hospital differences underlying racial variation in outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Publication: Circulation 111(10):1210-16
Date: 2005
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Authors: Konety BR, Allareddy V, Herr H
Title: Complications after radical cystectomy: analysis of population-based data
Publication: Urology 24
Date: June 2006

Authors: Konety BR, Allareddy V, Modak S, Smith B
Title: Mortality after major surgery for urologic cancers in specialized urology hospitals: are they any better?
Publication: J Clin Oncol 24(13):2006-12
Date: May 2006

Authors: Konety BR, Allareddy V
Title: Influence of post-cystectomy complications on cost and subsequent outcome
Publication: J Urol 2007 Jan;177(1):280-7; discussion 287
Date: 2007

Authors: Konety BR, Allareddy V, Carroll PR
Title: Factors affecting outcomes after radical cystectomy in African Americans
Publication: Cancer 109(3):542-8
Date: 2007

Authors: Kong SX, Hatoum HT, Zhao SZ, et al.
Title: Prevalence and cost of hospitalization for gastrointestinal complications related to peptic ulcers with bleeding or perforation: comparison of two national databases
Publication: Am J Manag Care 4(3):399-409
Date: 1998
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Authors: Korst LM, Fridman M, Friedlich PS, et al.
Title: Hospital rates of maternal and neonatal infection in a low-risk population
Publication: Matern Child Health J 9(3):307-16.
Date: 2005
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Authors: Kotwall CA, Brinker CC, Covington D, et al.
Title: Local and national trends over a decade in the surgical treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ
Publication: Am J Surg 186:723-9
Date: 2003

Authors: Kotwall CA, Maxwell JG, Brinker CC, et al.
Title: National estimates of mortality rates for radical pancreaticoduodenectomy in 25,000 patients
Publication: Ann Surgical Oncology 9(9):847-54
Date: 2002
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Authors: Kourtis AP, Paramsothy P, Posner SF, et al.
Title: National estimates of hospital use by children with hiv infection in the united states: analysis of data from the 2000 KIDS inpatient database
Publication: Pediatrics 118(1):e167-e173
Date: July 2006

Authors: Kourtis AP, Bansil P, McPheeters M, et al.
Title: Hospitalizations of pregnant HIV-infected women in the USA prior to and during the era of HAART, 1994-2003
Publication: AIDS 20(14):1823-31
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Kovner C, Gergen P
Title: Nurse staffing levels and adverse events following surgery in U.S. hospitals
Publication: Image J Nurs Sch 30(4):315-21
Date: 1998
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Authors: Kovner C, Jones C, Zhan C, et al.
Title: Nurse staffing and postsurgical adverse events: an analysis of administrative data from a sample of U.S. hospitals, 1990-1996
Publication: Health Serv Res 37(3):611-29
Date: 2002
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Authors: Krishnan E, Hubert HB
Title: Ethnicity and mortality from systemic lupus erythematosus in the United States
Publication: Ann Rheum Dis 65(11):1500-5
Date: April 2006

Author: Krishnan E
Title: Hospitalization and mortality of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Publication: J Rheumatol 33(9):1770-74
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Krishnan V, Diette GB, Rand CS, et al.
Title: Mortality in patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbations in the United States
Publication: Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174(6):633-8
Date: June 2006

Authors: Kuo C, Jamieson DJ, McPheeters ML, et al.
Title: Injury hospitalizations of pregnant women in the United States, 2002
Publication: Am J Obstet Gynecol 196(2):161.e1-161.e6
Date: 2007

Authors: Kurichi JE, Stineman MG, Kwong PL, Bates BE, Reker DM
Title: Assessing and using comorbidity measures in elderly veterans with lower extremity amputations
Publication: Gerontology ;53(5):255-9
Date: 2007

Authors: Kurtz S, Ong K, Lau E, Mowat F, Halpern M
Title: Projections of primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030
Publication: J Bone Joint Surg Am 89(4):780-5
Date: 2007

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Authors: Laditka JN, Laditka SB, & Mastanduno MP
Title: Hospital utilization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: health outcome disparities associated with race and ethnicity
Publication: Soci Sci & Med 57(8):1429-41
Date: 2003
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Authors: Laditka JN, Laditka SB, Probst JC
Title: More may be better: evidence of a negative relationship between physician supply and hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Publication: Health Serv Res 40(4):1148-66
Date: 2005
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Authors: Laditka, SB, Laditka JN, Bennett KJ, Probst JC
Title: Delivery complications associated with prenatal care access for Medicaid-insured mothers in rural and urban hospitals
Publication: J Rural Health 21(2):158-66
Date: 2005
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Authors: Laditka JN, Laditka SB
Title: Race, ethnicity and hospitalization for six chronic ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the USA
Publication: Ethn Health 11(3):247-63
Date: Aug. 2006

Authors: Lanska DJ, Kryscio RJ
Title: In-hospital mortality following carotid endarterectomy
Publication: Neurology 51(2):440-47
Date: 1998
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Authors: Lanska DJ, Kryscio RJ
Title: Risk factors for peripartum and postpartum stroke and intracranial venous thrombosis
Publication: Stroke 31(6):1274-82
Date: 2000
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Authors: Lechtzin N, Wiener CM, Clawson L, et al.
Title: Hospitalization in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: causes, costs, and outcomes
Publication: Neurology 56(6):753-57
Date: 2001
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Authors: Lee WA, JW Carter, G Upchurch, JM Seeger, and TS Huber
Title: Perioperative outcomes after open and endovascular repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms in the U.S. during 2001
Publication: J Vascular Surg 39(3):491-6
Date: 2004

Author: Lee K, Wan TT
Title: Effects of hospitals' structural clinical integration on efficiency and patient outcome
Publication: Health Serv Manage Res 15(4):234-44
Date: Nov 2002
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Authors: Lehmann CL, Arons RR, Loder RT, Vitale MG
Title: The epidemiology of slipped capital femoral epiphysis: an update
Publication: J Pediatr Orthop 26(3):286-90
Date: May-June 2006

Authors: Levin R, Moy E, Griner PF
Title: Trends in specialized surgical procedures at teaching and nonteaching hospitals
Publication: Health Aff 19(1):230-38
Date: 2000
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Authors: Levine LJ, Schwarz DF, Argon J, et al.
Title: Discharge disposition of adolescents admitted to medical hospitals after attempting suicide
Publication: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159(9):860-6
Date: 2005
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Authors: Lewis CW, Carron JD, Perkins JA, et al.
Title: Tracheotomy in pediatric patients: a national perspective
Publication: Arch Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 129(5):523-9
Date: 2003
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Author: Livingston EH
Title: Hospital costs associated with bariatric procedures in the United States
Publication: Am J Surg 190:816-20
Date: 2005
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Authors: Livingston EH, Rege RV
Title: Technical complications are rising as common duct exploration is becoming rare
Publication: J Am Coll Surg 201:426-33
Date: 2005
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Author: Livingston EH
Title: Development of bariatric surgery-specific risk assessment tool
Publication: Surg Obes Relat Dis 3(1):14-20
Date: 2007

Authors: Loder RT, O'Donnell PW, Feinberg JR
Title: Epidemiology and mechanisms of femur fractures in children
Publication: J Pediatr Orthop 26(5):561-66
Date: 2006

Authors: Loder RT, Feinberg JR
Title: Orthopaedic injuries in children with nonaccidental trauma: demographics and incidence from the 2000 kids' inpatient database
Publication: J Pediatr Orthop 27(4):421-6
Date: 2007

Authors: Ly DP, Liao JG, Burd RS
Title: Effect of surgeon and hospital characteristics on outcome after pyloromyotomy
Publication: Arch Surg 140:1191-7
Date: 2005
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Authors: Lyman JA, K Scully, W Novicoff, et al.
Title: Integrating quality assessment tools into a clinical data warehouse
Publication: Medinfo 2004(CD):1735
Date: 2004

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Authors: Machlin SR, Cohen JW, Thorpe JM
Title: Measuring inpatient care use in the United States: a comparison across five Federal data sources
Publication: J Ec & Soc Measurement 26:141-51
Date: 2000

Authors: Macmullen NJ, Tymkow C, Shen JJ
Title: Adverse maternal outcomes in women with asthma: differences by race
Title: MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 31(4):263-8
Date: July/August 2006

Authors: Malek MM, Burd RS
Title: The optimal management of malrotation diagnosed after infancy: a decision analysis
Publication: Am J Surg 191(1):45-51
Date: 2006
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Authors: Malek MA, Curns AT, Holman RC, et al.
Title: Diarrhea- and rotavirus-associated hospitalizations among children less than 5 years of age: United States, 1997 and 2000
Publication: Pediatrics 117(6):1887-92
Date: June 2006

Authors: Mandell D.S, Thompson WW, Weintraub ES, et al.
Title: Trends in diagnosis rates for autism and ADHD at hospital discharge in the context of other psychiatric diagnoses
Publication: Psychiatr Serv 56(1):56-62
Date: 2005
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Authors: Mark BA, Harless DW, McCue M, & Xu Y
Title: A longitudinal examination of hospital registered nurse staff and quality of care
Publication: Health Serv Res 39(2):279-300
Date: 2004
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Authors: Martin TJ, Yauck JS, Smith TL
Title: Patients undergoing sinus surgery: constructing a demographic profile
Publication: Laryngoscope 116(7):1185-91
Date: July 2006

Authors: Maxwell JG, Jones SW, Wilson E, et al.
Title: Carotid body tumor excisions: adverse outcomes of adding carotid endarterectomy
Publication: J Am Coll Surg 198(1):36-41
Date: 2004
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Authors: Maxwell JG, Tyler BA, Rutledge R, et al.
Title: Cholecystectomy in Patients Aged 80 and Older
Publication: Am J Surg 76(6):627-31
Date: 1998
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Authors: Maynard C, Chapko MK, Every NR, et al.
Title: Coronary angioplasty outcomes in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 1993-1994
Publication: Am J Cardiol 81(7):848-52
Date: 1998.
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Authors: Maynard C and AE Sales
Title: Changes in the use of coronary artery revascularization procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1991-1999
Publication: BMC Health Serv Res 3:12
Date: 2003
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Authors: McCormick MC, et al.
Title: Annual report on access to and utilization of health care for children and youth in the United States—1999
Publication: Pediatrics 105(1, pt. 3):219-30
Date: 2000

Authors: McCormick MC, Weinick RM, Elixhauser A, et al.
Title: Annual report on access to and utilization of health care for children and youth in the United States—2000
Publication: Ambul Pediatr 1(1):3-15
Date: 2001
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Authors: McPhee JT, Hill JS, Eslami MH
Title: The impact of gender on presentation, therapy, and mortality of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the United States, 2001-2004
Publication: J Vasc Surg 45(5):891-9
Date: 2007

Authors: Meikle SF, Steiner CA, Zhang J, Lawrence WL
Title: A national estimate of the elective primary cesarean delivery rate
Publication: Obstet Gynecol 105(4):751-6
Date: 2005
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Authors: Merenstein D, Egleston B, Diener-West M
Title: Lengths of stay and costs associated with children's hospitals
Publication: Pediatrics 115(4):839-44
Date: 2005
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Authors: Meurer JR, George V, Subichin S, et al.
Title: Asthma severity among children hospitalized in 1990 and 1995
Publication: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154(2):143-49
Date: 2000
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Authors: Meurer JR, Kuhn EM, George V, et al.
Title: Charges for childhood asthma by hospital characteristics
Publication: Pediatrics 102(6):E70
Date: 1998
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Authors: Miller DC, Taub DA, Dunn RL, et al.
Title: Laparoscopy for renal cell carcinoma: diffusion versus regionalization?
Publication: J Urol 176(3):1102-6; discussion 1106-7
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Miller MR, Elixhauser A, Zhan C, Meyer GS
Title: Patient Safety Indicators: using administrative data to identify potential patient safety concerns
Publication: Health Serv Res 36(6) Part II:110-32
Date: 2001

Authors: Miller MR, Elixhauser A, Zhan C
Title: Patient safety events during pediatric hospitalizations
Publication: Pediatrics 111(6 Pt 1):1358-66
Date: 2003
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Authors: Miller MR and C Zhan
Title: Pediatric patient safety in hospitals: A national picture in 2000
Publication: Pediatrics 113(6):1741-46
Date: 2004

Authors: Miller MR, Pronovost P, Donithan M, et al.
Title: Relationship between performance measurement and accreditation: implications for quality of care and patient safety
Publication: Am J Med Qual 20:239-52
Date: 2005
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Author: Misra A
Title: Impact of the HealthChoice Program on Cesarean section and vaginal birth after C-section deliveries: a retrospective analysis
Publication: Matern Child Health J
Date: June 2007

Authors: Mooney DP, Rothstein DH, Forbes PW
Title: Variation in the management of pediatric splenic injuries in the United States
Publication: J Trauma 61(2):330-3; discussion 333
Date: August 2006

Authors: Morris DS, Wei JT, Taub DA, et al.
Title: Temporal trends in the use of percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Publication: J Urol 175(5):1731-36
Date: May 2006

Authors: Morris DS, Taub DA, Wei JT, et al.
Title: Regionalization of percutaneous nephrolithotomy: evidence for the increasing burden of care on tertiary centers
Publication: J Urol 176(1):242-6; discussion 246
Date: July 2006

Authors: Morton JM, Brown A, Galanko JA, et al.
Title: A national comparison of surgical versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: 1997-2001
Publication: J Gastrointest Surg 9(1):15-21
Date: 2005
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Authors: Morton JM, Galanko JA, Soper NJ, et al.
Title: NIS vs SAGES: a comparison of national and voluntary databases
Publication: Surg Endosc 20(7):1124-8
Date: July 2006

Authors: Moy E, Valente E Jr, Levin RJ, et al.
Title: Academic medical centers and the care of underserved populations
Publication: Acad Med 71(12):1369-77
Date: 1996

Authors: Moy E, Valente E Jr, Levin RJ, et al.
Title: The volume and mix of inpatient services provided by academic medical centers
Publication: Acad Med 71(10):1116-22
Date: 1996
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Authors: Muennig P, Pallin D, Sell RL, Chan, M
Title: The cost-effectiveness of strategies for the treatment of intestinal parasites in immigrants
Publication: NEJM 340(10):773-79
Date: 1999
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Authors: Mukherjee D, Wainess RM, Dimick JB, Cowan JA, et al.
Title: Variation in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and predictors of periprocedural mortality
Publication: Cardiology 103(3):143-7
Date: 2005
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Authors: Mullins RJ, Diggs BS, Hedges JR, et al.
Title: Regional differences in outcomes for hospitalized injured patients
Publication: J Trauma 60(4):691-8; discussion 699-700
Date: April 2006

Authors: Murphy NA, Firth S, Jorgensen T, Young PC
Title: Spinal surgery in children with idiopathic and neuromuscular scoliosis. What's the difference?
Publication: J Pediatr Orthop 26(2):216-20
Date: 2006
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Authors: Nelson CP, Dunn R, Wan, J, Wei, JT
Title: The increasing incidence of newborn circumcision: data from the nationwide inpatient sample
Publication: J Urol 173(3):978-81
Date: 2005
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Authors: Nelson CP, Park JM, Dunn RL, Wei, JT
Title: Contemporary trends in surgical correction of pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction: data from the nationwide inpatient sample
Publication: J Urol 173(3):232-36
Date: 2005
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Authors: Nelson CP, Park JM, Wan J, Bloom DA, et al.
Title: The increasing incidence of congenital penile anomalies in the United States
Publication: J Urol 174(4 Pt 2):1573-6
Date: 2005
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Authors: Nelson CP, Dunn RL, Wei JT
Title: Contemporary epidemiology of bladder exstrophy in the United States
Publication: J Urol 173(5):1728-31
Date: 2005
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Authors: Nelson CP, Dunn RL, Wei JT, Gearhart JP
Title: Surgical repair of bladder exstrophy in the modern era: contemporary practice patterns and the role of hospital case volume
Publication: J Urol 174(3):1099-102
Date: 2005
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Authors: Nguyen GC, Bayless TM, Powe NR, Laveist TA, Brant SR
Title: Race and health insurance are predictors of hospitalized Crohn's disease patients undergoing bowel resection
Publication: Inflamm Bowel Dis
Date: June 2007

Authors: Nguyen GC, Segev DL, Thuluvath PJ
Title: Racial disparities in the management of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension: a national study
Publication: Hepatology 45(5):1282-9
Date: 2007

Authors: Nguyen-Huynh MN, Johnston SC
Title: Regional variation in hospitalization for stroke among Asians/Pacific Islanders in the United States: a Nationwide retrospective cohort study. BMC
Publication: Neurology 10:5-21
Date: 2005
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Authors: Niederman MS, McCombs JS, Unger AN, et al.
Title: The cost of treating community-acquired pneumonia
Publication: Clin Ther 20(4):820-37
Date: 1998
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Authors: Niederman MS, McCombs JS, Unger AN, et al.
Title: Treatment cost of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
Publication: Clin Ther 21(3):576-91
Date: 1999
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Authors: Noskin GA, Rubin RJ, Schentag JJ, et al.
Title: The burden of staphylococcus aureus infections on hospitals in the United States: an analysis of the 2000 and 2001 Nationwide Inpatient Sample database
Publication: Arch Intern Med 165(15):1756-61
Date: 2005
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Authors: Nowygrod R, Egorova N, Greco G, et al.
Title: Trends, complications, and mortality in peripheral vascular surgery
Publication: J Vasc Surg 43(2):205-16
Date: 2006
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