Publications from the HCUP Databases

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Authors: Carbonell AM, Lincourt AE, Kercher KW, et al.
Title: Do patient or hospital demographics predict cholecystectomy outcomes? A nationwide study of 93,578 patients
Publication: Surg Endosc 19(6):767-73
Date: 2005
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Authors: Case BG, Olfson M, Marcus SC, Siegel C
Title:Trends in the inpatient mental health treatment of children and adolescents in U.S. community hospitals between 1990 and 2000
Publication: Arch Gen Psychiatry 64(1):89-96
Date: 2007

Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title: Hospital stays, hospital charges, and in hospital deaths among infants with selected birth defects—United States, 2003
Publication: Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report 56(2):25-9
Date: 2007

Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Title: Hospital discharge rates for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation by diabetes status—United States, 1997
Publication: Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report 50(43):954-8
Date: 2001
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Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Title: Major cardiovascular disease (CVD) during 1997-1999 and major CVD hospital discharge rates in 1997 among women with diabetes—United States
Publication: Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report 50(43):948-54
Date: 2001
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Authors: Chakravarty EF, Nelson L, Krishnan E
Title: Obstetric hospitalizations in the United States for women with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
Publication: Arthritis Rheum 54(3):899-907
Date: 2006
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Authors: Chang DC, Lidor AO, Matsen SL, Freischlag JA
Title: Reported in-hospital complications following rib resections for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome
Publication: Ann Vasc Surg
Date: 2007

Authors: Chang RK, Chen AY, Klitzner TS
Title: Clinical management of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the United States, 1988-1997
Publication: Pediatrics 110(2 Pt 1):292-8
Date: 2002
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Author: Chang RK
Title: Hospitalizations for Kawasaki disease among children in the United States, 1988-1997
Publication: Pediatrics 109(6):e87
Date: 2002
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Authors: Charytan D, Mauri L, Agarwal A, et al.
Title: The use of invasive cardiac procedures after acute myocardial infarction in long-term dialysis patients
Publication: Am Heart J 152(3):558-64
Date: 2006

Authors: Charytan D, Kuntz RE
Title: Risks of coronary artery bypass surgery in dialysis-dependent patients—analysis of the 2001 National Inpatient Sample
Publication: Nephrol Dial Transplant
Date: Feb. 2007

Author: Chen HJ
Title: Mental illness and principal physical diagnoses among Asian American and Pacific Islander users of emergency services
Publication: Issues in Mental Health Nursing 26:1061-79
Date: 2006
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Authors: Chevarley FM, Owens PL, Zodet MW, et al.
Title: Health care for children and youth in the United States: annual report on patterns of coverage, utilization, quality, and expenditures by a county level of urban influence
Publication: Ambul Pediatr 6(5):241-64
Date: Sep-Oct. 2006

Author: Chin JL
Title: Culturally competent health care
Publication: Public Health Rep 115(1):25-33
Date: 2000

Authors: Chisolm DJ, Kelleher KJ
Title: Admission to acute care hospitals for adolescent substance abuse: a national descriptive analysis
Publication: Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 1:17
Date: July 2006

Authors: Chung KC, Kowalski CP, Walters MR
Title: Finger replantation in the United States: rates and resource use from the 1996 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Publication: J Hand Surgery [Am] 25(6):1038-42
Date: 2000
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Authors: Choi JH, Bateman BT, Mangla S, et al.
Title: Endovascular recanalization therapy in acute ischemic stroke
Publication: Stroke 37(2):419-24
Date: 2005
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Authors: Chu JH, Feudtner C, Heydon K, et al.
Title: Hospitalizations for endemic mycoses: a population-based national study
Publication: Clin Infect Dis 42(6):822-5
Date: 2006
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Authors: Chumney EC, AK Biddle, KN Simpson, et al.
Title: The effect of cost construction based on either DRG or ICD-9 codes or risk group stratification on the resulting cost-effectiveness ratios
Publication: PharmacoEconomics 22(18):1209-16
Date: 2004

Authors: Chrischilles EA, Klepser DG, Brooks JM, et al.
Title: Effect of clinical characteristics on neutropenia-related inpatient costs among newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases during first-course chemotherapy
Publication: Pharmacotherapy 25(5):668-75
Date: 2005
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Authors: Clark DE, Ahmad S
Title: Estimating injury severity using the Barell matrix
Publication: Inj Prev 12(2):111-16
Date: 2006

Authors: Clement JP, Lindrooth RC, Chukmaitov AS, Chen HF
Title: Does the patient's payer matter in hospital patient safety?: a study of urban hospitals
Publication: Med Care 45(2):131-8
Date: 2007

Authors: Coben JH, Steiner C
Title: Hospitalization for firearm-related injuries in the U.S., 1997
Publication: Am J Preventive Medicine 24(1):1-8
Date: 2003
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Authors: Coben JH, CA Steiner, P Owens
Title: Motorcycle-related hospitalizations in the U.S., 2001
Publication: Am J Preventive Medicine 27(5):355-62
Date: 2004

Authors: Coben JH, Steiner CA, Barrett M, Merrill CT, Adamson D
Title: Completeness of cause of injury coding in healthcare administrative databases in the United States, 2001
Publication: Inj Prev Jun;12(3):199-201
Date: June 2006

Authors: Coben JH, Steiner CA, Miller TR
Title: Characteristics of motorcycle-related hospitalizations: comparing states with different helmet laws
Publication: Accid Anal Prev 39(1):190-6
Date: 2007

Authors: Coburn AF, M Wakefield, M Casey, et al.
Title: Assuring rural hospital patient safety: What should be the priorities?
Publication: J Rural Health 20(4):314-26
Date: 2004

Authors: Coffey RM, Ball JK, Johantgen M, et al.
Title: The case for national health data standards
Publication: Health Aff 16(5):58-72
Date: 1997
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Authors: Coffey RM, Andrews RM, Moy E
Title: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in estimates of AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators
Publication: Med Care 43(3 Suppl):I48-57
Date: 2005
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Authors: Connor JA, RR Arons, M Figueroa, KM Gebbie
Title: Clinical outcomes and secondary diagnoses for infants born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Publication: Pediatrics 114(2):e160-5
Date: 2004

Authors: Connor JA, Gauvreau K, Jenkins KJ
Title: Factors associated with increased resource utilization for congenital heart disease
Publication: Pediatrics 116(3):689-95
Date: 2005
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Authors: Cooksley CD, Avritscher EB, Bekele BN, et al.
Title: Epidemiology and outcomes of serious influenza-related infections in the cancer population
Publication: Cancer 104(3):618-28
Date: 2005
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Authors: Correa-de-Araujo R, McDermott K, Moy E
Title: Gender differences across racial and ethnic groups in the quality of care for diabetes
Publication: Womens Health Issues 16(2):56-65
Date: Mar-Apr. 2006

Authors: Cosper GH, Hamann MS, Stiles A, Nakayama DK
Title: Hospital characteristics affect outcomes for common pediatric surgical conditions
Publication: Am Surg 72(8):739-45
Date: August 2006

Authors: Cowan JA Jr., JB Dimick, RM Wainess, et al.
Title: Ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm treatment in the United States: 1988 to 1998
Publication: J Vasc Surg 38:319-22
Date: 2003
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Authors: Cowan, JA Jr, Dimick JB, Leveque JC, et al.
Title: The impact of provider volume on mortality after intracranial tumor resection
Publication: Neurosurgery, 52(1):48-53; discussion:53-4
Date: 2003
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Authors: Cowan JA Jr, Dimick JB, Wainess RM, et al.
Title: Outcomes after cerebral aneurysm clip occlusion in the United States: the need for evidence-based hospital referral
Publication: J Neurosurgery 99(6):947-52
Date: 2003
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Authors: Cowan, JA Jr, Dimick JB, Thompson GB, Stanley JC, et al.
Title: Surgeon volume as an indicator of outcomes after carotid endarterectomy: An effect independent of speciality practice and hospital volume
Publication: J Am Coll Surg 195(6):814-21
Date: 2002
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Authors: Cowan JA, Jr, Dimick JB, Wainess R, , et al.
Title: Changes in the utilization of spinal fusion in the United States
Publication: Neurosurgery 59(1):15-20; discussion 15-20
Date: July 2006

Authors: Cowen ME, Dusseau DJ, Toth BG, et al.
Title: Casemix adjustment of managed care claims data using the clinical classification for health policy research method
Publication: Med Care 36(7):1108-13
Date: 1998
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Authors: Cowper D, W Yu, M Kuebeler, et al.
Title: Using GIS in government: An overview of the VHA's healthcare atlas, FY-2000
Publication: J Medical Systems 28(3):257-69
Date: 2004

Authors: Cox S, Posner SF, McPheeters M, et al.
Title: Hospitalizations with respiratory illness among pregnant women during influenza season
Publication: Obstet Gynecol 107(6):1315-22
Date: June 2006

Authors: Coyne KS, Paramore C, Grandy S
Title: Assessing the direct costs of treating nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in the United States
Publication: Value Health 9(5):348-356
Date: Sep-Oct. 2006

Authors: Curry WT,Jr, Butler WE, Barker FC 2nd
Title: Rapidly rising incidence of cerebrospinal fluid shunting procedures for idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the United States, 1988-2002
Publication: Neurosurgery 57(1):97-108; discussion 97-108
Date: 2005
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Authors: Curry WT, McDermott MW, Carter BS, Barker FG 2nd
Title: Craniotomy for meningioma in the United States between 1988 and 2000: decreasing rate of mortality and the effect of provider caseload
Publication: J Neurosurg 102(6):977-86
Date: 2005
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Authors: Curtin CM, Gater DR, Chung KC
Title: Upper extremity reconstruction in the tetraplegic population, a national epidemiologic study
Publication: J Hand Surg 30:94-9
Date: 2005
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Authors: Daley WR, Kaczmarek RG
Title: The epidemiology of cardiac pacemakers in the older U.S. population
Publication: J Am Geriatric Soc 46(8):1016-19
Date: 1998
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Authors: Daniels AH, Arthur M, Hart RA
Title: Variability in rates of arthrodesis procedures for patients with cervical spine injuries with and without associated spinal cord injury
Publication: J Bone Joint Surg Am 89(2):317-23
Date: 2007

Authors: Daumit GL, Pronovost PJ, Anthony CB, et al.
Title: Adverse events during medical and surgical hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia
Publication: Arch Gen Psych 63(3):267-72
Date: 2006
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Authors: Davies GM, EJ Dasbach, and S Teutsch
Title: The burden of appendicitis-related hospitalizations in the U.S. in 1997
Publication: Surg Infect (Larchmt) 5(2):160-5
Date: 2004

Authors: Davis MM, MS Patel, and A Gebremariam
Title: Decline in varicella-related hospitalizations and expenditures for children and adults after introduction of varicella vaccine in the U.S.
Publication: Pediatrics 114(3):786-92
Date: 2004

Authors: Davis MM, Slish K, Chao C, Cabana MD
Title: National trends in bariatric surgery, 1996-2002
Publication: Arch Surg 141(1):71-4
Date: 2006
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Authors: de Freitas A, de Fatima M, Albuquerque PM, et al.
Title: Risk factors associated with death in children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit
Publication: J Tropical Pediatrics 47(2):86-91
Date: 2001
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Authors: de Wit M, Best AM, Gennings C, Burnham EL, Moss M
Title: Alcohol use disorders increase the risk for mechanical ventilation in medical patients
Publication: Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31(7):1224-30
Date: 2007

Author: DelliFraine JL
Title: Communities with and without children's hospitals: Where do the sickest children receive care?
Publication: Hosp Top 84(3):19-26
Date: Summer 2006

Authors: Dembe AE, MA Mastroberti, SE Fox, et al.
Title: Inpatient hospital care for work-related injuries and illnesses
Publication: Am J Ind Med 44:331-42
Date: 2003
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Authors: Densmore JC, Lim HJ, Oldham KT, Guice KS
Title: Outcomes and delivery of care in pediatric injury
Publication: J Ped Surg 41(1):92-8
Date: 2006
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Authors: Derrow AE, Seeger JM, Dame DA, et al.
Title: The outcome in the United States after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair, renal artery bypass, and mesenteric revascularization
Publication: J Vasc Surg 34(1):54-61
Date: 2001
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Authors: Deyo RA, A Nachemson, and SK Mirza
Title: Spinal-fusion surgery—the case for restraint
Publication: New England J Med 350(7):722-6
Date: 2004

Authors: Deyo RA, Gray DT, Kreuter W, et al.
Title: United States Trends in Lumbar Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Conditions
Publication: Spine 30(12):1441-45
Date: 2001
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Authors: Dickstein RJ, Barone JG, Liao JG, Burd RS
Title: The effect of surgeon volume and hospital characteristics on in-hospital outcome after ureteral reimplantation in children
Publication: Pediatr Surg Int 22(5):417-21
Date: May 2006

Authors: Diggs BS, Lenfesty B, Arthur M, Hedges JR, et al.
Title: The incidence and burden of ladder, structure, and scaffolding falls
Publication: Acad Emerg Med 12:267-70
Date: 2005
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Authors: Diggs JC, Xu F, Diaz M, Cooper GS, Koroukain SM
Title: Failure to screen: predictors and burden of emergency colorectal cancer resection
Publication: Am J Manag Care 13(3):157-64
Date: 2007

Authors: Dimick JB, Stanley JC, Axelrod DA, et al.
Title: Variation in death rate after abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in the United States: impact of hospital volume, gender, and age
Publication: Ann Surg 235(4):579-85
Date: 2002
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Authors: Dimick JB, JA Cowan, Jr., GR Upchurch, Jr., LM Colletti
Title: Hospital volume and surgical outcomes for elderly patients with colorectal cancer in the United States
Publication: J Surg Res 114:50-6
Date: 2003
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Authors: Dimick JB, Pronovost PJ, Cowan JA Jr, et al.
Title: Variation in postoperative complication rates after high-risk surgery in the U.S.
Publication: Surgery 134(4):534-40; discussion:540-1
Date: 2003
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Authors: Dimick JB, Cowan JA Jr, Stanley JC, et al.
Title: Surgeon speciality and provider volumes are related to outcome of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the U.S.
Publication: J Vascular Surgery 38(4):739-44
Date: 2003
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Authors: Dimick JA, Henke PK, Wainess RM, et al.
Title: Hospital volume-related differences in aorto-bifemoral bypass operative mortality in the U.S
Publication: J Vascular Surgery 37(5):970-5
Date: 2003
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Authors: Dimick JA Jr, Colletti LM, & Upchurch GR Jr.
Title: Hospital teaching status and outcomes of complex surgical procedures in the U.S.
Publications: Archives of Surgery 139(2):137-41
Date: 2004
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Authors: Dimick JB, RM Wainess, JA Cowen, et al.
Title: National trends in the use and outcomes of hepatic resection
Publication: J Am College of Surgeons 199(1):31-8
Date: 2004

Authors: Dimick JB, HG Welch, and JD Birkmeyer
Title: Surgical mortality as an indicator of hospital quality: The problem with small sample size
Publication: JAMA 292(7):847-51
Date: 2004

Authors: Dimick JB, Wainess RM, Upchurch GR, et al.
Title: National trends in outcomes for esophageal resection
Publication: Ann Thorac Surg 79(1):212-16
Date: 2005
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Author: Dismuke CE
Title: Underreporting of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging procedures in inpatient claims data
Publication: MedCare 43(7):713-7
Date: 2005
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Authors: Dolan JP, Diggs BS, Sheppard BC, Hunter JG
Title: Ten-year trend in the national volume of bile duct injuries requiring operative repair
Publication: Surg Endosc
Date: 2005
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Authors: Dombrovskiy VY, Martin AA, Sunderram J, Paz HL
Title: Facing the challenge: decreasing case fatality rates in severe sepsis despite increasing hospitalizations
Publication: Critical Care Medicine 33:2555-62
Date: 2005
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Authors: Dombrovskiy VY, Martin AA, Sunderram J, Paz HL
Title: Occurrence and outcomes of sepsis: influence of race
Publication: Critical Care Medicine 35(3):763-8
Date: 2007

Authors: Dombrovskiy VY, Martin AA, Sunderram J, Paz HL
Title: Rapid increase in hospitalization and mortality rates for severe sepsis in the United States: a trend analysis from 1993 to 2003
Publication: Critical Care Medicine 35(5):1244-50
Date: 2007

Authors: Dominick KL, Dudley TK, Coffman CJ, Bosworth HB
Title: Comparison of three comorbidity measures for predicting health service use in patients with osteoarthritis
Publication: Arthritis Rheum 53:666-72
Date: 2005
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Authors: Doro C, Dimick J, Wainess R
Title: Hospital volume and inpatient mortality outcomes of total hip arthroplasty in the United States
Publication: J Arthroplasty 21(6 Suppl 2):10-6
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Dorr DA, Horn SD, Smout RJ
Title: Cost analysis of nursing home registered nurse staffing times
Publication: J Am Geriatr Soc 53(5):840-5
Date: 2005
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Authors: Dougherty DM, LA Simpson, JM Eisenberg
Title: Children's health care issues: a continuing priority
Publication: Health Serv Res 35:xi-xix
Date: 2000
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Authors: Dowell, MA, Rozell, B, Roth, D, et al.
Title: Economic and clinical disparities in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes
Publication: J Nursing Scholarship 36(1):66-72
Date: 2004
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Author: Dubinsky RM
Title: No going home for hospitalized Huntington's disease patients
Publication: Mov Disord
Date: 2005
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Authors: Dubinsky R, Lai SM
Title: Mortality of stroke patients treated with thrombolysis: analysis of nationwide inpatient sample
Publication: Neurology 66(11):1742-4
Date: June 2006

Authors: Dubinsky R, Chen J, Lai SM
Title: Trends in hospital utilization and outcome for patients with ALS: analysis of a large U.S. cohort
Publication: Neurology 67(5):777-80
Date: Sept. 2006

Authors: Dubinsky RM, Lai SM
Title: Mortality from combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass surgery in the U.S.
Publication: Neurology 68(3):195-7
Date: 2007

Authors: Duffy SQ, Elixhauser A, Sommers JP
Title: Diagnosis and Procedure Combinations in Hospital Inpatient Data
Publication: HCUP-3 Research Note. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 96-0047
Date: 1996
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Authors: Duggirala AV, FM Chen, and PJ Gergen
Title: Postoperative adverse events in teaching and nonteaching hospitals
Publication: Family Medicine 36(7):508-13
Date: 2004

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Author: Eisenberg JM
Title: Quality research for quality healthcare: the data connection
Publication: Health Serv Res 35(2):xii-xvii
Date: 2000

Authors: Eliason JL, RM Wainess, MC Proctor, et al.
Title: A national and single institutional experience in the contemporary treatment of acute lower extremity ischemia
Publication: Ann Surg 238:382-9; discussion, 389-90
Date: 2003
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Author: Elixhauser A
Title: Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research, Version 2: Software and User's Guide
Publication: HCUP-3 Research Note 2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 96-0046
Date: 1996
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Authors: Elixhauser A, Duffy SQ, Sommers JP
Title: Most Frequent Diagnoses and Procedures for DRGs, by Insurance Status.
Publication: HCUP-3 Research Note 4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 97-0006
Date: 1997
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Authors: Elixhauser A, Johantgen M, Andrews R
Title: Descriptive Statistics by Insurance Status for Most Frequent Hospital Diagnoses and Procedures
Publication: HCUP-3 Research Note 5. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 97-0009
Date: 1997
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Authors: Elixhauser A, McCarthy E
Title: Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research, Version 2: Hospital Inpatient Statistics
Publication: HCUP-3 Research Note 1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 96-0017
Date: 1996
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Authors: Elixhauser A, Steiner C, Harris DR, et al.
Title: Comorbidity Measures for Use with Administrative Data
Publication: Med Care 36(1):8-27
Date: 1998
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Authors: Elixhauser A, Steiner CA
Title: Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1996
Publication: HCUP Research Note. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 99-0034
Date: 1999
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Authors: Elixhauser A, Steiner CA
Title: Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996
Publication: HCUP Research Note. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 99-0046
Date: 1999
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Authors: Elixhauser A, et al.
Title: Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research: Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1995
Publication: HCUP-3 Research Note. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AHCPR Publication No. 98-0049
Date: 1998
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Authors: Elixhauser A, et al.
Title: Hospitalization in the United States, 1997
Publication: HCUP Fact Book No. 1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 00-0031
Date: 2000.

Authors: Elixhauser A, Weinick RM, Betancourt JR, Andrews, RM.
Title: Difference between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites in Use of Hospital Procedures for Cerebrovascular Disease
Publication: Ethnicity & Disease 12:29-37
Date: 2002
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Authors: Elixhauser A, C Steiner, I Fraser
Title: Volume thresholds and hospital characteristics in the United States
Publication: Health Aff (Millwood) 22:167-77
Date: 2003
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Authors: Ellison LM, Heaney JA, Birkmeyer JD
Title: The Effect of Hospital Volume on Mortality and Resource Use After Radical Prostatectomy
Publication: J Urol 163(3):867-69
Date: 2000
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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
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Authors: Encinosa WE, Bernard DM
Title: Hospital finances and patient safety outcomes
Publication: Inquiry 42(1):60-72
Date: 2005
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Authors: Encinosa WE, Bernard DM, Steiner, Chen CC
Title: Use and costs of bariatric surgery weight-loss medications
Publication: Health Aff 24(4):1039-46
Date: Jul-Aug 2005
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Authors: Epstein AJ, SS Rathore, KG Volpp, & HM Krumholz
Title: Hospital percutaneous coronary intervention volume and patient mortality, 1998 to 2000: Does the evidence support current procedure volume minimums?
Publication: J Am Coll Cardiology 43(10):1755-62
Date: 2004

Authors: Eskandar EN, Flaherty A, Cosgrove GR, et al.
Title: Surgery for Parkinson Disease in the United States, 1996 to 2000: practice Patterns, short-term outcomes, and hospital charges in a nationwide sample
Publication: J Neurosurgery 99(5):863-71
Date: 2003
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Authors: Eslami MH, Zayaruzny M, Fitzgerald GA
Title: The adverse effects of race, insurance status, and low income on the rate of amputation in patients presenting with lower extremity ischemia
Publication: J Vasc Surg 45(1):55-9
Date: 2007

Authors: Etzioni DA, Liu JH, Maggard MA, et al.
Title: Workload projections for surgical oncology: will we need more surgeons?
Publication: Ann Surgical Oncology 10(9):1112-7
Date: 2003
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