List of publications

ATTACHMENT C:
List of Publications
Hyperlink to Publications list: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/namcs_nhamcs_publication_list.pdf

1a. NHAMCS SUMMARY REPORTS
Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007 [Series 13, No. 169]
Visits to Primary Care Delivery Sites: United States, 2008 [Data Brief No. 47]
Emergency Department Visits for Chest Pain and Abdominal Pain: United States, 1999-2008 [Data Brief No. 43]
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2007 emergency department summary [NHSR No. 26]
1a. SUMMARY REPORTS – JOURNAL ARTICLES USING NHAMCS DATA
Pemberton MR, Bose J, Kilmer G, Kroutil LA, Forman-Hoffman VL, Gfroerer JC. Comparison of NSDUH Health and Health Care
Utilization Estimates to Other National Data Sources. CBHSQ Data Review. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (US); 2012-.
Mohareb AM, Dugas AF, Hsieh YH. Changing epidemiology and management of infectious diseases in US EDs. Am J Emerg Med.
2016 Mar 11. pii: S0735-6757(16)00206-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.03.024. [Epub ahead of print]
Kale MS, Bishop TF, Federman AD, Keyhani S. Trends in the Overuse of Ambulatory Health Care Services in the United States.
Arch Intern Med. 2012 Dec 24:1-7. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.1022. [Epub ahead of print]
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Owens PL, Barrett ML, Gibson TB, Andrews RM, Weinick RM, Mutter RL. Emergency Department Care in the United States: A
Profile of National Data Sources. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]
Pitts SR, Carrier ER, Rich EC, Kellerman AL. Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It’s Not At Their Doctor’s Office.
Health Affairs, 29, no. 9 (2010): 1620-1629. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.1026
Tang N, Stein J, Hsia RY, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997-2007. JAMA.
2010 Aug 11;304(6):664-70.
2a. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS - NCHS REPORTS
Albert M, McCaig L, Ashman J.Emergency Department Visits by Persons Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2009–2010. [Data Brief,
No. 130]
Blood Pressure Measurements at Emergency Department Visits by Adults: United States, 2007–2008 [Data Brief No. 72]
Emergency Department Visitors and Visits: Who Used the Emergency Room in 2007? [Data Brief, No. 38]
Health Care Utilization Among Adults Aged 55-64 Years: How Has It Changed Over the Past 10 Years? [Data Brief No. 32]
2b. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS - JOURNAL ARTICLES USING NHAMCS DATA
Pediatric Patients
Chamberlain JM, Teach SJ, Hayes KL, Badolato G, Goyal MK. Practice Pattern Variation in the Care of Children With Acute
Asthma. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 14. doi: 10.1111/acem.12857. [Epub ahead of print]
Pruitt Z, Pruitt RC. Children Covered by Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program More Likely to Use Emergency
Departments for Food Allergies. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Jul 12. [Epub ahead of print]
Yackey KJ, Rominger AH. Are We Adequately Treating Pain in Children Who Present to US Emergency Departments?: Factors That
Contribute to Pain Treatment in Pediatric Patients. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print]

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Shah S, Bourgeois F, Mannix R, Nelson K, Bachur R, Neuman MI. Emergency Department Management of Febrile Respiratory
Illness in Children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Chamberlain JM, Teach SJ, Hayes KL, Badolato G, Goyal MK. Practice Pattern Variation in the Care of Children With Acute
Asthma. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 14. doi: 10.1111/acem.12857. [Epub ahead of print]
Fahimi J, Aurrecoechea A, Anderson E, Herring A, Alter H. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Visits Among Adolescents
Presenting to US Emergency Departments. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Rasooly IR, Mullins PM, Alpern ER, Pines JM. US Emergency Department Use by Children, 2001-2010. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014
Sep;30(9):602-7. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000204.
Lee HC, Bardach NS, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Emergency department visits in the neonatal period in the United States. Pediatr Emerg
Care. 2014 May;30(5):315-8. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000120.
Pittsenbarger ZE, Mannix R. Trends in pediatric visits to the emergency department for psychiatric illnesses. Acad Emerg Med. 2014
Jan;21(1):25-30. doi: 10.1111/acem.12282. Epub 2013 Dec 6.
Horeczko T, Green JP. Emergency department presentation of the pediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Pediatr Emerg
Care. 2013 Nov;29(11):1153-8. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182a9e629.
Srinivasan S, Mannix R, Lee LK. Epidemiology of paediatric firearm injuries in the USA, 2001-2010. Arch Dis Child. 2013 Dec 13.
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304642. [Epub ahead of print]
Kedia S, Ginde AA, Grubenhoff JA, Kempe A, Hershey AD, Powers SW. Monthly variation of United States pediatric headache
emergency department visits. Cephalalgia. 2013 Dec 11. [Epub ahead of print]
Sheridan DC, Meckler GD, Spiro DM, Koch TK, Hansen ML. Diagnostic Testing and Treatment of Pediatric Headache in the
Emergency Department. J Pediatr. 2013 Aug 20. doi:pii: S0022-3476(13)00860-3. 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.006. [Epub ahead of print]
Goyal M, Hersh A, Luan X, Localio R, Trent M, Zaoutis T. National Trends in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Among Adolescents in
the Emergency Department. J Adolesc Health. 2013 May 19. doi:pii: S1054-139X(13)00191-2. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.03.016.
[Epub ahead of print]
Simon AE, Lukacs SL, Mendola P. National Trends in Emergency Department Use of Urinalysis, Complete Blood Count, and Blood
Culture for Fever Without a Source Among Children Aged 2 to 24 Months in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 7 Era. Pediatr
Emerg Care. 2013 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Neuman MI, Shah SS, Shapiro DJ, Hersh AL. Emergency department management of childhood pneumonia in the United States prior
to publication of national guidelines. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Mar;20(3):240-6. doi: 10.1111/acem.12088.
Cho CS, Shapiro DJ, Cabana MD, Maselli JH, Hersh AL. A National Depiction of Children With Return Visits to the Emergency
Department Within 72 Hours, 2001-2007. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Jun 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Fortuna RJ, Halterman JS, Pulcino T, Robbins BW. Delayed Transition of Care: A National Study of Visits to Pediatricians by Young
Adults. Acad Pediatr. 12(5):405-411. Sep-Oct 2012. 2012 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Monuteaux MC, Lee L, Fleegler E. Children injured by violence in the United States: emergency department utilization, 2000-2008.
Acad Emerg Med. 2012 May;19(5):535-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01341.x.
Case SD, Case BG, Olfson M, Linakis JG, Laska EM.Length of stay of pediatric mental health emergency department visits in the
United States. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;50(11):1110-9. Epub 2011
Richards ME, Hubble MW, Zwehl-Burke S. "Inappropriate" pediatric emergency medical services utilization redefined. Pediatr
Emerg Care. 2011 Jun;27(6):514-8.
Paul IM, Maselli JH, Hersh AL, Boushey HA, Nielson DW, Cabana MD. Antibiotic Prescribing During Pediatric Ambulatory Care
Visits for Asthma. Pediatrics. 127(6):1014-1021. Jun 2011. 2011 May 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Bekmezian A, Chung PJ, Cabana MD, Maselli JH, Hilton JF, Hersh AL. Factors Associated With Prolonged Emergency Department
Length of Stay for Admitted Children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print]

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Shapiro DJ, Gonzales R, Cabana MD, Hersh AL. National trends in visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with acute
sinusitis. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):28-34. Epub 2010 Dec 27.
Patel AI, Madsen KA, Maselli JH, Cabana MD, Stafford RS, Hersh AL.Underdiagnosis of Pediatric Obesity during Outpatient
Preventive Care Visits. Acad Pediatr. 2010 November - December;10(6):405-409.
Hambrook JT, Kimball TR, Khoury P, Cnota J. Disparities exist in the emergency department evaluation of pediatric chest pain.
Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 May-Jun;5(3):285-91.
Fortuna RJ, Robbins BW, Mani N, Halterman JS. Dependence on Emergency Care among Young Adults in the United States. J Gen
Intern Med. 25(7):663-669. Jul 2010. 2010 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Branum AM, Lukacs SL. Food Allergy Among Children in the United States. Pediatrics. 124(6):1549–1555. Nov 2009. 2009 Nov 16.
[Epub ahead of print]
Stevens J, Harman J, Pakalnis A, Lo W, Prescod J. Sociodemographic Differences in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Headache.
J Child Neurol. 2009 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print]
Linakis JG, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Baird J. Alcohol-related visits to the emergency department by injured adolescents: a national
perspective. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Jul;45(1):84-90. Epub 2009 Feb 28.
Pont SJ, Grijalva CG, Griffin MR, Scott TA, Cooper WO. National Rates of Diarrhea-Associated Ambulatory Visits in Children. J
Pediatr. 2009 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Shah MN, Cushman JT, Davis CO, Bazarian JJ, Auinger P, Friedman B. The epidemiology of emergency medical services use by
children: an analysis of the national hospital ambulatory medical care survey. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2008 Jul-Sep;12(3):269-76.
Bourgeois FT, Shannon MW, Stack AM. "Left Without Being Seen": A National Profile of Children Who Leave the Emergency
Department Before Evaluation. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Bourgeois FT, Shannon MW. Emergency care for children in pediatric and general emergency departments.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Feb;23(2):94-102.
Rand CM, Shone LP, Albertin C, Auinger P, Klein JD, Szilagyi PG. National health care visit patterns of adolescents: implications for
delivery of new adolescent vaccines. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Mar;161(3):252-9.
Grupp-Phelan J, Harman JS, Kelleher KJ. Trends in mental health and chronic condition visits by children presenting for care at U.S.
emergency departments. Public Health Rep. 2007 Jan-Feb;122(1):55-61.
Capp R, West DR, Doran K, Sauaia A, Wiler J, Coolman T, Ginde AA. Characteristics of Medicaid-Covered Emergency Department
Visits Made by Nonelderly Adults: A National Study. J Emerg Med. 2015 Oct 5. pii: S0736-4679(15)00818-5. doi:
10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.07.043. [Epub ahead of print]
Bhattacharyya N, Kepnes LJ. Patterns of Care Before and After the Adult Sinusitis Clinical Practice Guideline. Laryngoscope. 2013
Feb 16. doi: 10.1002/lary.23980. [Epub ahead of print]
Reeves WC, Strine TW, Pratt LA, Thompson W, Ahluwalia I, Dhingra SS, McKnight-Eily LR, Harrison L, D'Angelo DV, Williams
L, Morrow B, Gould D, Safran MA; Public Health Surveillance Program Office. Mental illness surveillance among adults in the
United States. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2011 Sep 2;60 Suppl 3:1-32.
Hampton H. Experts Predict Visits by Baby Boomers Will Soon Strain Emergency Departments. JAMA. 2008;299(22):2613-2614
(doi:10.1001/jama.299.22.2613)
Elderly Patients
Evans CS, Hunld KM, Rosen T, Platts-Mills TF. Diagnosis of Elder Abuse in U.S. Emergency Departments. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016
Oct 18. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14480.
Albrecht JS, Hirshon JM, McCunn M, Bechtold KT, Rao V, Simoni-Wastila L, Smith GS. Increased Rates of Mild Traumatic Brain
Injury Among Older Adults in US Emergency Departments, 2009-2010. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2015 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print]

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Marra EM, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Brooks G, van den Anker J, May L, Pines JM. Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Older Adults in U.S.
Ambulatory Clinics and Emergency Departments (2001-10). J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Oct;63(10):2074-81. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13666.
Epub 2015 Sep 29.
Hsiao CJ, Hing E. Emergency department visits and resulting hospitalizations by elderly nursing home residents, 2001-2008. Res
Aging. 2014 Mar;36(2):207-27. doi: 10.1177/0164027512473488. Epub 2013 Jan 23.
Vogel JA, Ginde AA, Lowenstein SR, Betz ME. Emergency department visits by older adults for motor vehicle collisions. West J
Emerg Med. 2013 Nov;14(6):576-81. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2013.2.12230.
Hsiao CJ, Hing E. Emergency department visits and resulting hospitalizations by elderly nursing home residents, 2001-2008. Research
on Aging. 35(1) 2013. Published online 23 Jan 2013. DOI: 10.1177/0164027512473488.
http://roa.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/01/22/0164027512473488
Pines JM, Mullins PM, Cooper JK, Feng LB, Roth KE. National trends in emergency department use, care patterns, and quality of
care of older adults in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan;61(1):12-7. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12072.
Platts-Mills TF, Hunold KM, Esserman DA, Sloane PD, McLean SA. Motor Vehicle Collision-related Emergency Department Visits
by Older Adults in the United States. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Jun 22. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01383.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Platts-Mills TF, Esserman DA, Brown DL, Bortsov AV, Sloane PD, McLean SA. Older US Emergency Department Patients Are Less
Likely to Receive Pain Medication Than Younger Patients: Results From a National Survey. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Oct 25. [Epub
ahead of print]
Bhattacharya R, Chatterjee S, Carnahan RM, Aparasu RR. Prevalence and Predictors of Anticholinergic Agents in Elderly Outpatients
with Dementia. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 9(6):434-441. Dec 2011. 2011 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print]
William J. Meurer, Tommy A. Potti, Kevin A. Kerber, Comilla Sasson, Michelle L. Macy, Brady T. West, Eve D. Losman. Potentially
Inappropriate Medication Utilization in the Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults: Analysis From a Nationally
Representative Sample (p 231-237) Published Online: Mar 1 2010 11:59AM
Roberts DC, McKay MP, Shaffer A. Increasing Rates of Emergency Department Visits for Elderly Patients in the United States, 1993
to 2003. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:769-774.
Shah MN, Bazarian JJ, Lerner EB, Fairbanks RJ, Barker WH, Auinger P, Friedman B. The Epidemiology of Emergency Medical
Services Use by Older Adults: An Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Acad Emerg Med 2007
May;14(5): 441-447.
Gender
Rost K, Hsieh YP, Xu S, Harman J. Gender Differences in Hospitalization After Emergency Room Visits for Depressive Symptoms. J
Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print]
Burris HH, Werler MM. U.S. Provider Reported Folic Acid or Multivitamin Ordering for Non-Pregnant Women of Childbearing Age:
NAMCS and NHAMCS, 2005-2006. Matern Child Health J. 2010 Mar 5. [Epub ahead of print]
Keyhani S, Scobie JV, Hebert PL, McLaughlin MA. Gender disparities in blood pressure control and cardiovascular care in a national
sample of ambulatory care visits. Hypertension. 2008 Apr;51(4):1149-55. Epub 2008 Feb 7
Race/Ethnicity
Qiao WP, Powell ES, Witte MP, Zelder MR. Relationship between racial disparities in ED wait times and illness severity. Am J
Emerg Med. 2015 Sep 7. pii: S0735-6757(15)00744-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.08.052. [Epub ahead of print]
Goyal MK, Kuppermann N, Cleary SD, Teach SJ, Chamberlain JM. Racial Disparities in Pain Management of Children With
Appendicitis in Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Sep 14. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1915. [Epub ahead of print]
Abokwidir M, Davis SA, Fleischer AB, Pichardo-Geisinger RO. Use of the Emergency Department for Dermatologic Care in the
United States by Ethnic Group. J Dermatolog Treat. 2014 Nov 26:1-14. [Epub ahead of print]

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Johnson TJ, Weaver MD, Borrero S, Davis EM, Myaskovsky L, Zuckerbraun NS, Kraemer KL. Association of race and ethnicity with
management of abdominal pain in the emergency department. Pediatrics. 2013 Oct;132(4):e851-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3127.
Epub 2013 Sep 23.
Okunseri C, Okunseri E, Chilmaza CA, Harunani S, Xiang Q, Szabo A. Racial and ethnic variations in waiting times for emergency
department visits related to nontraumatic dental conditions in the United States. J Am Dent Assoc. 2013 Jul;144(7):828-36.
Haywood C Jr, Tanabe P, Naik R, Beach MC, Lanzkron S. The impact of race and disease on sickle cell patient wait times in the
emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Feb 1. doi:pii: S0735-6757(12)00568-2. 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.11.005. [Epub ahead of
print]
Johnson PJ, Ghildayal N, Ward AC, Westgard BC, Boland LL, Hokanson JS. Disparities in Potentially Avoidable Emergency
Department (ED) Care: ED Visits for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. Med Care. 2012 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Soler ZM, Mace JC, Litvack JR, Smith TL. Chronic rhinosinusitis, race, and ethnicity. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2012 Mar;26(2):110-6.
Sonnenfeld N, Pitts SR, Schappert SM, Decker SL. Emergency Department Volume and Racial and Ethnic Differences in Waiting
Times in the United States. Med Care. 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Johnston V, Bao Y. Race/Ethnicity-Related and Payer-Related Disparities in the Timeliness of Emergency Care in U.S. Emergency
Departments. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 22 (2011): 606–620.
Karve SJ, Balkrishnan R, Mohammad YM, Levine DA. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Waiting Time for Stroke
Patients in the United States. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 Jun 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Pines JM, Russell Localio A, Hollander JE. Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Length of Stay for Admitted Patients in the
United States. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Shafi S, Gentilello LM. Ethnic disparities in initial management of trauma patients in a nationwide sample of emergency department
visits. Arch Surg. 2008 Nov;143(11):1057-61.
Sonnenfeld N, Schappert SM, Lin SX. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Delivery of Tobacco-Cessation Services. Am J Prev Med.
2008 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Ginde AA, Espinola JA, Camargo CA Jr. Improved overall trends but persistent racial disparities in emergency department visits for
acute asthma, 1993-2005. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Jun 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Homeless Patients
Tadros A, Layman SM, Brewer MP, Davis SM. A 5-year comparison of ED visits by homeless and nonhomeless patients. Am J
Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 11. pii: S0735-6757(16)00022-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.012. [Epub ahead of print]
Hammig B, Jozkowski K, Jones C. Injury-related Visits and Comorbid Conditions Among Homeless Persons Presenting to
Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;21(4):449-455. doi: 10.1111/acem.12343.
Brown RT, Steinman MA. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits by Older Versus Younger Homeless
Adults in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Ku BS, Scott KC, Kertesz SG, Pitts SR. Factors associated with use of urban emergency departments by the U.S. homeless
population. Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):398-405.
Oates G, Tadros A, Davis SM. A comparison of National Emergency Department use by homeless versus non-homeless people in the
United States. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009 Aug;20(3):840-5.
Patients with Diabetes
Peek ME, Tang H, Alexander GC, Chin MH. National Prevalence of Lifestyle Counseling or Referral Among African-Americans and
Whites with Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print]
Aparasu RR, Aparasu A. Hypertension management in outpatient visits by diabetic patients. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2008
Sep;4(3):284-91. Epub 2008 Aug 8.

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Patients with Other Conditions
Singer AJ, Thode HC Jr, Peacock WF 4th. Admission rates for emergency department patients with venous thromboembolism and
estimation of the proportion of low risk pulmonary embolism patients: a US perspective. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2016 Sep 30;3(3):126131.
Tan EC, Bell JS, Lu CY, Toh S. National Trends in Outpatient Antihypertensive Prescribing in People with Dementia in the United
States. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print]
Bergamo C, Juarez-Colunga E, Capp R. Association of mental health disorders and Medicaid with ED admissions for ambulatory
care-sensitive condition conditions. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 21. pii: S0735-6757(16)00033-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.023.
[Epub ahead of print]
Moore HN, Mao L, Oramasionwu CU. Factors associated with polypharmacy and the prescription of multiple medications among
persons living with HIV (PLWH) compared to non-PLWH. AIDS Care. 2015 Nov 26:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] (NHAMCS)
Ho CK, Maselli JH, Terrault NA, Gonzales R. High Rate of Hospital Admissions Among Patients with Cirrhosis Seeking Care in US
Emergency Departments. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Galbraith JW, Donnelly JP, Franco R, Overton T, Rodgers JB, Wang HE. National Estimates of Healthcare Utilization by Individuals
with Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 9. pii: ciu427. [Epub ahead of print]
Singer AJ, Skopicki H, Thode HC Jr, Peacock WF. Hemodynamic profiles of ED patients with acute decompensated heart failure and
their association with treatment. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Dec 7. pii: S0735-6757(13)00841-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.005. [Epub
ahead of print]
Johnson TL, Toliver JC, Mao L, Oramasionwu CU. Differences in outpatient care and treatment utilization for patients with
HIV/HCV coinfection, HIV, and HCV monoinfection, a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Apr 23;14:217. doi:
10.1186/1471-2334-14-217.
Mohareb A, Rothman R, Hsieh YH. Emergency department (ED) utilization by HIV-infected ED patients in the United States in 2009
and 2010 - a national estimation. HIV Med. 2013 Jun 17. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12052. [Epub ahead of print]
Shih TY, Chen KF, Rothman R, Hsieh YH. US national estimation of emergency department utilization by patients given 'HIV/AIDSrelated illness' as their primary diagnosis. HIV Med. 2010 Nov 8. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00888.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Cheung R, Mannalithara A, Singh G. Utilization and Antiviral Therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: Analysis of Ambulatory
Care Visits in the US. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Salen PN, Arcona S., Luo RD, Belletti D, Tran D. How Do Prescription Patterns of Psychopharmacological Therapy for
Schizophrenic Patients in the Emergency Department Affect Health Care Utilization? Acad. Emerg. Med. 2002 9: 391
Patient Insurance
Bergamo C, Juarez-Colunga E, Capp R. Association of mental health disorders and Medicaid with ED admissions for ambulatory
care-sensitive condition conditions. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 21. pii: S0735-6757(16)00033-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.023.
[Epub ahead of print]
Capp R, West DR, Doran K, Sauaia A, Wiler J, Coolman T, Ginde AA. Characteristics of Medicaid-Covered Emergency Department
Visits Made by Nonelderly Adults: A National Study. J Emerg Med. 2015 Oct 5. pii: S0736-4679(15)00818-5. doi:
10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.07.043. [Epub ahead of print]
Carlson JN, Menegazzi JJ, Callaway CW. Magnitude of national ED visits and resource utilization by the uninsured. Am J Emerg
Med. 2013 Jan 30. doi:pii: S0735-6757(13)00007-7. 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.01.001. [Epub ahead of print]
Mannix R, Stack AM, Chiang V. Insurance Status and the Care of Adult Patients 19 to 64 Years of Age Visiting the Emergency
Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Jun 22. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01394.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Mannix R, Chiang V, Stack AM. Insurance Status and the Care of Children in the Emergency Department. J Pediatr. 2012 May 11.
[Epub ahead of print]
Moser JW, Applegate KE. Imaging and insurance: do the uninsured get less imaging in emergency departments?

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J Am Coll Radiol. 2012 Jan;9(1):50-7.
Adekoya N. Reasons for visits to emergency departments for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program patients:
United States, 2004. N C Med J. 2010 Mar-Apr;71(2):123-30.
Newton MF et al. Uninsured Adults Presenting to US Emergency Departments: Assumptions vs Data. JAMA. 2008;300(16):19141924.
Adekoya N. Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program Patients and Infectious Diseases Treated in Emergency
Departments: U.S., 2003. 122(4): July/August 2007. 513-520.
Other Patient Characteristics
Moe J, Belsky JB. Comparing patients who leave the ED prematurely, before vs after medical evaluation: a National Hospital
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 26. pii: S0735-6757(16)00025-5. doi:
10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.015. [Epub ahead of print]
Burke RE, Rooks SP, Levy C, Schwartz R, Ginde AA. Identifying Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Nursing
Home Residents in the United States. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Feb 18. pii: S1525-8610(15)00077-8. doi:
10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.076. [Epub ahead of print]
O'Keeffe T, Rhee P, Shafi S, Friese RS, Gentilello LM. Alcohol use increases diagnostic testing, procedures, charges, and the risk of
hospital admission: a population-based study of injured patients in the emergency department. Am J Surg. 2013 Apr 2. pii: S00029610(13)00136-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.08.014. [Epub ahead of print]
Primack BA, Roberts T, Fine MJ, Dillman Carpentier FR, Rice KR, Barnato AE. ER vs. ED: A Comparison of Televised and Real-life
Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. 2012 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Caterino JM, Ting SA, Sisbarro SG, Espinola JA, Camargo CA Jr. Age, Nursing Home Residence, and Presentation of Urinary Tract
Infection in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2001-2008. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Oct;19(10):1173-1180. doi: 10.1111/j.15532712.2012.01452.x.
Wang HE, Shah MN, Allman RM, Kilgore M. Emergency department visits by nursing home residents in the United States. J Am
Geriatr Soc. 2011 Oct;59(10):1864-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03587.x. Epub 2011 Oct 12.
White D, Kaplan L, Eddy L. Characteristics of patients who return to the emergency department within 72 hours in one community
hospital. Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2011 Oct;33(4):344-53.
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