Applied Research

Texas Health Care Information Collection
Center for Health Statistics

Published articles using the Texas Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data

• Hospital Discharge Rates Before and After Implementation of a City-wide Smoking Ban in a Texas City, 2004–2008.  Phil Head, MD, MS; Bradford E. Jackson, PhD; Sejong Bae, PhD; Debra Cherry, MD, MS; BRIEF Volume 9 — December 27, 2012. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Seasonal Trend in the Occurrence of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia in Texas.  Wellington K, Mulla ZD.  American Journal of Hypertension 2012; 25(1): 115-119.
• Getting Aggressive with COPD in Texas - Outcomes from 2009 - 2-12 Health Professional Continuing Education Initiative. Health Science Center.
• Lower Mortality Rates At Cardiac Speciality Hospitals Traceable To Healthier Patients And To Doctors' Performing More Procedures. Liam O'Neill and Arthur J. Hartz, Health Affairs, 31, no.4 (2012):806-815
• Preeclampsia Mortality in Texas:  A Capture-Recapture Analysis. Eziefule AA, Martinez CA, Mulla ZD.   Journal of Registry Management 2011; 38(3):  150-152.
• Hospitalizations of Children and Young Adults from Peanut Induced Anaphylaxis in Texas.  Mulla ZD.  Southern Medical Journal 2011; 104(5): 322-324.
• Safety-net facilities and hospitalization rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2007 Texas Health Care Information Council inpatient data. Jackson BE, Suzuki, Coultas D, Su F, Lingineni R, Singh KP, Bartolucci A, Bae S., Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2011;6:563-71. epub 2011 Nov 11.
• Hospitalizations for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Texas:  A Population-Based Analysis. Miller BJ, Poehlmann DS, Mulla ZD.  The Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2010; 55(9-10): 367-372.
• Risk Factors for a Prolonged Length of Stay in Women Hospitalized for Preeclampsia in Texas.  Mulla ZD, Nuwayhid BS, Garcia KM, Flood-Shaffer K, Van Hook JW, Hampton RM.  Hypertension in Pregnancy 2010; 29(1): 54-68.
• Anaphylaxis in the Obstetric Patient:  Analysis of a Statewide Hospital Discharge Database.  Mulla ZD, Ebrahim MS, Gonzalez JL.  Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 2010; 104(1): 55-59.
• Anaphylaxis in the Obstetric Patient: Analysis of a Statewide Hospital Discharge Database. Mulla ZD, Ebrahim MS, Gonzalez JL. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2010 Jan;104(1):55-9.
• Falls among Older Adults in Texas: Profile from 2007 Hospital Discharge Data. Smith ML, Ory MG, Beasley C, Johnson KN, Wernicke MM, Parrish R. Texas Public Health Journal. 2010 Winter;62(1):7-13.
• Disparities in Rates of Acute MI Hospitalization and Coronary Procedures on the US-Mexico Border. Gillum RF, Albertorio-Díaz JR, Alpert JS. Am J Med. 2010 Jul;123(7):625-30.
• Kawasaki Syndrome in Texas. Coustasse A, Larry JJ III, Migala W, Arvidson C, Singh KP. HOSPITAL TOPICS: Research and Perspectives on Healthcare. Summer 2009;87(3):3-10.
• Hospitalizations for Infection in Cancer Patients: Impact of an Aging Population. Catherine Cooksley, Elenir B. C. Avritscher, Kenneth V. Rolston and Linda S. Elting. Support Care Cancer. 2009 May;17(5):547-54.
• Correlates of Bacterial Pneumonia Hospitalizations in Elders, Texas Border. Frank C. Lemus, Alai Tan, Karl Eschbach, Daniel H. Freeman, Jr., Jean L. Freeman. J Immigr Minor Health. 2009 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
• Specialty and Full-Service Hospitals: A Comparative Cost Analysis. Carey K, Burgess JF Jr, Young GJ. Health Serv Res. 2008 Oct;43(5 Pt 2):1869-87.
• Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Is Inconsistently Regionalized in the United States. Hartman M, Watson RS, Linde-Zwirble W, Clermont G, Lave J, Weissfeld L, Kochanek P, Angus D. Pediatrics. 2008 Jul;122(1):e172-80.
• Gender and Age Differences in Blood Utilization and Length of Stay in Radical Cystectomy: A Population-Based Study. Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Cooksley C, Kamat AM, Pettaway CA, Elting LS. Int Urol Nephrol. 2008;40(4):893-9.
• Stroke in Young Adults Who Abuse Amphetamines or Cocaine: A Population-Based Study of Hospitalized Patients. Arthur N. Westover, MD; Susan McBride, RN, PhD; Robert W. Haley, MD. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007;64:495-502.
• Diabetes Hospitalization at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Albertorio-Diaz JR, Notzon FC, Rodriguez-Lainz A. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Apr;4(2):A28.
• Factors Influencing The Volume-Outcome Relationship In Gastrectomies: A Population-Based Study. Smith DL, Elting LS, Learn PA, Raut CP, Mansfield PF. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Jun;14(6):1846-52. Epub 2007 Apr 4.
• Uncontrolled Diabetes in Southeast Texas Communities: Use of Hospital Discharge Data to Assess a Health People 2010 Goal. FC Lemus, DH Freeman, M Bajaj, JL Freeman. Texas Public Health Association Journal. Spring 2007; 58(4):7-11.
• Geographic Disparities in Diabetes-Related Amputations--Texas-Mexico Border, 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Nov 24;55(46):1251-3.
• Association between tuberculosis and diabetes in the Mexican border and non-border regions of Texas. Perez A, Brown HS 3rd, Restrepo BI. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2006 April; 74(4):604-11.
• Correlation Between Annual Volume Of Cystectomy, Professional Staffing, And Outcomes: A Statewide, Population-Based Study. Elting LS, Pettaway C, Bekele BN, Grossman HB, Cooksley C, Avritscher EB, Saldin K, Dinney CP. Cancer. 2005 Sep 1;104(5):975-84.
• Poisoning hospitalizations among Texas adolescents: age and gender differences in intentional and unintentional injury. S Ramisetty-Mikler, D Mains, A Rene. Texas Medicine. 2005 May; 101(5):64-71.
• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation among patients with leukemia of all ages in Texas. JP Hwang, TP Lam, DS Cohen, ML Donato, JM Geraci. Cancer. 2004 November 15; 101(10):2230-8.
• Public Health Use Of Inpatient Discharge Data: A Case Study Of Reducing Burdens Of Acute Respiratory Diseases In Texas With A Targeted Immunization Program. Elting L, Cooksley CD, Murakami Y, Avritscher EBS. TPHA Journal. 2004 Fall;56(2):3-9.
• An analysis of osteoporosis-related hip fractures using hospital discharge data. BR Rubin, AA Rene, DA Mains, MA Marshall. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2003 April; 103(4):169-175.