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December 1997, No. 211
Contents
About Research
Activities
Feature Story
Availability of free vaccine and other factors affect likelihood of timely childhood immunizations
Departments
Primary Care/Managed Care
Routine use of antibiotics may not be the best way to manage
children's middle ear infections
NSAIDs greatly increase risk of GI bleeding in patients with
dyspepsia
Practice-based research project documents effects of low education on
women's mammography decisions
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research
Managing infants at risk for group B streptococcal disease, although
costly, is cost effective
ACE inhibitors are more effective than other blood pressure medicines
at slowing kidney disease
Debate continues over appropriate treatment of BPH and localized
prostate cancer
Elderly patients are unwilling to pay more to shorten waiting time for
cataract surgery
Health Care Quality
AHCPR-supported studies suggest quality improvements
Drug errors occur twice as often in ICUs as in other hospital units,
mostly because more drugs are prescribed there
Health Care for the Elderly
Family help and living arrangements, more than income and public
programs, keep elderly disabled people in the community
AHCPR News and Notes
From the Administrator
AHCPR merges two components and creates a new Center to improve
efficiency
New members appointed to AHCPR's National Advisory
Council
Announcements
AHCPR requests topic nominations for evidence reports and
technology assessments
AHCPR and HMO Research Network seek applicants for senior
managed care scholar position
Research Briefs
The case for national health data standards
An evaluation of alternative PC-based software packages developed
for the analysis of complex survey data
Determinants of regular source of care among homeless adults in Los
Angeles
Measurement of the validity of utility elicitation performed by
computerized interview
Assessing the effectiveness of health interventions for
cost-effectiveness analysis
The role of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in
improving outcomes of care
A randomized trial of "corollary orders" to prevent errors of
omission
Classifying rehabilitation inpatients by expected functional
gain
Prior antimicrobials and staphylococcal bacteremia in HIV-infected
patients
Demographics, health behaviors, and past drug use as predictors of
recall accuracy for previous prescription medication use
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