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<h2>April 2005, No. 296</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="0405RA1.htm">Study documents the prescribing of potentially harmful drugs to elderly outpatients prescribed multiple drugs</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA2.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA2.htm#head2">Recent market withdrawal of Vioxx underscores the need to limit new drugs to those who will most benefit from them</a> <br />
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<a href="0405RA3.htm#head3">Researchers compare medications for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation</a> <br />
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<a href="0405RA4.htm#head4">Study fails to establish cost-effectiveness of using palivizumab to prevent RSV infection in preterm infants</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA5.htm#head5">Medication use boosted treatment rates for mental health and substance abuse disorders in 2001 compared with 1996</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA6.htm#head6">Many Medicaid-insured schizophrenia patients are prescribed multiple long-term antipsychotics</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA7.htm#head7">Messages about appropriate antibiotic use must be responsive to ethnic differences and literacy issues</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA8.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA8.htm#head8">Patients who have preprocedural angina appear to derive the most benefit from coronary angioplasty</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA9.htm#head9">SPECT imaging with Tc-99m sestamibi can improve ED triage of diabetes patients with suspected cardiac ischemia</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA10.htm#head10">Prehypertension accounts for a substantial number of hospitalizations, nursing home admissions, and premature deaths</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA11.htm#head11">Postoperative functioning, age, obesity, and social support influence where patients go after total hip replacement</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA12.htm#head12">Pulmonary arterial hypertension markedly worsens a person's quality of life, but medication may help</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA13.htm#head13">Dialysis patients are more likely to accept a higher dose of dialysis than to switch dialysis mode to increase survival</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA14.htm#head14">Whooping cough can produce symptoms that are severe and prolonged</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA15.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA15.htm#head15">Most obstetricians are reluctant to grant women a first-time cesarean delivery without medical indications</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA16.htm#head16">Informal caregiver characteristics influence the hospitalization and discharge of elderly women</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA17.htm#head17">Sociodemographic factors affect receipt of preventive care services among women aged 65 and older</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA18.htm">Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA18.htm#head18">Racial/ethnic disparities found in management of patients with high blood pressure</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA19.htm#head19">Osteoporosis often goes undiagnosed and untreated in black patients with fragility fractures</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA20.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA20.htm#head20">More frequent placements of foster children increase their reliance on emergency departments for outpatient care</a>
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<h3><a href="0405RA21.htm">Patient Safety/Quality</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA21.htm#head21">ICU patients are at risk for unintended and preventable adverse events involving airway management</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA22.htm#head22">Smart intravenous infusion systems have the potential to reduce serious medication errors in ICUs</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA23.htm#head23">Hospital readmission for venous thromboembolism among postoperative patients may signal quality of care problems</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA24.htm#head24">Patients of thoracic surgeons are less likely to die after lung cancer surgery than those of general surgeons, but volume counts</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA25.htm#head25">Pain management is often inadequate for elderly patients hospitalized for surgery</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA26.htm#head26">Algorithms can enhance communication between pharmacists and physicians about medications prescribed for elderly patients</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA27.htm#head27">Nursing home quality of care may suffer if budget shortfalls force States to freeze or reduce Medicaid rates</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA28.htm#head28">Researchers describe ways to improve health care experiences for people who are blind or have low vision</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA29.htm">Behavioral Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA29.htm#head29">More patients at risk for cardiovascular disease should receive counseling about diet and exercise during outpatient visits</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA30.htm#head30">Leisure-time exercise, which helps control diabetes, is low among all diabetes patients, particularly black women</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA31.htm#head31">Several popular diets confer similar benefits, with best results from strict adherence</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA32.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA32.htm#head32">Study finds no evidence that antiretroviral therapy causes serious liver disease in HIV patients coinfected with hepatitis C</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA33.htm#head33">HIV-infected patients with severe depression or bipolar disorder often do not adhere to their medication regimens</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA34.htm#head34">Improvement in HIV care within the VA health system has been substantial, but some disparities persist</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA35.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA35.htm#head35">Training in CPR and defibrillation should be reserved for those most likely to encounter out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA36.htm#head36">Being organized as a group/staff HMO generally has a stronger impact on care access and quality than capitation</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA37.htm#head37">Costs of rehabilitative care can be reduced to reimbursement levels with little effect on patient function</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA38.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA38.htm#head38">AHRQ director issues quality challenge at national summit and announces State-specific quality data</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA39.htm#head39">AHRQ launches new Web site to provide a single national source for patient safety findings and resources</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0405RA40.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="0405RA40.htm#head40">AHRQ announces new vice-chair and members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force</a><br />
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<a href="0405RA41.htm#head41">AHRQ announces recent recipients of dissertation research support</a></p>
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<p><a href="0405RA43.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<a href="0405RA44.htm#head44">Renew your free <em>Research Activities</em> subscription now!</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of April 2005<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 05-0076</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. April 2005, No. 296. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0076. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/apr05/</p>
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