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<h2>April 2007, No. 320</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="/research/resactabout.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA1.htm">One in four hospital patients is admitted with a mental health or substance abuse disorder</a>
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<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA2.htm">Education, income, and net worth explain more U.S. racial/ethnic health disparities than health behaviors and insurance</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA3.htm">Racial/ethnic disparities in knee replacement rates may be partly due to due to differences in preferences for surgery</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA4.htm">Use of asthma care guidelines reduces emergency visits and improves asthma care in children</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA5.htm">Pulse oximetry and hospital observation can detect failure of amoxicillin treatment earlier in children with severe pneumonia</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA6.htm">Tympanometric findings can indicate the probability of middle ear disease in children under age 3</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA7.htm">Pneumonia-vaccinated children with ear infections may acquire more strains of bacteria that could affect antibiotic treatment</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA8.htm">Visits to pediatric practice-based research network offices are representative of national pediatric outpatient visits</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA9.htm">Community health centers provide poorer quality of care to the uninsured with chronic disease</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA10.htm">Medicare/Medicaid patients with unstable angina receive poorer quality of care than other Medicare patients</a></p>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA11.htm">Gastrointestinal complaints in young women of low to normal weight may indicate possible eating disorders</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA12.htm">Oncologists appear to communicate differently with breast cancer patients depending on women's age, race, education, and income</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA13.htm">Model shows contribution of mammography screening and adjuvant therapy to reducing breast cancer deaths from 1975 to 2000</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA14.htm">Clinic-based and community-based strategies can promote the use of key preventive services by Latina women</a>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA15.htm">Working conditions influence intensive care unit nurses' decision to leave their current position</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA16.htm">Automated piggyback infusion of intravenous drugs is neither simple nor safe</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA17.htm">Moderate to severe depressive symptoms are poorly recognized in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA18.htm">Many transplant surgeons are inadequately vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus, exposing themselves and patients to infection</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA19.htm">Patients who undergo lumbar spine surgery are likely to have another operation later</a>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA20.htm">Rural nursing home residents with dementia are less likely than their urban counterparts to undergo intensive end-of-life care</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA21.htm">Elderly people find international medical school graduates to lack in cultural competency and communication skills</a>
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<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA22.htm">Diabetes increases the risk of dying for patents with suspected acute coronary syndrome</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA23.htm">Individuals who reside in areas with higher median household income have better rates of melanoma survival</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA24.htm">Urologists' varied use of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer raises concerns about its appropriate use</a>
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<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA25.htm">Primary care doctors consider several factors when deciding whether to counsel a patient about obesity</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA26.htm">Poor communication between patients taking warfarin and their doctors may place them at risk for stroke and bleeding</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA27.htm">Primary care clinicians often fail to follow practice guidelines when treating patients with sore throats</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA28.htm">Factors leading to gout and its management are different in women and men</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA29.htm">Blood-sugar levels rise with age, even among people without diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA30.htm">Rates of colorectal cancer screening increased modestly from 2000 to 2003, but still remain low</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA31.htm">Fewer than half of rural residents in Iowa are screened for colorectal cancer</a>
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<h3>HIV/AIDS Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA32.htm">High out-of-pocket costs for antiretroviral therapy are linked to more treatment failures among HIV-infected patients in Botswana</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA33.htm">Updated pharmacy data can track whether HIV patients are maintaining enough adherence for treatment success</a>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA34.htm">Prescription drug coverage does not assure long-term adherence to beta-blocker therapy following a heart attack</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA35.htm">New webliography identifies reliable prescription medication Web sites for consumers</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA36.htm">Prior use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics boosts the risk of fluoroquinolone-resistant infections</a>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA37.htm">Extending health insurance coverage to older working adults may substantially improve their health</a>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA38.htm">New checklists help men and women know which medical tests are needed to stay healthy ay any age</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA39.htm">HCUP adds new interactive overview course on HCUP-US Web site</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA40.htm">Register now for HCUP hands-on workshop at the 2007 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting</a>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0407RA41.htm">HHS Secretary appoints new members to AHRQ National Advisory Council</a><br />
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<a href="0407RA42.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 07-0027<br />
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Current as of April 2007</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. April 2007, No. 320. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0027. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/apr07/</p>
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