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<h2>April 2008, No. 332</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="0408RA1.htm">Modest health care quality gains outpaced by spending</a>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA2.htm">State spending on parks and recreation and required physical education classes are linked to youth activity</a> <br /><a href="0408RA3.htm">Children from lower income families are not as likely to visit a dentist after a care provider's referral</a><br /><a href="0408RA4.htm">White children are about twice as likely to use stimulants as black and Hispanic children</a><br /><a href="0408RA5.htm">Adolescents are willing to have chlamydial screening by pediatricians during urgent care visits</a><br /><a href="0408RA6.htm">Concerns about SCHIP expansions crowding out private insurance are not borne out in New York</a><br /><a href="0408RA7.htm">Maternal asthma is associated with lower birth weight</a>
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<h3>Patient/Physician Communication</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA8.htm">Physicians and terminal patients need to communicate better with each other about end-of-life care options</a><br /><a href="0408RA9.htm">The best way to communicate uncertainty to patients about the harms and benefits of treatments remains unidentified</a><br /><a href="0408RA10.htm">Personality is linked to active and passive decisionmaking style</a><br /><a href="0408RA11.htm">Physicians tend to be more patient-centered with more positive, satisfied, and involved patients</a>
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<h3>Men's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA12.htm">Despite lack of evidence of benefit, PSA testing for prostate cancer screening has increased dramatically</a><br /><a href="0408RA13.htm">DNA time-out procedure may help reduce patient identification error among prostate needle core biopsy specimens</a>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA14.htm">Certain interventions have the potential to reduce costly and risky hospitalizations of the frail elderly</a><br /><a href="0408RA15.htm">Self-rated health may not be the best way to identify mortality risks among less-educated, black older persons</a><br /><a href="0408RA16.htm">Quality of care for geriatric-prevalent conditions is worse than general care among the hospitalized frail elderly</a><br /><a href="0408RA17.htm">Conference on assisted living reveals its evolution, dearth of research, and quality of life for residents</a>
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<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA18.htm">Doctors override automated alerts on potential drug interactions</a><br /><a href="0408RA19.htm">More work is needed to determine the impact of hospital information technology applications on patient outcomes</a></p>
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<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA20.htm">Cost-effectiveness of primary care treatment of sinusitis depends on individual, societal, and payer's perspectives</a> <br /><a href="0408RA21.htm">Consultations on major surgeries bring higher costs and longer stays but not care improvements</a><br /><a href="0408RA22.htm">Patients with unstable angina do not have better 1-year health status or rehospitalization outcomes than heart attack patients, despite better 2-year survival</a><br /><a href="0408RA23.htm">Work-sponsored weight management programs offer losses for employees and gains for employers</a><br /><a href="0408RA24.htm">Patients with depression who receive mental health treatment and are involved in therapeutic decisions are more satisfied with their care</a></p>
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<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA25.htm">Individuals will use Web-based data about physician characteristics and performance to choose a doctor</a><br /><a href="0408RA26.htm">Poverty-related factors rather than frequency of primary care visits underlie racial disparities in preventive care</a></p>
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<h3>HIV/AIDS Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA27.htm">Studies examine the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the South</a></p>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA28.htm">Patients with heart problems fare better at cardiac hospitals than general hospitals</a><br /><a href="0408RA29.htm">Life challenges, not discharge problems, cause repeat hospitalizations</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA30.htm">Chest pain is a leading reason for hospital emergency department visits</a><br /><a href="0408RA31.htm">More consumers are buying medicines by mail</a><br /><a href="0408RA32.htm">Nearly one in three women have babies by C-section</a><br /><a href="0408RA33.htm">Mental health woes remain one of the top reasons for doctor visits</a>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA34.htm">Task Force recommends against screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using spirometry</a><br /><a href="0408RA35.htm">National Conference on Reducing Diagnostic Error in Medicine is May 31-June 1</a>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0408RA36.htm">Research Briefs</a><br /><a href="0408RA37.htm">Subscribe to AHRQ's Patient Safety E-Newsletter</a><br /><a href="0408RA38.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 08-0036<br />
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Current as of April 2008</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><strong>Internet Citation:</strong></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. April 2008, No. 332. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0036. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/apr08/</p>
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