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<h2>August 2002, No. 264</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="0802RA1.htm">ECG-based diagnostic tools speed treatment of suspected heart attack victims and substantially reduce malpractice suits</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA2.htm">Heart Disease and Stroke</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA2.htm">ER doctors often overestimate the need for critical care for patients with acute congestive heart failure</a><br /><a href="0802RA3.htm">Most patients with coronary artery disease take aspirin to prevent strokes and heart attacks, but some do not</a><br /><a href="0802RA4.htm">Implantable defibrillators reduce cardiac deaths and are as cost effective as many generally accepted therapies</a><br /><a href="0802RA5.htm">Use of cholesterol-lowering drugs by elderly heart attack survivors has increased substantially since the mid-1990s</a><br /><a href="0802RA6.htm">Areas with higher cardiac procedure rates for patients with coronary artery disease do not overuse the procedures</a><br /><a href="0802RA7.htm">Internal thoracic artery grafting can improve survival in elderly patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery</a><br /><a href="0802RA8.htm">Educating neurologists about coagulation tests could improve their use of such tests in stroke patients</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA9.htm">Preventive Services</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA9.htm">Value of prostate cancer screening may lie in the reassurance it can provide</a><br /><a href="0802RA10.htm">U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issues recommendation on colorectal cancer screening and other new information</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA11.htm">Hospitalization and Hospital Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA11.htm">Fewer registered nurses in hospitals linked to more cases of postoperative pneumonia</a><br /><a href="0802RA12.htm">Newer antidepressant drugs are prescribed more often than other medications for patients hospitalized for depression</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA13.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA13.htm">Degree of disability at surgery may explain differences between men and women in outcomes of hip replacement surgery</a><br /><a href="0802RA14.htm">Both hospital characteristics and board certification of anesthesiologists affect patient outcomes</a><br /><a href="0802RA15.htm">Cancer outcomes research is moving toward consensus on the most appropriate outcomes to be studied</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA16.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA16.htm">Health care costs for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder are comparable to costs for asthma care</a><br /><a href="0802RA17.htm">Researchers examine regionalization and use of expensive health technologies in neonatal intensive care</a><br /><a href="0802RA18.htm">Grandparents raising adolescent grandchildren often have trouble providing them with health insurance</a><br /><a href="0802RA19.htm">Researchers examine U.S. dental care expenditures</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA20.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA20.htm">Parental pressure for antibiotics can influence pediatricians' treatment decisions</a><br /><a href="0802RA21.htm">Use of three factors at car crash sites can help EMTs quickly triage seriously injured children</a><br /><a href="0802RA22.htm">Palliative care services for children with chronic illnesses need to be at least partially hospital-based</a><br /><a href="0802RA23.htm">Improving medication use may be the key to reducing racial disparities in children's asthma problems</a><br /><a href="0802RA24.htm">New approaches are need to encourage parents of children with asthma to reduce their exposure to household allergens</a><br /><a href="0802RA25.htm">National experts outline a plan of action to improve asthma outcomes among U.S. children</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA26.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA26.htm">Providing homeless women with health insurance and a regular source of care may greatly improve their access to care</a><br /><a href="0802RA27.htm">Women with stressful life events are more likely to be physically abused during pregnancy, usually by their partners</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA28.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA28.htm">Researchers examine use of highly active HIV medications and their effects on costs and access to care</a><br /><a href="0802RA29.htm">Oral health is strongly associated with physical and mental health of HIV-positive patients</a><br /><a href="0802RA30.htm">Routine voluntary HIV testing of all hospital patients could identify a substantial number of patients with undiagnosed HIV</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA31.htm">Computers in Medicine</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA31.htm">Researchers examine the role of informatics in responding to bioterrorism, mass disasters, and war</a><br /><a href="0802RA32.htm">Conference attendees review the state of the art in telemedicine and telehealth</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0802RA33.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0802RA33.htm">AHRQ's proposed FY 2003 budget</a><br /><a href="0802RA34.htm">AHRQ plays an important role in health technology assessment</a><br />
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<a href="0802RA35.htm">Position available</a><br /><a href="0802RA36.htm">Correction</a> </p>
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<p><a href="0802RA38.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of August 2002<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 02-0040</em></p>
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