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<h2>August 2004, No. 288</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p><h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA1.htm">Study uncovers major differences in the use and cost of health care for privately insured men and women with HIV</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA2.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA2.htm">Hospital costs and length of stay for HIV patients depend in part on geographic area</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA3.htm">Women's and Children's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA3.htm">Studies how that obesity affects mammography accuracy and screening rates</a><br /><a href="0804RA4.htm">Gastrointestinal disorders are a leading cause of hospitalization in children</a><br /><a href="0804RA5.htm">Initial surfactant treatment to prevent respiratory distress in very premature infants is often delayed in routine practice</a><br /><a href="0804RA6.htm">Otitis media may not substantially increase risk of delayed speech development in typically developing children</a><br /><a href="0804RA7.htm">A disproportionate increase in B-type natriuretic peptide after heart transplant in children may signal organ rejection</a><br /><a href="0804RA8.htm">Pediatricians can help promote literacy by encouraging parents to read daily to their young children</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA9.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA9.htm">One-third of heart failure patients stop taking their prescribed medication within a year of hospital discharge</a><br /><a href="0804RA10.htm">Out-of-pocket costs and inconvenient monthly pharmacy visits may be barriers to women's consistent use of oral contraceptives</a><br /><a href="0804RA11.htm">Postmarketing drug surveillance could be improved</a>
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<h3><a href="0804RA12.htm">Patient Safety/Quality of Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA12.htm">Medication errors are frequent in the emergency department and often arise from the fast pace and heavy patient load</a><br /><a href="0804RA13.htm">Teaching anesthesia during surgery may be a distraction that reduces the vigilance of anesthesia care</a><br /><a href="0804RA14.htm">Education and team leadership can improve care for ICU patients on mechanical ventilation</a><br /><a href="0804RA15.htm">Residents are more likely to transfer out of nursing homes with low quality of care</a><br /><a href="0804RA16.htm">Blacks are more likely than others to be admitted to poor quality nursing homes</a><br /><a href="0804RA17.htm">Researchers examine factors affecting the quality of end-of-life care</a><br /><a href="0804RA18.htm">Quality assurance programs are more likely to be adopted if they are compatible with the culture of the medical group practice</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA19.htm">Elderly Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA19.htm">Obese older adults tend to have lower quality of life than those who are normal weight or overweight</a><br /><a href="0804RA20.htm">Incontinence alone does not increase risk of death or nursing home admission but is probably a marker of frailty</a><br /><a href="0804RA21.htm">Outcomes usually are poor among patients receiving home enteral nutrition from informal caregivers</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA22.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA22.htm">Trade-offs and individual preferences should be emphasized when advising patients about dialysis choices</a><br /><a href="0804RA23.htm">Researchers examine decision aids for prostate cancer screening and patients' attitudes toward screening and treatment</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA24.htm">Health Care Delivery</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA24.htm">Patients of general internists and hospitalists tend to have shorter hospital stays</a><br /><a href="0804RA25.htm">Ethnicity, income, and public financing all influence medical safety net providers in large urban communities</a><br /><a href="0804RA26.htm">Researchers examine disparities in receipt of preventive care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA27.htm">Primary Care Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA27.htm">Hypertension control is greater in U.S. primary care practices than usually reported</a><br /><a href="0804RA28.htm">Psychosocial stress in the work environment may play a role in development of alcohol dependence among men</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA29.htm">Bioterrorism</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA29.htm">Researchers find insufficient evidence to evaluate how well surveillance systems can detect bioterrorism</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA30.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA30.htm">Immunization rates in New Mexico have fallen significantly since the introduction of Medicaid managed care</a><br /><a href="0804RA31.htm">Supplemental private insurance affects use of care and outcomes of Medicare patients who have heart attacks</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA32.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA32.htm">AHRQ evidence report shows that some programs to increase exercise have lasting effects</a><br /><a href="0804RA33.htm">AHRQ limits budget on research and conference grant applications</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0804RA34.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0804RA34.htm">New tool helps State and local officials identify alternate health care sites for use during a bioterrorism emergency</a><br /><a href="0804RA35.htm">New publications now available from AHRQ</a><br /><a href="0804RA36.htm">Materials from 2004 AcademyHealth annual research meeting now available online</a></p>
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<p><a href="0804RA38.htm">Research Briefs</strong></a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of August 2004<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 04-0068</em></p>
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