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<h2>August 2007, No. 324</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="0807RA1.htm">Hospice care dramatically reduces end-of-life hospitalizations of nursing home residents</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA2.htm">Hope, experience, and education help nurses feel more comfortable and competent in providing palliative care to children</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA3.htm">Rhinoviruses are associated with numerous hospitalizations of children under the age of 5 years, especially those with asthma</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA4.htm">Pediatricians recognize most overweight or obese children without using proportional weight curves</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA5.htm">The gender of both the child and parent affect a child's participation during visits to the doctor</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA6.htm">Many children treated at pediatric hospitals receive at least one "off-label" medication</a></p>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA7.htm">Location of shelters and other assistance programs impacts the incidence of violence against homeless women</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA8.htm">Risk of maternal and fetal labor and delivery complications increase as pregnancy progresses beyond 39 weeks of gestation</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA9.htm">Connecticut midwife practices vary greatly in compensation and employment structures</a></p>
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<h3>Men's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA10.htm">Certain pelvic fracture patterns are more likely to cause urethral injury in men who suffer blunt trauma</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA11.htm">Early detection and aggressive treatment for prostate cancer is linked to more use of androgen-deprivation therapy for older men</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA12.htm">More than one-third of hospitalized patients are concerned about medical errors, which they define more broadly than clinicians</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA13.htm">Over half of missed diagnoses in the emergency department alleged in malpractice claims resulted in harm to patients</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA14.htm">Few of the safeguards routinely used for intravenous chemotherapy have been adopted for oral chemotherapy at U.S. cancer centers</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA15.htm">Price competition induced by HMOs and other managed care plans in California has not diminished hospital quality of care</a></p>
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<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA17.htm">Disability determinations for job-related low back pain have questionable validity and reflect racial inequities</a></p>
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<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA18.htm">Changes in workflow and tasks need to be assessed when introducing bar code medication administration into nurses' work</a></p>
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<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA19.htm">Rates of inappropriate carotid endarterectomy surgery decreased after publication of the results from clinical trials</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA20.htm">Acute respiratory distress syndrome leads to poor outcomes and high care costs, even after treatment with inhaled nitric oxide</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA21.htm">Pertussis vaccination in adults can be cost-effective depending on incidence rates</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA22.htm">Attaining clinical targets among hemodialysis patients is linked to better outcomes</a></p>
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<h3>Chronic Disease</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA23.htm">How well dialysis patients view their current health at the start of hemodialysis is related to subsequent outcomes and utilization</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA24.htm">Patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus lose more weight than those with only one of the infections</a></p>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA25.htm">Medication therapy management programs varied widely after initial implementation of the Medicare Part D drug benefit</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA26.htm">Socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with lupus have less access to and use of health care</a></p>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA27.htm">Despite prior-approval requirements of hospitals for certain antimicrobials, doctors still manage to "stealth dose"</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA28.htm">Substance abuse and psychiatric illness account for the majority of hospital admissions among homeless veterans</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA29.htm">Providing combination medication for elderly patients following a heart attack can save both lives and money</a></p>
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<h3>Health Care Costs and Financing</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA30.htm">Financial pressures on hospitals in the 1990s led to less investment in care resources and poorer quality of care</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA31.htm">Education, income, and wealth all affect medical care expenditures among Medicare managed care members</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA32.htm">Musculoskeletal procedures account for over 10 percent of all hospital care in the United States</a></p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA33.htm">New AHRQ resources can help States and local communities with disaster planning and response involving nursing homes</a><br />
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<a href="0807RA34.htm">New reports identify State-level privacy and security solutions for secure exchange of health information</a></p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0807RA35.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 07-0073<br />
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Current as of August 2007</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. August 2007, No. 324. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0073. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug07/</p>
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