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<p>Please go to <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/">www.ahrq.gov</a> for current information.</p></div> <h2>August 2008, No. 336</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="0808RA1.htm">New Spanish-language consumer guide compares oral diabetes medications</a></p>
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<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA2.htm">Enhancing the cultural competence of both clinicians and clinics may work synergistically to reduce care disparities</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA3.htm">Poorer treatment and lower socioeconomic status may underlie ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA4.htm">Depression and burnout are problems among pediatric residents</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA5.htm">Part-time doctors report less burnout, greater satisfaction, and more work control than full-time physicians</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA6.htm">Cardiac surgeons are not reluctant to treat high-risk cardiac patients who may tarnish their quality scorecards</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA7.htm">More vigilance in disinfecting hospital surfaces is critical for reducing vancomycin-resistant infections</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA8.htm">Conference calls, E-mail discussion groups, and targeted Web sites may improve pediatric practice immunization rates</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA9.htm">Some children are already experiencing drug resistance to a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics used in adults</a></p>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA10.htm">Women who were abused as children use more health care services than those who weren't abused</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA11.htm">Many pregnant women continue to be prescribed a class of antihypertensive medications dangerous to the fetus</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA12.htm">Kegel exercises, bladder training, and some medications can resolve women's urinary incontinence</a></p>
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<h3>Men's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA13.htm">Lack of evidence limits comparison of effectiveness of localized prostate cancer treatments</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA14.htm">Prostate cancer screening decision aids lead to greater knowledge and involvement in decisionmaking by patients and lower screening rates</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA15.htm">Treatments for early prostate cancers are often incongruent with previous conditions</a></p>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA16.htm">Hospice care saves money for Medicare and Medicaid patients in nursing homes</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA17.htm">Encouraging nursing home residents to participate in their care helps them maintain function and physical performance</a></p>
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<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA18.htm">Studies elaborate on the potential use of health information technology to improve care delivery</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA18a.htm">Patients like Web-based health records that enable them to communicate with their providers about care-specific issues</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA19.htm">E-prescribing will not greatly disrupt workflow in outpatient practices if carefully implemented</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA20.htm">Few medical practices have electronic health records, and clinicians don't make full use of them</a></p>
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<h3>Preventive Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA21.htm">Media coverage has boosted awareness of colorectal cancer screening, but messages need to be more targeted</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA22.htm">Lack of physician discussion and patient refusal are two main reasons patients aren't screened for colon cancer</a></p>
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<h3>Chronic Conditions</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA23.htm">Family medicine physicians suggest ways to improve management of chronic pain in primary care patients</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA24.htm">Direct-to-consumer advertising of antidepressants aims to increase pool of users</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA25.htm">Individuals with more depressive symptoms are more likely to benefit from training in chronic illness self-management</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA26.htm">Low-income adults with physical disabilities face transportation, accessibility, and privacy barriers</a></p>
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<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA27.htm">Physicians should empathize with patients who are worried that their symptoms may indicate something serious</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA28.htm">Changing one word in a question from the doctor can dramatically reduce patients' unmet concerns in primary care</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA29.htm">Studies examine effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of depression quality improvement programs in primary care</a></p>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA30.htm">Long-Term use of antibiotics appears safe to treat a large-scale exposure to anthrax in a bioterrorism attack</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA31.htm">An antimicrobial stewardship program improves appropriate antimicrobial use among hospitalized children</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA32.htm">Education campaign reduces antibiotic prescribing by emergency department physicians for upper respiratory tract infections</a></p>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA33.htm">Breast screenings are lower in counties with high rates of uninsured people</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA34.htm">University's open season shows embrace of preferred provider organizations but no backlash against HMOs</a></p>
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<h3>HIV/AIDS Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA35.htm">Studies reveal wide use of drugs and alcohol and underuse of substance abuse treatment by those with HIV disease</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA36.htm">Nearly one in five patients with HIV infection continues to be treated by drugs to which their HIV has tested resistant</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA37.htm">New AHRQ report examines health care efficiency measurement</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA38.htm">Asthma rates soaring among adult hospital patients</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA39.htm">Treatment costs nearly double for hay fever and other allergies</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA40.htm">Spending on cholesterol-reducing statins more than doubles in just five years</a></p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA41.htm">HCUP and MEPS Data Users Workshop</a></p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0808RA42.htm">Research Briefs</a><br />
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<a href="0808RA43.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 08-0065<br />
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Current as of August 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. August 2008, No. 336. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0065. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug08/</p>
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