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<h2>August 1997, No. 207</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="ra1.htm#head2">Prophylactic mastectomy may provide substantial gains in life
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expectancy
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for women with cancer-disposing genes</a></p>
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<h3>Departments</h3>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head3">Women's and Family Health</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head4">Removing both ovaries during hysterectomy may increase a woman's
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risk of heart disease despite estrogen replacement therapy</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head5">Certified nurse-midwives use fewer invasive techniques during labor
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and delivery for low-risk women than physicians</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head6">Duration of maternity leave significantly affects maternal
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health</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head7">Amoxicillin is often prescribed to prevent middle ear infections
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in young children, but it is only marginally effective</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head8">Sexually transmitted diseases can directly affect pregnancy
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outcome</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head9">Physicians are less likely to suspect TB in high-risk women than
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men</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head10">Critical Care Medicine</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head11">Current triage guidelines for admitting patients to critical care units
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may not be appropriate</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head12">Advance directives often are not specific enough to guide end-of-life
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medical decisions</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head2">Being overweight or underweight does not preclude elective
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noncardiac surgery for most patients</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head3">Heart attack patients in the United States fare slightly better in the short-term than Canadian patients</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head4">Many physicians have not fully adopted recommended cholesterol
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management practices</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head5">Better communication increases satisfaction among men facing
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a decision about surgery for BPH</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head6">Biliary Tract PORT studies focus on training physicians for new
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procedures and diagnosis of common bile duct stones</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head7">Health Insurance/Health Care Costs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head8">Little is known about how consumers choose health insurance
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plans</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head9">HMO's comparative advantage in providing preventive services
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to women may be eroding</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head10">State reimbursement guidelines reduce the number of spinal
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fusion surgeries for back-injured workers</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head11">Home care may not be less expensive than institutional care for
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some ventilator-assisted individuals</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head1">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head2">New functional index can predict stroke survivors' likelihood
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of achieving a modified level of functional recovery</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head3">Racial differences persist in self-perceived health among elders who live alone</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head4">Special Populations</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head5">Community-based prevention programs can positively affect some
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risky behaviors among disadvantaged youths</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head6">Most deaths among homeless persons occur in mid-life and are
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preventable</a> </p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head7">Primary Care Research</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head8">Many new challenges confront primary care researchers</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head9">AHCPR News and Notes</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head10">Quality Commission's first priority is a "Consumers' Bill of
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Rights"</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head11">AHCPR seeks applicants for two senior-level positions</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head12">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head13">The importance of patient preferences for comorbidities in cost-effectiveness analysis</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head14">The marginal cost-effectiveness of medical technology: A panel
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instrumental-variables approach</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head15">The barriers to electronic medical record systems and how to
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overcome them</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head16">Assessment of physics quality assurance in United States
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radiotherapy facilities and comparison with American College of Radiology standard for
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radiation oncology physics for external beam therapy</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head17">Combining single patient (N-of-1) trials to estimate population
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treatment effects and to evaluate individual patient responses to treatment</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 97-0070<br />
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Current as of August 1997</em></p>
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