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<h2>December 2004, No. 292</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="1204RA1.htm">Results of a consumer survey on patient safety present both an opportunity and a challenge to make health care safer</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA2.htm">Patient Safety/Quality</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA2.htm">Anonymity, feedback, and a blame-free environment promote reporting of medical errors</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA3.htm">Many primary care errors stem from problems with access to clinicians and doctor/patient interaction</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA4.htm">Improving nurses' working conditions can potentially decrease the incidence of many infectious diseases</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA5.htm">Although high-intensity pain has been linked to adverse outcomes, many hospitalized patients report severe pain as acceptable</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA6.htm">Researchers identify features of primary care practice that enhance the quality of pediatric asthma care</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA7.htm">Underreporting of medical errors affecting children is a significant problem, particularly among physicians</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA8.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA8.htm">Misconceptions are common among child care center staff about the need for antibiotics for upper respiratory infections</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA9.htm">Patterns of care and outcomes of pneumonia in children vary substantially by ethnicity and race</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA10.htm">Some low-income parents do not recognize mental health problems and service needs of children with special health care needs</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA11.htm">Use of antipsychotic medications nearly doubled among low-income children in Tennessee in the late 1990s</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA12.htm">Two approaches hold promise for lowering U.S. infant mortality rates, which are particularly high for minority infants</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA13.htm">Physicians who feel confident in delivering preventive services to adolescents are more likely to screen them for risky behaviors</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA14.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA14.htm">Clinical signs help identify blunt head trauma patients with unremarkable CT scans who may need neurosurgery</a><br />
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<a href="1204RA15.htm">Risk of rupture from tubal pregnancy is highest within 48 hours after onset of symptoms</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA16.htm">Women's preferences for prenatal testing depend more on their attitudes toward pregnancy outcomes than their age</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA17.htm">Trauma centers should routinely screen trauma victims for mental health problems and alcohol abuse or dependence</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA18.htm">Experts focus on prognosis, symptom management, and supportive care for patients with advanced heart failure</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA19.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA19.htm">Outcomes of repeat coronary bypass surgery are comparable to outcomes of initial bypass surgery</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA20.htm">Cardiac resynchronization improves functioning and reduces deaths for certain heart failure patients</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA21.htm">Obesity contributes to early-onset heart problems and longer hospital stays</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA22.htm">Exercise may not mitigate the weight gain of late middle age, but it can reduce the risk of health decline</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA23.htm">Diabetes-specific knowledge is associated with performance of self-management activities but not with outpatient care</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA24.htm">Patients awaiting liver transplantation have poor quality of life</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA25.htm">Elderly Health/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA25.htm">Patients with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers need a comprehensive care program that addresses problem behaviors</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA26.htm">Nursing home treatment for lower respiratory infection is safe and less costly than hospitalization for some residents</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA27.htm">Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA27.htm">Evidence-based care for depression is clinically effective for minority patients</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA28.htm">Researchers compare receipt of health care from public and private providers serving one North Carolina Indian tribe</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA29.htm">Mail surveys and telephone interviews can be used to survey Asian Americans with limited English proficiency</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA30.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1204RA30.htm">Maintenance of antiretroviral therapy despite low-level viremia in HIV patients appears to be appropriate</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA31.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA31.htm">Inequities continue in reimbursement for mental health care compared with physical health care</a><br />
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<a href="1204RA32.htm">Improved health insurance coverage may enhance access to care among rural Hispanic elders</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA33.htm">When managed care market share increases in a geographic area, procedures decrease for Medicare fee-for-service patients</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA34.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA34.htm">Major health plans and organizations join AHRQ in working to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1204RA35.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="1204RA35.htm">AHRQ announces list of priority conditions for research under the Medicare Modernization Act</a> <br />
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<a href="1204RA36.htm">New AHRQ consumer tool puts a quit plan in a smoker's hands</a> </p>
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<p><a href="1204RA38.htm">Research Briefs</strong></a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of December 2004<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 05-0028</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. December 2004, No. 292. AHRQ Publication 05-0028. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/dec04/</p>
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