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<h2>December 2005, No. 304</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="1205about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="1205RA1.htm">AHRQ releases the first Comparative Effectiveness Review: Certain drugs are as effective as surgery for management of GERD</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA2.htm">Patient Safety and Quality</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1205RA2.htm">Work hour limitations may improve resident quality of life, but other effects are unknown</a> <br />
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<a href="1205RA3.htm">Hospitalized patients can help improve patient safety by identifying medical errors not captured by hospital systems</a> <br />
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<a href="1205RA4.htm">Preprinted prescription forms can improve compliance with prescription guidelines in neonatal intensive care units</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA5.htm">Studies examine barriers to self-management for patients with chronic illness and interventions that improve care</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA6.htm">Long waits for providers and lack of access are the most common frustrations among urban primary care patients</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA7.htm">Patient Safety Indicators may be useful screening tools in Veterans Health Administration hospitals</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA8.htm">Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA8.htm">Randomized trial reveals community-based case managers increase public insurance enrollment of uninsured Latino children</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA9.htm">Neither patient HMO membership nor physician HMO participation is greatly associated with racial disparities in primary care</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA10.htm">Black women are more likely than other women to have pregnancy and childbirth complications</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA11.htm">Black women who live in rural areas are less likely than white women to begin mammography screening</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA12.htm">Acute Care/Hospitalization</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA12.htm">Children hospitalized in the ICU or who have arterial catheters are at higher risk of dying from <em>Candida</em> blood infections</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA13.htm">Anemia increases a patient's risk of dying after hospitalization for unstable angina or heart attack</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA14.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA14.htm">Misconceptions about cancer screening may be common among women</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA15.htm">White women who suffer from obesity are less likely to undergo Pap testing for cervical cancer</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA16.htm">Cytokine genotypes may identify pregnant women who are at high risk of developing preeclampsia</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA17.htm">Health Information Technology</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA17.htm">Computer kiosks help patients with diabetes and low literacy skills understand their susceptibility to complications</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA18.htm">Primary Care Research</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA18.htm">Concerns about medical malpractice suits may lead to more diagnostic mammograms and biopsy recommendations</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA19.htm">Clinical inertia in primary care contributes to poor diabetes control</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA20.htm">Acculturation, length of relationship, and physician ethnicity influence Japanese Americans' trust of doctors</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA21.htm">Study examines factors that predict influenza vaccination status in older adults</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA22.htm">Both lack of patient awareness and physician counseling contribute to low rates of colon cancer screening</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA23.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA23.htm">Donepezil has a small effect in the treatment of dementia from Parkinson's disease</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA24.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA24.htm">AHRQ sponsors <em>Medical Care</em> supplement on new HIV/AIDS empirical studies</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA25.htm">Emergency Medicine</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA25.htm">Four clinical factors can help diagnose pneumonia in children seen in hospital emergency departments</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA26.htm">Out-of-hospital rescuers receive little practice in performing endotracheal intubation</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA27.htm">Psychiatric emergency services vary widely in hospital emergency departments</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA28.htm">Access to Care</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA28.htm">Regional availability of specialists affects outcomes for patients with peripheral arterial disease</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA29.htm">Caps on malpractice awards increase the State supply of physicians, especially in rural areas</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA30.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA30.htm">Study strengthens argument against implementing rollbacks in the State Children's Health Insurance Program</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA31.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1205RA31.htm">Hospital admissions of patients with HIV have fallen by more than half since 1995</a> <br />
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<a href="1205RA32.htm">AHRQ launches project to develop guide for patient registries</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1205RA33.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="1205RA33.htm">New video shows clinicians how to treat children exposed to chemicals used in bioterrorist attacks</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA34.htm">AHRQ releases evidence reports on work-related asthma and other topics</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA35.htm">HHS Secretary appoints new members to AHRQ National Advisory Council</a><br />
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<a href="1205RA37.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of December 2005<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 06-0021</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. December 2005, No. 304. AHRQ Publication No. 06-0021. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/dec05/</p>
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