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<h2>February 2001, No. 246</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="201RA1.htm">Patients who choose doctors of the opposite sex generally are more satisfied with their care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA2.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="201RA2.htm">People who suffer frequent attacks of one type of heart arrhythmia can benefit substantially from nondrug therapy</a><br />
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<a href="201RA3.htm">Lowering elevated homocystine levels could result in substantial clinical benefits at a reasonable cost</a><br />
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<a href="201RA4.htm">Many questions remain regarding the optimal screening strategy for hereditary hemochromatosis</a><br />
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<a href="201RA5.htm">Outpatient management of new TIA or minor stroke could be improved</a><br />
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<a href="201RA6.htm">Certain clinical criteria can identify elderly trauma victims who don't need an x-ray to rule out cervical spine injury</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA7.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA7.htm">Improvements are needed in screening of sexually active young women for chlamydia infection</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA8.htm">Evidence-based Medicine</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA8.htm">Researchers discuss evidence on managing mild chronic hypertension during pregnancy</a><br />
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<a href="201RA9.htm">Researchers identify the most effective drugs for converting atrial fibrillation to normal heart rhythm</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA10.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA10.htm">Pain during cataract surgery and postoperative side effects are minor for most patients but vary by type of anesthesia</a><br />
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<a href="201RA11.htm">Researchers present recent findings from the pneumonia PORT on hospital length of stay, symptoms, and outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="201RA12.htm">Researchers examine progress and look to the future after a decade of outcomes and effectiveness research</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA13.htm">Access to Care</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA13.htm">Health insurance and access to primary care affect hospitalization of children outside their area of residence</a><br />
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<a href="201RA14.htm">Access to health care in the mid-1990s varied according to the patient's income level</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA15.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA15.htm">Direct patient access to specialists does not lead to more specialty visits in plans with modest cost-sharing arrangements</a><br />
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<a href="201RA16.htm">Mental health visits are cut by one-fourth when providers are paid a fixed rate per patient</a><br />
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<a href="201RA17.htm">Hospitals in health systems with unified ownership or in centralized networks do better financially than others</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA18.htm">Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA18.htm">Minority patients have access to poorer quality doctors for coronary bypass surgery than white patients</a><br />
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<a href="201RA19.htm">Hispanics undergo fewer inpatient procedures than non-Hispanic whites hospitalized for the same conditions</a><br />
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<a href="201RA20.htm">Blacks are no more likely than whites to indicate a preference for family care over institutional long-term care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA21.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA21.htm">Once parents accept that their child's cancer is terminal, palliative care can begin to make the child more comfortable</a><br />
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<a href="201RA22.htm">Preventive oral care in primary pediatric care can help reduce disparities in children's oral health</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA23.htm">Health Care for the Elderly</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA23.htm">Hospitalizations of the elderly for bloodstream infections rose sharply in the early to mid-1990s</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA24.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="201RA24.htm">People with HIV vary in their physical and role functioning</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA25.htm">Computers in Medicine</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA25.htm">Some doctors think their office computers are as important to their practice as a stethoscope</a></p>
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<h3><a href="201RA26.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA26.htm">AHRQ releases five new evidence reports</a><br />
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<a href="201RA27.htm">AHRQ's CONQUEST database helps medical organizations measure and improve clinical performance</a><br />
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<a href="201RA28.htm">Spotlight on AHRQ's health care research scholars</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="201RA29.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="201RA29.htm">AHRQ issues two RFAs on patient safety research</a><br />
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<a href="201RA30.htm">AHRQ announces BRIC, a new peer-reviewed grant program</a><br />
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<a href="201RA31.htm">Plan now to attend this year's annual meeting of health services researchers</a><br />
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<a href="201RA32.htm">Workshop on child health services research to be held in Atlanta in June</a><br />
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<a href="201RA33.htm">AHRQ to cosponsor ISTAHC 2001</a></p>
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<p><a href="201RA35.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of February 2001<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 01-0019</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. February 2001, No. 246. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0019. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/feb01/</p>
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