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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<p>This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: <a href="https://info.ahrq.gov/">https://info.ahrq.gov</a>. Let us know the nature of the problem, the Web address of what you want, and your contact information. </p>
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<h2>February 2003, No. 270</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<p><a href="about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
<h3>Feature Story</h3>
<p><a href="0203RA1.htm">Carolyn M. Clancy named permanent director of AHRQ</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA2.htm">Preventive Services</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA2.htm">Task force issues recommendations on cervical cancer screening and screening for diabetes in adults and pregnant women</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA3.htm">Women's Health/Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA3.htm">One-fifth of older women hospitalized for hip fracture become incontinent while in the hospital</a> <br />
<a href="0203RA4.htm">New team approach dramatically boosts chlamydia screening of teenage girls</a><br />
<a href="0203RA5.htm">Prolonged bottle feeding of young children may lead to childhood obesity and iron deficiency anemia</a><br />
<a href="0203RA6.htm">New report provides an overview of children's insurance coverage, health care use and expenditures, and quality of care</a><br />
<a href="0203RA7.htm">More than half of all Medicaid-insured children with chronic conditions receive generalist-only care</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA8.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA8.htm">Patients with aortic dissection who have syncope are at high risk for life-threatening complications</a><br />
<a href="0203RA9.htm">Early nephrologist referral of ICU patients with acute renal failure is associated with a reduced risk of death</a><br />
<a href="0203RA10.htm">Researchers explore the most effective management of patients with chronic hepatitis C</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA11.htm">Primary Care</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA11.htm">Almost one-third of depressed primary care patients reported either hazardous drinking, use of illicit drugs, or misuse of prescription drugs</a> <br />
<a href="0203RA12.htm">Family physicians vary in the types of referrals they make for patients with several common conditions</a><br />
<a href="0203RA13.htm">Higher primary care density is associated with fewer preventable hospital admissions</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA14.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA14.htm">Epoetin treatment reduces anemia and related transfusions for certain cancer patients</a><br />
<a href="0203RA15.htm">Pediatricians may feel pressured to prescribe antibiotics when parents imply a diagnosis that warrants them</a><br />
<a href="0203RA16.htm">Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics help promote use of life-saving therapies and avoidance of high-risk therapies</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA17.htm">Quality/Access to Care</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA17.htm">Studies focus on the quality of hospital emergency care</a> <br />
<a href="0203RA18.htm">Researchers examine access to care and quality for Medicaid MCO enrollees who have disabilities</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0203RA19.htm">Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA19.htm">Managed care appears to reduce disparities in the use of preventive care for some racial/ethnic groups</a> <br />
<a href="0203RA20.htm">Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care continues to be an AHRQ research priority</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA21.htm">Dental Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA21.htm">Factors beyond private dental insurance coverage influence a person's use of dental care</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA22.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA22.htm">AHRQ launches new Web-based medical journal with patient safety lessons drawn from actual cases</a></p>
<h3><a href="0203RA23.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="0203RA23.htm">AHRQ and AcademyHealth to sponsor workshops for researchers on new privacy rules</a> <br />
<a href="0203RA24.htm">Grant final reports now available from NTIS</a></p>
<p><a href="0203RA26.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>Current as of February 2003<br />
AHRQ Publication No. 03-0017</em></p>
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