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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 It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work.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 2004, No. 282</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="0204RA1.htm">New study estimates potential savings gained by expanding use of beta-blockers in heart failure patients</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA2.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA2.htm">Complications from prostate cancer treatment vary according to pretreatment function and choice of treatment</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0204RA3.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA3.htm">Pneumatic otoscopy may be less costly, easier to use, and just as accurate as other methods for diagnosing middle ear effusion in children</a><br />
<a href="0204RA4.htm">Better education for children and parents could eliminate the need for many pediatric hospitalizations</a><br />
<a href="0204RA5.htm">Asthma symptom days determine annual costs of care for children with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA6.htm">Health Care Delivery</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA6.htm">Better communication of disease-specific and general health information can improve diabetes self-care</a> <br />
<a href="0204RA7.htm">Rural studies examine satisfaction with and cost-effectiveness of telecolposcopy for women with abnormal Pap smears</a><br />
<a href="0204RA8.htm">Studies demonstrate high rates of assault and unmet health care needs among homeless women</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0204RA9.htm">Health Care Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA9.htm">Attitude toward risk does not fully explain sociodemographic disparities in health care use</a> <br />
<a href="0204RA10.htm">Study documents racial variations in the prescribing of opiods by ER doctors</a><br />
<a href="0204RA11.htm">Church attendance may serve as an additional health care safety net for impoverished black communities</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA12.htm">Emergency Medicine</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA12.htm">Researchers identify measures of workflow that may help to explain and manage emergency department overcrowding</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA13.htm">Prevention and Screening</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA13.htm">Use of tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer should be weighed against an individual woman's potential to benefits and risks</a><br />
<a href="0204RA14.htm">Task Force working group encourages patient-provider partnership in making decisions about preventive care</a><br />
<a href="0204RA15.htm">North American screening programs identify more mammograms as abnormal but do not detect more breast cancers than programs in other countries</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA16.htm">Managed Care/Market Forces</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA16.htm">Being a salaried physician in a large office may be the chief source of physician dissatisfaction with managed care</a><br />
<a href="0204RA17.htm">Different changes in drug formulary administration and copayments can have very different effects on drug use and spending</a><br />
<a href="0204RA18.htm">Some managed care strategies to improve drug use appear to be effective, but little is known about long term clinical outcomes</a><br />
<a href="0204RA19.htm">Hospital mergers, not consolidation of local hospitals into systems, result in cost savings</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA20.htm">Health Care Quality/Patient Safety</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA20.htm">Computerized physician order entry needs further refinement to substantially reduce medication errors in primary care</a><br />
<a href="0204RA21.htm">Researchers examine ways to improve translation of scientific evidence into improved clinical practice</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA22.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA22.htm">AHRQ researchers examine use of hospital, emergency, and outpatient care among patients with HIV disease</a></p>
<h3><a href="0204RA23.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="0204RA23.htm">AHRQ releases new evidence reports</a><br />
<a href="0204RA24.htm">New Health Care Safety Net publication now available</a><br />
<a href="0204RA25.htm">New MEPS publications now available from AHRQ</a></p>
<p><a href="0204RA27.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>Current as of February 2004<br />
AHRQ Publication No. 04-0031</em></p>
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