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<h2>February 1997, No. 201</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="ra1.htm#head2">Older women are less
likely to receive chemotherapy and radiation treatment after breast cancer
surgery</a></p>
<h3>Departments</h3>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head3">Women's and
Family Health</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head4">Equalizing
payments for cesarean and vaginal deliveries has little effect on cesarean
rates</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head5">Time
of day and hospital factors affect rate of cesarean deliveries for fetal
distress</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head6">Both overtreatment
and undertreatment pose problems for children with acute
gastroenteritis</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head7">Patient
Care/Clinical Decisionmaking</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head8">Benefits of
blood pressure medication may not outweigh risks for some patients</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head9">Study explores
relationship between leg blood flow and physical functioning in patients who
have difficulty walking</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head10">Patient
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head11">Patients'
race, education, and preoperative functioning predict outcomes of hip
replacement surgery</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head12">PSA testing for
early detection of prostate cancer provides little useful information in men
with BPH</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head13">Routine coronary
angiography after heart attack is cost-effective for certain
patients</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head14">Use of stroke
prevention medication may vary with physician specialty</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head15">Type of health
insurance and physician specialty influence treatment for depression</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head16">Some eye doctors do
not perform recommended tests following cataract surgery</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Hospital/Health Care
Financing</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head2">One-fifth of
California's nonprofit community hospitals do not provide community benefits
sufficient to balance their tax subsidies</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head3">Special Populations</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head4">Research
center focuses on health of Asian and Pacific Islander
Americans</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head5">AHCPR News and
Notes</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head6">President's
budget includes increased funding for AHCPR in FY 1998</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head7">AHCPR names new
director for outcomes research program</a></p>
<p><strong><a
href="ra2.htm#head8">Announcements</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head9">New
publications and data products are available from AHCPR and NTIS</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head10">Calling all AHCPR
Web site users</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head11">AHCPR funds new
conference grants</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head12">Research
Briefs</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head13">Large trials
vs. meta-analysis of smaller trials</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head14">Predicting
in-hospital mortality for stroke patients</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head15">The use of empiric
clinical data in the evaluation of practice guidelines for unstable
angina</a><br /><a href="ra2.htm#head16">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ON:
A component-based approach to automation of protocol-directed
therapy</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head17">Simplifying the
assessment of rural emergency medical service trauma transport</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head18">Measuring the need
for medical care in an ethnically diverse population</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 97-0021<br />
Current as of February 1997</em></p>
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