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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<h2>February 1997, No. 201</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="ra1.htm#head2">Older women are less
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likely to receive chemotherapy and radiation treatment after breast cancer
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surgery</a></p>
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<h3>Departments</h3>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head3">Women's and
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Family Health</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head4">Equalizing
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payments for cesarean and vaginal deliveries has little effect on cesarean
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rates</a><br /> <a href="ra1.htm#head5">Time
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of day and hospital factors affect rate of cesarean deliveries for fetal
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distress</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head6">Both overtreatment
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and undertreatment pose problems for children with acute
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gastroenteritis</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head7">Patient
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Care/Clinical Decisionmaking</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head8">Benefits of
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blood pressure medication may not outweigh risks for some patients</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head9">Study explores
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relationship between leg blood flow and physical functioning in patients who
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have difficulty walking</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head10">Patient
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Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head11">Patients'
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race, education, and preoperative functioning predict outcomes of hip
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replacement surgery</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head12">PSA testing for
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early detection of prostate cancer provides little useful information in men
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with BPH</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head13">Routine coronary
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angiography after heart attack is cost-effective for certain
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patients</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head14">Use of stroke
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prevention medication may vary with physician specialty</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head15">Type of health
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insurance and physician specialty influence treatment for depression</a><br /> <a
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href="ra1.htm#head16">Some eye doctors do
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not perform recommended tests following cataract surgery</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Hospital/Health Care
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Financing</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head2">One-fifth of
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California's nonprofit community hospitals do not provide community benefits
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sufficient to balance their tax subsidies</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head3">Special Populations</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head4">Research
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center focuses on health of Asian and Pacific Islander
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Americans</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head5">AHCPR News and
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Notes</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head6">President's
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budget includes increased funding for AHCPR in FY 1998</a><br /> <a
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href="ra2.htm#head7">AHCPR names new
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director for outcomes research program</a></p>
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<p><strong><a
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href="ra2.htm#head8">Announcements</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head9">New
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publications and data products are available from AHCPR and NTIS</a><br />
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<a
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href="ra2.htm#head10">Calling all AHCPR
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Web site users</a><br /> <a
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href="ra2.htm#head11">AHCPR funds new
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conference grants</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head12">Research
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Briefs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head13">Large trials
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vs. meta-analysis of smaller trials</a><br /> <a
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href="ra2.htm#head14">Predicting
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in-hospital mortality for stroke patients</a><br /> <a
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href="ra2.htm#head15">The use of empiric
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clinical data in the evaluation of practice guidelines for unstable
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angina</a><br /><a href="ra2.htm#head16"> ON:
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A component-based approach to automation of protocol-directed
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therapy</a><br /> <a
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href="ra2.htm#head17">Simplifying the
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assessment of rural emergency medical service trauma transport</a><br /> <a
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href="ra2.htm#head18">Measuring the need
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for medical care in an ethnically diverse population</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 97-0021<br />
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Current as of February 1997</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. February 1997, No. 201. Agency for Health Care Policy and
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Research, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/feb97/</p>
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