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<h2>February 1998, No. 213</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="about.htm">About <em>Research
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Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="ra1.htm#head2">Medicare beneficiaries will be among the first to benefit from
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AHCPR's CAHPS® initiative</a></p>
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<h3>Departments</h3>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head3">Managed Care/Market Forces</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head4">Managed care plans affect care primarily through utilization review and
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discounted fees</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head5">Coverage of new medical technology depends on the type of insurance
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plan and the circumstances</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head6">AHCPR report shows businesses can negotiate with their health plans
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for both quality and lower costs</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head7">Hospital Care/Costs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head8">Making residents more aware of the costs for lab tests and x-rays does
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not change their test-ordering behavior</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head9">Hospital complication rates and mortality rates may not correlate when
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severity of illness is taken into account</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head10">Level of threat determines future course of rural hospitals</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head11">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head12">Insulin therapy often does not achieve near-normal blood sugar levels
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in patients with type 2 diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head13">Several office readings of blood pressure may be needed for
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accuracy</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head14">Patient-physician partnership is the key to better management of
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osteoarthritis and other chronic diseases</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Minority Health</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head2">Despite greater risk factors, black men and women are only half as
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likely as whites to have heart attacks</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head3">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head4">Effective treatment of geriatric urinary incontinence depends on proper
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assessment</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head5">Characteristics of a nursing home's management team affect the
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likelihood it will adopt innovations</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head6">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head7">Clinical trial results may be markedly affected when small numbers of
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high-risk patients are included</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head8">Southeast stroke belt has two to three times the rate of elevated blood
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pressure of other U.S. regions</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head9">Health status questionnaire accurately assesses changes over time in
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quality of life after elective surgery</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head10">Health Care Delivery</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head11">Patients' treatment preferences reflect the value they place on
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different health outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head12">Doctors' counseling about reducing risky behaviors falls short of
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national goals</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head13">Use of Data/Medical Informatics</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head14">Medical informatics conference explores cutting-edge
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technologies</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head15">AHCPR News and Notes</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head16">AHCPR and Kaiser join forces to study mental health in managed
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care</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head17">AHCPR recognizes contributions of peer reviewers</a> </p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head1">Announcements</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head2">AHCPR announces second conference on evidence-based
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practice</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head3">AHSR's 15th annual meeting scheduled for June 1998</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head4">Agency seeks nominations for its National Advisory Council</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head5">AHCPR funds new studies</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head6">Final reports now available from NTIS</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head7">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head8">Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head9">Institutional efforts to promote advance care planning in nursing
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homes: Challenges and opportunities</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head10">Automated evidence-based critiquing of orders for abdominal
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radiographs: Impact on utilization and appropriateness</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head11">The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed
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by the SF-36 questionnaire: The Whitehall II study</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head12">Quantitative synthesis in systematic reviews</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head13">Plasma and erythrocyte zinc concentrations and their relationship to
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dietary zinc intake and zinc supplementation during pregnancy in low-income African-American
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women</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 98-0014<br />
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Current as of February 1998</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. February 1998, No. 213. AHCPR Publication No. 98-0014. Agency for Health Care Policy and
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Research, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/feb98/</p>
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