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<h2>January 2005, No. 293</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="0105RA1.htm">Medical interns who work extended-duration shifts double their risk of car crashes when driving home from the hospital</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA2.htm">Safety/Quality</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA2.htm">Almost 90 percent of American adults wear seat belts regularly, but young men are least likely to wear them</a> <br />
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<a href="0105RA3.htm">Multifaceted QI program greatly improves use of prophylactic surfactant for high-risk preterm infants</a> <br />
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<a href="0105RA4.htm">Improving access to coronary angioplasty in hospitals without CABG surgery programs is risky</a> <br />
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<a href="0105RA5.htm">Use of multidisciplinary team can reduce hospital stays and costs without adverse effects on readmissions or outcomes</a> <br />
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<a href="0105RA6.htm">Use of comprehensive QI program in primary care can improve delivery of preventive services for heart disease and stroke</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA7.htm">Study finds declining quality of primary care for elderly Medicare patients</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA8.htm">Researchers find potentially inappropriate drug use in nursing homes associated with deaths of elderly residents</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA9.htm">Voluntary primary care safety reporting system includes errors due to communication, diagnostic tests, and medication</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA10.htm">Clinicians value medication safety alerts and welcome small-group training to make better use of them</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA11.htm">Community pharmacists receive many computer-generated alerts about drug-drug interactions, most of which they override</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA12.htm">Involving all staff members in guideline-recommended care can improve oversight and coordination of patient care</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA13.htm">Internal medicine residents and interns prefer inpatient rotations that are supervised by hospitalists</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA14.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA14.htm">Marketing and prescribing of hormone replacement therapy declined substantially following reports of harm</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA15.htm">Study suggests that use of lifesaving beta-blockers for heart attack patients is increasing at community hospitals</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA16.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA16.htm">Women who have given birth only via cesarean are less likely than those with vaginal deliveries to report stress incontinence</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA17.htm">Disparities in heart disease among British civil servants are not due to cardiac care differences</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA18.htm">Substantial barriers prevent cancer patients from obtaining optimal care at the end of life</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA19.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA19.htm">Appropriately targeting thrombolytic therapy for heart attack patients has the potential to save both lives and money</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA20.htm">Many kidney dialysis patients are not properly treated for high cholesterol</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA21.htm">Early referral of patients with chronic kidney disease reduces complications and mortality</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA22.htm">Many people still misunderstand "brain death" and its relation to organ donation</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA23.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA23.htm">Controlling diet and physical activity can help obese and overweight children lose weight</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA24.htm">First-week followup of newborns after hospital discharge is critical to prevent severe jaundice and other problems</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA25.htm">Children with special needs often don't receive the health care services and assistive devices they need</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA26.htm">Many chronic diseases and mental disorders that affect adults have their roots in childhood</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA27.htm">Primary Care Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA27.htm">Patients are more trusting of doctors who spend more time with them and discuss the impact of their illness</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA28.htm">Centers specializing in primary care for women consistently deliver preventive services and have high patient satisfaction</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA29.htm">Shortages of rural generalist physicians may be due to poor recruitment rather than retention problems</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA30.htm">Primary care doctors demonstrated restraint in prescribing antibiotics following the 2001 anthrax attacks</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA31.htm">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA31.htm">Elderly people who lack prescription drug coverage may not get needed medications for chronic conditions</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA32.htm">Nursing homes that employ physician extenders and provide training for nurses' aides have fewer hospitalizations</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA33.htm">Medicaid may be an important key to linking older individuals in rural areas with formal home health care</a><br />
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<a href="0105RA34.htm">Medicare managed care enrollees make significant use of home health benefits, but low education limits use of medical equipment</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA35.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA35.htm">During the mid-1990s, Medicare HMOs in California reduced inpatient use beyond that attributable to favorable selection</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA36.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA36.htm">AHRQ's evidence-based health care programs focus on improving practice and policy</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0105RA37.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0105RA37.htm">AHRQ publishes evidence reports on the safety and effectiveness of melatonin supplements and other topics</a></p>
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<p><a href="0105RA40.htm">Research Briefs</strong></a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 05-0045<br />Current as of January 2005</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. January 2005, No. 293. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0045. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/jan05/</p>
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