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<h2>July 2003, No. 275</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="0703RA1.htm">Among elderly stroke victims, blacks are less likely than whites to be alive 3 years after stroke</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA2.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0703RA2.htm">Lifestyle changes could improve blood pressure control in people who have diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA3.htm">Use of rapid MRI instead of x-ray to detect rare cancer-related back pain in primary care patients may not be cost effective</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA4.htm">Recommendations for diagnosing and treating low back pain call for a conservative, step-by-step approach</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA5.htm">Physicians exhibit certain behaviors when treating patients who are in pain</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA6.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA6.htm">Heart attack patients who are not discharged from the hospital on beta-blockers are unlikely to start them as outpatients</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA7.htm">Greater use of guideline-recommended asthma medication in recent years may have helped to stabilize the number of asthma visits</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA8.htm">Many questions remain unanswered about prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA9.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA9.htm">Patients who receive stem cell transplants at high-volume transplant centers are less likely to die or fail treatment</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA10.htm">Quality/Patient Safety</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA10.htm">Common physician medication errors could be prevented by linking laboratory and pharmacy information systems</a> <br />
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<a href="0703RA11.htm">Disclosure to patients of in-hospital medical errors has increased, but there is room for improvement</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA12.htm">Women's Health/Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA12.htm">Researchers examine cost-effectiveness and quality of life following surgery for early breast cancer</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA13.htm">More assertive outreach programs may be needed to link homeless women to case managers and a broader range of services</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA14.htm">Physicians have an important role in identifying victims of domestic violence and referring them for appropriate services</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA15.htm">Parental misconceptions about respiratory illnesses, not day care pressure, lead parents to pressure physicians for antibiotics</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA16.htm">Medical treatment of one child for an injury may signal a period of increased injury risk for other children in the family</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA17.htm">School-based health centers reduce asthma-related hospitalization and absenteeism among urban children</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA18.htm">Hospitalization/Emergency Care</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA18.htm">Having more RMs on staff can decrease the odds of pneumonia and associated costs among hospitalized surgery patients</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA19.htm">Some 911 callers may be safely referred to alternative services to save ambulances for true emergencies</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA20.htm">Elderly Health/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA20.htm">Expanding Medicare to include a drug benefit would reduce the financial burden on elders but might not greatly increase drug access</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA21.htm">Physician recommendations and patient concerns about vaccine safety are associated with elderly influenza vaccination rates</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA22.htm">Infections are a serious problem in nursing homes</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA23.htm">Symposium highlights the important role of nurses in managing urinary incontinence</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA24.htm">Mental Health Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA24.htm">Medicaid shifts to widely used mental health carve-out programs may interrupt therapy among the most needy patients</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA25.htm">One-third of adult survivors of childhood cancer suffer from psychological problems</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA26.htm">Among people with HIV/AIDS, whites are much more likely than blacks to use medication to treat psychological problems</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA27.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA27.htm">Half of hospital costs for diabetes patients are linked to the subset of patients with multiple hospitalizations</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA28.htm">Children in U.S. managed care plans are far more likely to be referred to specialists than children in the United Kingdom</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA29.htm">Financial consequences for doctor referrals to specialists affect patient satisfaction but not outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA30.htm">Changes in Medicare's PPS have led to a moderate drop in rehabilitation days at skilled nursing facilities</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA31.htm">Declining payments for emergency care compromise the ability of EDs to provide emergency care to the uninsured</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA32.htm">Job satisfaction for most physicians hinges on good staff relationships, control of time off, and clinical autonomy</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA33.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="0703RA33.htm">Task Force finds little evidence to support use of vitamin supplements to prevent cancer or heart disease</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0703RA34.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0703RA34.htm">New model helps hospitals and health systems better respond to potential bioterrorism</a><br />
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<a href="0703RA35.htm">HCUP 2001 Nationwide Inpatient Sample data now available</a></p>
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<p><a href="0703RA37.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of July 2003<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 03-0039</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. July 2003, No. 275. AHRQ Publication No. 03-0039. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/jul03/</p>
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