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<h2>July 2005, No. 299</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="0705RA1.htm">Adverse drug events occur frequently in long-term care facilities, and nearly half of them are preventable</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA2.htm">Quality/Medical Errors</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA2.htm">Linking lab and pharmacy databases can help identify patients who don't undergo followup for abnormal tests</a> <br />
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<a href="0705RA3.htm">Radiologists with more experience reading mammograms aren't necessarily more accurate in interpreting them</a> <br />
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<a href="0705RA4.htm">Publicly reporting quality information may inadvertently reduce, rather than improve, care quality</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA5.htm">Physicians should disclose financial incentives, address patients' reactions, and negotiate a fair plan to win trust</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA6.htm">New Web-based ICU safety reporting system may have the potential to reduce medical errors at ICUs across the country</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA7.htm">Executive walk rounds are a promising tool for improving the safety climate of hospitals</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA8.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA8.htm">Use of atypical antipsychotic drugs to treat children continues despite questions about their safety and efficacy in the young</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA9.htm">Despite recent downward trends in antibiotic use among children, use of some broad-spectrum antibiotics has increased</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA10.htm">Limited use of cephalosporins may reduce <em>E. coli</em> and <em>Klebsiella</em> bloodstream infections in hospitalized children</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA11.htm">Fluoroquinolones were the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics for adults in 2002</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA12.htm">Patient education may reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics by adults</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA13.htm">Both group and individual academic detailing can improve prescribing of antihypertensive medications</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA14.htm">Higher copayments of 3-tier drug formularies reduce the likelihood that individuals will use certain medications</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA15.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA15.htm">Prenatal screening and treatment are needed to identify pregnant women with asymptomatic chlamydial infections</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA16.htm">Study finds that screening asymptomatic, low-risk pregnant women for hepatitis C virus is not cost effective</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA17.htm">Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA17.htm">More minority and Medicaid-insured children experience perforated appendicitis than other children</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA18.htm">Some care disparities among blacks may be due to low technology use in hospitals that treat mostly black patients</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA19.htm">Efforts to help physicians improve care for underserved patients should address issues of communication and respect</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA20.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA20.htm">Chiropractic care is more expensive but not more effective than medical care for the treatment of low back pain</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA21.htm">Stem cell transplant centers that have greater physician involvement in patient care have better patient outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA22.htm">Participation in a physically active lifestyle during mid-life helps to maintain high physical function in later years</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA23.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA23.htm">AHRQ study finds weight-loss surgeries quadrupled in 5 years</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA24.htm">Certain clinical factors can accurately identify patients at low risk of active TB who don't need respiratory isolation</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA25.htm">Researchers examine prevalence of and testing for celiac disease</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA26.htm">Poor diets of urban men with paraplegia underscore the importance of screening these patients for chronic diseases</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA27.htm">Primary Care Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA27.htm">Clinician training and charting tools can improve primary care screening and counseling of adolescents about risky behaviors</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA28.htm">Alcohol-based hand gel use may reduce respiratory illness transmission in homes with young children enrolled in day care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA29.htm">Acute Care/Hospitalization</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA29.htm">Trauma center patients are much more likely to have experienced previous traumas than the general population</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA30.htm">Public Health Preparedness</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA30.htm">National advisory committee on children and terrorism makes first recommendations for preparedness</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA31.htm">Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA31.htm">Nursing homes vary widely in their hospitalization of residents, particularly those with Alzheimer's disease</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA32.htm">Rural Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA32.htm">Access to transportation substantially influences rural residents' use of health care services</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA33.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA33.htm">Older people in HMOs and PPOs use more outpatient and preventive services than those in fee-for-service plans</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA34.htm">Study questions whether competition among HMOs will inherently improve care quality</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA35.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA35.htm">Task Force recommends HIV screening for all pregnant women</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA36.htm">First phase of reviews are beginning under AHRQ's new research program on the effectiveness of health care interventions</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0705RA37.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0705RA37.htm">New grants focus on helping primary care providers promote healthy behaviors in their patients</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA38.htm">AHRQ releases the <em>2005 Guide to Clinical Preventive Services</em> and other new publications</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA39.htm">AHRQ releases evidence reports on depression among heart attack patients and three other topics</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA40.htm">New report analyzes the use and potential for improvement of hospital discharge databases</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA41.htm">AHRQ research trainee in the spotlight</a><br />
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<a href="0705RA43.htm">Research Briefs</a></p><p class="size2"><em>Current as of July 2005<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 05-0093</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. July 2005, No. 299. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0093. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/jul05/</p>
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