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<h2>July 2007, No. 323</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<p><a href="/research/resactabout.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
<h3>Feature Story</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA1.htm">While most diabetes drugs provide similar glucose control, some offer important advantages</a></p>
<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA2.htm">Greater access to physician services may narrow mortality differences among the black and white elderly</a>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA3.htm">Today's teen smokers are more likely to engage in risky behaviors than teens who smoked in the early nineties</a><br />
<a href="0707RA4.htm">Hospitalization patterns change as young people with congenital heart disease transition from adolescence to adulthood</a><br />
<a href="0707RA5.htm">Infliximab is a safe and effective therapeutic option for children with sever ulcerative colitis</a></p>
<h3>Women's Health</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA6.htm">Inadequate communication of mammogram results may prevent black women from fully benefiting from screening</a></p>
<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA7.htm">Certain resident and facility characteristics and medications increase the risk of fractures among nursing home residents</a><br />
<a href="0707RA8.htm">Urinary incontinence is common among residents of Southeastern nursing homes, especially among black residents</a><br />
<a href="0707RA9.htm">One-third of Medicare patients say that the decision about where to undergo surgery was made mainly by their doctor</a><br />
<a href="0707RA10.htm">The Medicare short stay transfer policy reduced hospital incentives to discharge orthopedic surgery patients early</a></p>
<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA11.htm">Smaller physician office practices are slower to adopt use of electronic health records</a></p>
<h3>Public Health Preparedness</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA12.htm">Studies examine the surge capacity of U.S. hospitals to respond to bioterrorism or other public health disasters</a></p>
<h3>Chronic Disease</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA13.htm">Studies examine the impact of rheumatic diseases on the ability to work</a><br />
<a href="0707RA14.htm">Patients suffering from arthritis or depression may have worse health-related quality of life than those with other chronic conditions</a></p>
<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA15.htm">Total, partial, and revision hip replacement are associated with different rates of postoperative complications and readmissions</a></p>
<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA16.htm">Family physicians manage skin conditions well</a></p>
<h3>Access to Care</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA17.htm">Supportive housing may be a feasible and appropriate model of care for chronically homeless persons</a></p>
<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA18.htm">Mandatory limits on medical resident work hours may constrain hospital house staff and affect patient outcomes and resource use</a></p>
<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA19.htm">AHRQ's annual <em>State Snapshots</em> highlight States' gains and lags in health care quality</a></p>
<h3>Announcements</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA20.htm">New Web tool provides samples of report cards on health care quality</a></p>
<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
<p><a href="0707RA21.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 07-0068<br />
Current as of July 2007</em></p>
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