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<h2>July 1997, No. 206</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2><p><a href="about.htm">About
<em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
<h3>Feature Story</h3> <p><a
href="ra1.htm#head2">Ischemic Heart Disease
PORT finds benefits of hormone replacement therapy far outweigh risks for most
women and reaffirms link between angioplasty volume and outcomes</a></p>
<h3>Departments</h3>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head3">Outcomes/Effectiveness
Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head4">Higher costs
of care for cardiac bypass patients do not necessarily correlate with better
outcomes</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head5">Not all heart attack
patients benefit from costly angiography and angioplasty</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head6">Better management of
patients already diagnosed with heart disease is more cost effective than
primary prevention</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head7">Primary care
physicians often see BPH patients, but their practices sometimes depart from
treatment guidelines or urologists' practices</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head8">Substantial
differences found in the way American and British physicians care for patients
at risk for stroke</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head9">Management of
cataract patients varies greatly among developed countries</a></p>
<p> <strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Family Health</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head2">Private
practices can provide enhanced prenatal services for poor women as effectively
as public clinics</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head3">Pediatric ICU
providers vary markedly in their attitudes about life-support
interventions</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head4">Childhood diabetes
exacts a heavy economic toll on families, even those with health
insurance</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head5">Quality of Care</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head6">Advance
directives often don't influence end-of-life patient care</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head7">Increased use of DNR
orders is concentrated on sicker patients, but varies by diagnosis, hospital,
and patient's sex</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head8">AHCPR to focus on
strengthening the evidence base about proven clinical practices</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head9">Consumers need more
information to understand and use health care report cards</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head10">HIV/AIDS Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head11">Better
doctor-patient communication could enhance treatment compliance for
HIV-infected patients</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head12">Special Populations</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head13">Addressing
health care needs among the homeless must first take into account their
subsistence needs</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head1">AHCPR News and
Notes</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm#head2">Contracts
awarded for 12 Evidence-based Practice Centers</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head3">AHCPR and the
American Academy of Nursing announce selection of second Senior Nurse
Scholar</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head4">Announcements</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm#head5">Five new
projects focus on quality-of-life and cost-effectiveness issues</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head6">AHCPR funds new
grants</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head7">Managed care
audiotapes now available</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head8">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm#head9">Detection of
genitourinary tract <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em> infection in pregnant women
by ligase chain reaction assay</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head10">Promoting mealtime
communication between adolescent mothers and their infants through
videotape</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head11">Clinic services for
persons with AIDS</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head12">The Federal and
private sector roles in the development of minimum data sets and core health
data elements</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head13">Mortality and
complications associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A
meta-analysis</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#head14">The three faces of
performance measurement: Improvement, accountability, and research</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 97-0064<br />
Current as of July 1997</em> </p>
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