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