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<h2>June 2002, No. 262</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="0602RA1.htm">New analysis confirms a direct link between nurse staffing and patient complications and deaths in hospitals</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA2.htm">Patient Safety</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA2.htm">Computerized algorithms that generate reminders, alerts, protocols, and other information reduce clinical errors</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA3.htm">New Zealand's no-fault approach to medical injury cases has the potential to prevent such injuries in the future</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA4.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA4.htm">Hysterectomy does not appear to diminish long-term life satisfaction among older women</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA5.htm">Long-term outcomes are comparable for inpatient and outpatient treatment of women with pelvic inflammatory disease</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA6.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA6.htm">New measure may help prevent patients with pneumonia from being sent home from the hospital too soon</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA7.htm">People who have diabetes are twice as likely to use complementary and alternative medicine as other patients</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA8.htm">Elevated lipoprotein(a) may be a risk factor for problems with vascular access among black hemodialysis patients</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA9.htm">Use of subcutaneous instead of IV erythropoietin for end-stage renal disease patients could reduce Medicare costs</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA10.htm">Users of nonaspirin, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medicines may benefit from use of aspirin for cardioprotection</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA11.htm">Lower birthweight may be associated with patient responses to certain antihypertensive medications</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA12.htm">Iron deficiency in utero is associated with diminished performance in certain mental and psychomotor tests</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA13.htm">Researchers examine prevalence, quality of life, and treatment of men suffering from prostate problems</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA14.htm">Primary Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA14.htm">Primary care doctors suspect that one in five childhood injuries they see is due to physical abuse</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA15.htm">Pediatricians often make referrals to specialists during telephone conversations with parents</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA16.htm">Pneumonia vaccination rates remain low, and racial disparities exit</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA17.htm">Obese patients have a greater illness burden than other patients and usually are less satisfied with their health care</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA18.htm">Impaired nursing home residents may not get the end-of-life care they want, even if they have an advance directive</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA19.htm">Mental Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA19.htm">Depression in people with diabetes is associated with increased health care use and higher expenditures</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA20.htm">Primary care physicians often prescribe psychotropic drugs to treat hyperactivity and depression in children</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA21.htm">Although a sense of control at work and home affects people's risk for depression and anxiety, social class also counts</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA22.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA22.htm">Expanding income eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Programs would not burden the program</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA23.htm">New case study indicates that mental health parity did not raise costs for a large employer who used a managed care arrangement</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA24.htm">Shifting to Medicaid managed care in New Mexico increased barriers for rural residents and burdened safety-net providers</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA25.htm">Accreditation of managed care health plans does not necessarily ensure high quality care or higher enrollment rates</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA26.htm">Health plans can work toward eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities by developing better data</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA27.htm">Medical Informatics</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA27.htm">Collaborations between medical informatics and health services research are a natural bridge to improved health care quality</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA28.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA28.htm">Joint Commission and National Quality Forum establish the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA29.htm">AHRQ launches GOLD on the Web</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0602RA30.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0602RA30.htm">AHRQ announces a new recommendation on screening for depression and other materials from the U.S Preventive Services Task Force</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA31.htm">Web conference on child health scheduled for mid-July</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA32.htm">AHRQ releases nine new evidence reports, including one on methods used to rate the strength of scientific evidence</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA33.htm">AHRQ schedules MEPS users' workshops</a><br />
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<a href="0602RA34.htm">New publications now available from AHRQ</a></p>
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<p><a href="0602RA36.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of June 2002<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 02-0032</em></p>
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