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<h2>June 2005, No. 298</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="0605RA1.htm">Physician supply increases in States with caps on malpractice lawsuit awards, with the greatest impact in rural areas</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA2.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA2.htm">Absence of chest pain in patients with suspected heart attack or angina does not signal a less severe condition</a> <br />
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<a href="0605RA3.htm">Three clinical factors can determine the likelihood of cervical spine fractures in elderly victims of blunt trauma</a> <br />
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<a href="0605RA4.htm">Photodynamic therapy is a cost-effective treatment option for patients with high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA5.htm">Advance care planning standards could be improved by giving patients more flexibility in conveying their wishes to others</a> </p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA6.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA6.htm">More frequent sit-down rounds in dialysis units are associated with better patient outcomes</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA7.htm">Primary Care Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA7.htm">More than 13 percent of primary care patients do not know why they are taking at least one of their prescription medications</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA8.htm">Herbal use is common among urban primary care patients and often is not disclosed to doctors</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA9.htm">Primary care physician specialty influences use of screening mammography and Pap smears in gatekeeper plans</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA10.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA10.htm">Existing coronary heart disease is undiagnosed in half of women who have a first heart attack</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA11.htm">Women respond differently to medications than men and should be proactive about their medication use</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA12.htm">Despite revised guidelines, most obstetrician/gynecologists continue to overscreen low-risk women for cervical cancer</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA13.htm">Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA13.htm">Researchers find racial and socioeconomic disparities in compensation for work-related back injuries</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA14.htm">Black/white disparities in time to treatment for heart attack patients depend on the admitting hospital</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA15.htm">Study reveals racial/ethnic and income-related disparities in use of Web-based health services</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA16.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA16.htm">Rural hospitals appear to deliver care similar to nonrural hospitals for many common pediatric conditions</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA17.htm">Nurses can take steps to prevent pediatric medication errors associated with dosing and administration</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA18.htm">Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA18.htm">Nurses tend to use individual behavioral and visual cues to assess pain in nursing home residents</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA19.htm">Resident and facility characteristics affect the amount of direct care time received by elders in supportive housing</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA20.htm">Quality/Patient Safety</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA20.htm">Hospitals with internal support for quality improvement are most likely to prescribe beta-blockers for heart attack patients</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA21.htm">Limiting residents' work hours may have unintended consequences on continuity of care</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA22.htm">Publishing report cards about a surgeon's quality influences consumer selection of surgeons</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA23.htm">Doctors who have been in practice longer may be more likely to provide lower quality of care</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA24.htm">Nursing home complaints, taken together with other measures, can be used to assess nursing home quality of care</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA25.htm">Veterans Health Administration clinics provide better overall quality of care than many other sites</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA26.htm">Better monitoring of outpatients taking thyroid replacement therapy may reduce drug-related problems</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA27.htm">One-third of a national sample of hospital staff nurses made an error or near error over a 1-month period</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA28.htm">Partnering with hospitalized patients to monitor medication use is a feasible strategy for reducing drug errors</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA29.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA29.htm">Maryland Medicaid saved millions of dollars by ending reimbursement of dentists for treating adult dental emergencies</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA30.htm">Despite predictions of the end of managed care, enrollment in HMO plans has stayed relatively constant in recent years</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA31.htm">High managed care penetration boosts breast and cervical cancer screening, with spillover effects to non-managed care patients</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA32.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA32.htm">Task Force recommends against routine use of estrogen to prevent chronic diseases in postmenopausal women who have undergone hysterectomy</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA33.htm">AHRQ center director Dan Stryer dies at age 41</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA34.htm">Journal supplement explores lessons to be learned in health care quality and disparities from AHRQ's first national reports</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA35.htm">AHRQ is supportive of nursing research and encourages nurses to work with the agency in various capacities</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0605RA36.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0605RA36.htm">AHRQ awards more than $8 million to further implementation of evidence-based patient safety findings</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA37.htm">New Web-based tool helps planners inventory resources for public health emergencies</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA38.htm">AHRQ announces new triage tools for hospital emergency departments</a><br />
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<a href="0605RA40.htm">Research Briefs</a></p><p class="size2"><em>Current as of June 2005<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 05-0087</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. June 2005, No. 298. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0087. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/jun05/</p>
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