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<h2>June 2008, No. 334</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="/research/resactabout.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA1.htm">AHRQ and the Ad Council encourage men to take preventive steps in their health care</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA2.htm">When financially vulnerable rural hospitals become critical access hospitals, patient safety improves in several areas</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA3.htm">Medical and surgical intensive care unit patients suffer from similar types of safety problems and related harm</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA4.htm">AHRQ's patient safety indicators may be useful for comparing quality of care across delivery systems</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA5.htm">Quality partnerships yield advances in collaboration</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA6.htm">Study shows value and limitations of voluntary error reporting systems</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA7.htm">Pediatric autopsies shed more light on cause of death in more than half of cases</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA8.htm">Smoking in the home leads to more emergency visits and hospitalizations for lung problems among young children</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA9.htm">Community-wide interventions prove modestly successful in reducing antibiotic use among Medicaid-insured children</a></p>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA10.htm">Several factors can quickly identify mortality risk among frail elderly persons living in the community</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA11.htm">Use of dementia treatments is similar in community and long-term care settings</a></p>
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<h3>Chronic Disease</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA12.htm">Patient factors, not physician or clinic factors, account for most of the variance in blood sugar levels among adults with diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA13.htm">Severe memory impairment substantially reduces employability of persons with systemic lupus erythematosus</a></p>
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<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA14.htm">Chest pain 6 months after a heart attack is linked to patient dissatisfaction</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA15.htm">Minor complications, common after carotid endarterectomy, are associated with higher postoperative risk of death and stroke</a></p>
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<h3>Clinical Decisionmaking</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA16.htm">Radiologists vary in how accurately they interpret diagnostic mammograms</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA17.htm">Clinical practice guidelines in musculoskeletal disorders are often based on expert opinion</a></p>
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<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA18.htm">Antidepressants and therapy may be cost-effective for patients with medically unexplained symptoms</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA19.htm">Primary care practices can perform very well in several quality areas</a></p>
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<h3>Mental Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA20.htm">Telepsychiatrists and in-person therapists deliver similar therapy to veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA21.htm">Diagnosis of bipolar disorder among youth skyrockets</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA22.htm">Serious mood disorders may be underdiagnosed or undertreated among impoverished blacks</a></p>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA23.htm">More studies need to be done on potential risk of incident heart failure among certain patients taking TNF-alpha antagonists</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA24.htm">FDA warnings appear to lead to appropriate prescriber action</a></p>
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<h3>End-of-Life Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA25.htm">Living wills should be updated, since preferences for life-prolonging treatments change when health status changes</a></p>
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<h3>Health Care Costs and Financing</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA26.htm">Many cost-of-illness studies do not include all costs of a particular injury or illness, and may be misleading</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA27.htm">A collaborative approach to diabetes care in community health centers can cost-effectively improve that care</a></p>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA28.htm">Sending high-risk heart attack patients to certain hospitals reduces deaths, minimizes hospital volume shifts</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA29.htm">Use of quality improvement strategies by home care agencies may reduce hospitalizations of home patients</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA30.htm">Children from low-income communities are five times more likely to have untreated cavities</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA31.htm">More than 200 abused children under age 5 died in U.S. hospitals in 2005</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA32.htm">Potentially deadly infection doubled among hospital patients over last 5 years</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA33.htm">Premiums rise 18 percent for nonemployer health insurance</a></p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA34.htm">AHRQ releases 2006 State data from HCUP</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA35.htm">Updated releases of HCUP Comorbidity Software and Clinical Classifications Software Updates are available</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA36.htm">AHRQ Web resource features 100 examples of health care innovations and tools</a></p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0608RA37.htm">Research Briefs</a><br />
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<a href="0608RA38.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 08-0056<br />
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Current as of June 2008</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><strong>Internet Citation:</strong></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. June 2008, No. 334. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0056. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/jun08/</p>
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