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<h2>June 1998, No. 216</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">New model projects 11 percent fewer deaths in 20 years if U.S. smokers stopped smoking</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">Outcomes are improving for older patients who undergo carotid endarterectomy</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head5">Maternal leptin concentration during pregnancy is not an accurate predictor of infant birthweight</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head6">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head7">Specific factors identify asthmatics most at risk for relapse after ER treatment</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head8">Current strategy for routine thyroid function tests should be reconsidered</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head9">Computer system may someday provide quick trauma advice to emergency medicine physicians</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head10">Videos of prostate cancer treatment alternatives benefit both physicians and patients</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head11">Health Care Delivery</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head12">Physicians can identify women with bothersome incontinence by asking them a few simple questions</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head13">Social conversation during physician visits has a positive effect on patient satisfaction</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head14">Computer reminders can increase physician-patient discussions about advance directives</a> </p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head15">Managed Care</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head16">Researchers examine impact of managed care on physician behavior, quality of care, and coverage of medical technology</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Quality of Care</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head2">Hospital report cards can help improve their quality of care</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head3">Physicians have an important role in improving health care quality</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head4">Special Populations</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head5">Risk of poor birth outcomes is reduced for low-income pregnant women who receive adequate support services</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head6">Fears and cultural beliefs hinder treatment of Latinos with adult-onset diabetes</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head7">Announcements</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head8">AHCPR awards $7.6 million in grants designed to improve health care quality</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head9">AHCPR offers a new information service</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head10">Final reports now available from NTIS</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head11">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head12">The prospective effect of access to medical care on health-related quality-of-life outcomes in patients with symptomatic HIV disease</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head13">Incidence, acute care length of stay, and discharge to rehabilitation of traumatic amputees</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head14">The relationship between muscle abnormalities and symptom duration in lumbosacral radiculopathies</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head15">Reliability and validity of physical and mental health summary scores from the medical outcomes study HIV health survey</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 98-0034<br />
Current as of June 1998</em></p>
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