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<p>This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: <a href="https://info.ahrq.gov/">https://info.ahrq.gov</a>. Let us know the nature of the problem, the Web address of what you want, and your contact information. </p>
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<h2>March 2003, No. 271</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="0303RA1.htm">Outpatient prescription drug-related injuries are common in older patients, but many can be prevented</a></p>
<h3><a href="0303RA2.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
<p><a href="0303RA2.htm">Increasing nutritional intake, especially protein, among extremely premature infants in the NICU could improve their growth rate</a> <br /> <a href="0303RA3.htm">AHRQ study links secondhand smoke to tooth decay in children</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0303RA4.htm">Heart Disease</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA4.htm">Whenever possible, heart attack patients at high risk of death should receive angioplasty, not thrombolytic therapy</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA5.htm">Imaging of coronary blood flow improves ED triage decisions for patients who have symptoms of acute cardiac ischemia</a><br />
<a href="0303RA6.htm">Cardiac bypass surgery patients have better 1-year outcomes than similar patients who have coronary angioplasty</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0303RA7.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA7.htm">First trimester ultrasound identifies more cases of Down syndrome than amniocentesis and is more cost effective</a><br />
<a href="0303RA8.htm">Removal of axillary lymph nodes substantially reduces quality of life for many elderly women with localized breast cancer</a><br />
<a href="0303RA9.htm">Paget-Schroetter syndrome should be considered whenever a person with repetitive arm motion has pulmonary hypertension</a><br />
<a href="0303RA10.htm">Gastric bypass can dramatically improve the health of severely obese individuals at a reasonable cost</a><br />
<a href="0303RA11.htm">Transplant surgeons sometimes reject a poor quality liver in hopes of getting a better organ later</a><br />
<a href="0303RA12.htm">Chiropractic and medical care for low back pain are comparable in their effectiveness over 6 months of followup</a></p>
<h3><a href="0303RA13.htm">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA13.htm">Regular help with personal care from adult children substantially reduces the likelihood of nursing home use by the elderly</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0303RA14.htm">Health Care Quality</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA14.htm">Four AHRQ-funded studies focus on health care quality</a><br />
<a href="0303RA15.htm">Hospitals that had a lower proportion of licensed nurses in the 1990s had higher rates of patient bed sores and pneumonia</a><br />
<a href="0303RA16.htm">Researchers examine efforts to improve primary care for depression</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0303RA17.htm">Health Care Delivery</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA17.htm">Women are more likely than men to experience long-term posttraumatic stress disorder after major trauma</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA18.htm">Up to one-half of patients seeing complementary and alternative medicine providers are also seeing conventional physicians</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA19.htm">Clinical autonomy seems to be the key to career satisfaction among both primary care and specialist physicians</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0303RA20.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
<p><a href="0303RA20.htm">Researchers examine impact of drug cost-sharing on prescribing practices</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA21.htm">States vary widely in how they regulate private health insurers and managed care organizations</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA22.htm">New prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities considers patients' severity of disability</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA23.htm">Costs associated with genital herpes are expected to rise swiftly over the next 10 years</a> </p>
<h3><a href="0303RA24.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA24.htm">People who have HIV experience more problems with inpatient than outpatient care</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA25.htm">Title I funds from the Ryan White Act help many people with HIV/AIDS, but there are waiting lists for some services</a></p>
<h3><a href="0303RA26.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA26.htm">AHRQ launches new Web-based quality measures resource</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA27.htm">New AHRQ evidence reports are available on treatment of bronchiolitis in young infants and other topics</a></p>
<h3><a href="0303RA28.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="0303RA28.htm">Proceedings now available from conference on alcohol problems in emergency department patients</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA29.htm">Clarification</a> <br />
<a href="0303RA30.htm">New MEPS data products now available from AHRQ</a> </p>
<p><a href="0303RA32.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>Current as of March 2003<br />
AHRQ Publication No. 03-0024</em></p>
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