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<h2>March 1999, No. 224</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">Lack of same-day access to a primary care provider prompts many HMO patients to seek more costly urgent care</a></p>
<h3>Departments</h3>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm">Prevention</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head1">Physicians vary widely in providing heart disease prevention services to their patients</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm">Researchers study screening for hemochromatosis in primary care</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra4.htm">Routine thyroid screening is not recommended for patients suspected of having obstructive sleep apnea</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra5.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra5.htm#head1">Greater blood loss during surgery is associated with postoperative delirium</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra6.htm">IV heparin is associated with more complications than some other therapies for preventing secondary stoke</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra7.htm">Elderly knee replacement patients fare better when treated in more experienced hospitals</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra8.htm">Low Birthweight PORT publishes recent findings</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra9.htm">Foreign-born Hispanic women have fewer low birthweight babies than their American-born counterparts</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra10.htm">Prostate studies focus on barriers to early diagnosis, candidates for conservative treatment, and urinary tract symptoms</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra11.htm">Home Health Care</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra11.htm#head1">Nearly half of home health care clients have unmet needs such as household and nutritional support</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra12.htm">Hospitalization</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra12.htm#head1">Improving communication with patients needs to be major focus for hospitalist systems</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra13.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra13.htm#head1">Medications comprise the third largest health care expenditure for children with HIV</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra14.htm">AHCPR News and Notes</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra14.htm#head1">AHCPR releases evidence reports on depression and sinusitis</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra15.htm">AHCPR announces new topics for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra16.htm">Research grant applicants may "self-assign" to review groups</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra17.htm">Peer review update</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra18.htm">Announcements</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra18.htm#head1">New national data set provides in-depth picture of hospital care in the United States</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra19.htm">New MEPS chartbook presents data on minority health</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra21.htm">New electronic inventory added to AHCPR's Web site</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra22.htm">AHCPR funds new projects</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra23.htm">Seven new grant final reports now available from NTIS</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra24.htm">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head1">Using outcomes to improve quality of research and quality of care</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head2">Otitis media and child development: Should we worry?</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head3">Facility-level outcome performance measures for nursing homes</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head4">Understanding articles describing clinical prediction tools</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head5">Measuring satisfaction among low-income women: A prenatal questionnaire</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head6">Cross-cultural use of measurements</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head7">Linking primary care performance to outcomes of care</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head8"><em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> infection and disease are not associated with protection against subsequent disseminated <em>M. avium</em> complex disease</a><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra24.htm#head9">The design of partners in care: Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of improving care for depression in primary care</a></p>
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