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<h2>May 2001, No. 249</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="501RA1.htm">Physician preference plays a role in breast cancer treatment for women age 65 and older</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA2.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA2.htm">Women usually are older than men when they have a heart attack, which may account in part for their higher death rate</a><br />
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<a href="501RA3.htm">Hormone replacement therapy may improve mental function for some postmenopausal women</a><br />
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<a href="501RA4.htm">More women die following c-section than vaginal birth, probably due more to preexisting conditions than the surgery itself</a><br />
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<a href="501RA5.htm">Women and Asians are less likely than other patients with end-stage renal disease to be recommended for kidney transplants</a><br />
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<a href="501RA6.htm">Barriers to enrollment in Medi-Cal lead to inadequate prenatal care for some disadvantaged women in California</a><br />
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<a href="501RA7.htm">Designating ob-gyns as primary care physicians could affect how medical services are provided to elderly women</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA8.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA8.htm">Tissue prostheses may be better than mechanical ones for elderly patients undergoing aortic valve replacement</a><br />
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<a href="501RA9.htm">Researchers compare strategies for treating elderly patients who have an infected hip prosthesis</a><br />
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<a href="501RA10.htm">Sophisticated imaging tests and specialty care usually are not necessary to evaluate and manage acute low back pain</a><br />
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<a href="501RA11.htm">Researchers examine the use of antibiotics to treat acute respiratory infections in otherwise healthy adults</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA12.htm">Quality of Care</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA12.htm">Better ratings of the patient-provider relationship are associated with higher quality of care for depression</a><br />
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<a href="501RA13.htm">ICU patients need to feel safe, a feeling that is influenced by family, friends, ICU staff, and other factors</a><br />
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<a href="501RA14.htm">Advance directives improve patient satisfaction but do not ensure compliance with end-of-life treatment wishes</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA15.htm">Primary Care</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA15.htm">Medicare waivers alone are insufficient to improve use of primary care by poor and elderly blacks</a><br />
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<a href="501RA16.htm">Primary care residents' practice style predicts their referral of patients to specialty care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA17.htm">Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA17.htm">Educational program for controlling chronic pain cuts nursing home NSAID use by 70 percent</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA18.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA18.htm">Proposed Medicare drug benefit plans with high cost-sharing and no catastrophic coverage may not help the sickest patients</a><br />
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<a href="501RA19.htm">Costs are about the same for generalists and specialists who treat patients with chronic heart problems</a><br />
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<a href="501RA20.htm">Market pressures prompt children's hospitals to develop new relationships with doctors and other health care organizations</a><br />
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<a href="501RA21.htm">Access to members' comparative ratings of health plans could affect consumer's choices of health plans</a><br />
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<a href="501RA22.htm">Medicaid managed care programs decreased the likelihood of repeat c-sections during the 1990s</a><br />
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<a href="501RA23.htm">Critical pathways reduce postoperative hospital stays no more than local market forces</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA24.htm">Special Populations</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA24.htm">Reducing socioeconomic inequalities may be the key to smoking cessation among blacks</a><br />
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<a href="501RA25.htm">Knowledge of the Tuskegee syphilis study continues to limit participation of blacks in medical research</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA26.htm">Rural Health</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA26.htm">Rural youths are much more likely to receive preventive and acute care if they have a regular source of care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA27.htm">Evidence-Based Medicine</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA27.htm">Garlic supplements show promise for lowering some cardiovascular risk factors, but more studies are needed</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA28.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA28.htm">HIV-infected patients with certain sociodemographic characteristics are less likely to take antiretroviral therapy</a><br />
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<a href="501RA29.htm">Dental problems go unresolved in many HIV patients</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA30.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA30.htm">AHRQ coauthor receives Article of the Year award</a></p>
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<h3><a href="501RA31.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="501RA31.htm">New Web-based tool provides State-by-State insurance data</a><br />
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<a href="501RA32.htm">New CDC report describes measures for tracking health status</a></p>
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<p><a href="501RA34.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of May 2001<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 01-0031</em></p>
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