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<h2>May 2004, No. 285</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="0504RA1.htm">Significant increases in drug copayments may reduce patients' use of needed medications</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA2.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0504RA2.htm">Less than half of older women who have suffered fractures due to osteoporosis are treated properly to prevent further fractures</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA3.htm">Better monitoring of the cardiac drug amiodarone among outpatients could improve its safety</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA4.htm">More frequent visits to the doctor are associated with increased safety monitoring for toxicity among chronic NSAID users</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA5.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0504RA5.htm">Early surgery reduces hip fracture pain</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA6.htm">Study finds substantial mortality after a long-term followup period among patients with community-acquired pneumonia</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA7.htm">Researchers find no adverse perinatal outcomes associated with respiratory hospitalizations of pregnant women during flu season</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA8.htm">Children's Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA8.htm">Jaundice and feeding problems are not associated with short hospital stays, as long as newborns are evaluated at 3 or 4 days of life</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA9.htm">Even with advances in surgery, deaths among children with single ventricle congenital heart disease remain high</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA10.htm">Studies examine hospital mortality rates and long-term outcomes of very low birthweight babies</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA11.htm">Continued staff education and improved processes in physicians' offices can enhance preventive care for children</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA12.htm">Researchers examine the diagnosis, testing, and treatment of bronchiolitis in infants</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA13.htm">National survey reveals how primary care doctors identify and manage young children with developmental delays</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA14.htm">Pediatricians will play a central role in caring for children in the event of a terrorist attack</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA15.htm">Wage inequality is associated with infant mortality rates in wealthy industrialized countries</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA16.htm">Health Care Quality and Safety</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA16.htm">QI approaches improved diabetes care in Midwest community health centers in 1 year</a> <br />
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<a href="0504RA17.htm">Conference participants outline research agenda for pediatric outpatient safety</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA18.htm">Minority Health</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA18.htm">Greater severity of peripheral arterial disease among blacks may account for their high rate of amputations</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA19.htm">Access/Health Care Delivery</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA19.htm">Referrals for physical therapy for musculoskeletal conditions vary and may indicate problems with access to care</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA20.htm">Deaf and hearing-impaired patients suggest ways doctors can improve communication to improve care quality and safety</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA21.htm">Significant pain is common among hospitalized patients, even those at low risk for pain</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA22.htm">A user-friendly computer touchscreen enables low literacy cancer patients to more accurately report quality of life outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA23.htm">Practices that allot more time for acute care visits and promote immunization have higher adult vaccination rates</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA24.htm">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA24.htm">Doctors should target chronic disease and functioning among frail older patients to lower the risk of hospitalization</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA25.htm">More than half of assisted living facilities will not admit individuals who have moderate cognitive impairment or behavioral problems or need assistance with transfer</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA26.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA26.htm">Improved pain management could reduce use of outpatient care and associated costs for patients with HIV disease</a><br /></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA27.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA27.htm">Health care costs are lower in Minnesota than in other States due mostly to structural factors, not financial incentives</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA28.htm">Increased State Medicaid reimbursement for nursing home care reduces residents' risk of being hospitalized</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA29.htm">Researchers find New York SCHIP improves health care access, continuity, and quality</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA30.htm">State governments assumed an increasing role in funding home care after passage of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA31.htm">Use of medical care in the Nation is greatest among the wealthy, and income-related inequality in use is highest among seniors</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA32.htm">Young and healthy individuals fare better than moderately sick individuals with consumer-directed health benefits</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA33.htm">Greater HMO penetration in an area reduces the number of preventable hospitalizations</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA34.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA34.htm">Preventive Services Task Force issues new recommendations</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0504RA35.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<a href="0504RA35.htm">AHRQ issues new evidence reports on responding to bioterrorism and use of fish oil supplements to fight heart disease</a><br />
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<a href="0504RA36.htm">AHRQ names third Child and Adolescent Health Scholar</a></p>
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<p><a href="0504RA38.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of May 2004<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 04-0053</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> newsletter. May 2004, No. 285. AHRQ Publication No. 04-0053. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/may04/</p>
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