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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<h2>May 1996, No. 193</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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<h2>Feature Story</h2>
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<p><a href="feature.htm">Some physicians are inconsistent in
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notifying patients about abnormal test results</a></p>
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<h2>Departments</h2>
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<p><strong><a href="dept1.htm">Primary Care/Managed Care</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept1.htm#head1">U.S. military experience with managed
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care questions its cost-saving potential</a><br />
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<a href="dept1.htm#head2">A sustained doctor/patient partnership
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is key to improved primary care</a><br />
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<a href="dept1.htm#head3">Higher use of dental services found
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among African Americans within an elderly, low-income
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population</a><br />
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<a href="dept1.htm#head4">Vouchers fill primary care gaps for
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migrant farm workers</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept2.htm">Long-term Care/Access to Care</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept2.htm#head1">Most nursing home residents prefer
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life-sustaining treatments, but do not discuss this topic with
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caregivers</a><br />
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<a href="dept2.htm#head2">Many poor families do not take
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advantage of free health care services</a><br />
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<a href="dept2.htm#head3">Some older Mexican Americans may not
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ask family members for the help they need to avoid a nursing home
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stay</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept3.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept3.htm#head1">Preventive therapies delay the onset of
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some opportunistic diseases in HIV patients</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept4.htm">Computers in Medicine</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept4.htm#head1">Computerized alerts and reminders
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improve primary care for HIV-infected patients</a><br />
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<a href="dept4.htm#head2">National information superhighway
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should benefit health care</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept5.htm">Clinical Practice Guidelines</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept5.htm#head1">AHCPR releases update to urinary
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incontinence guideline</a></p>
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<h2>Regular Features</h2>
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<p><strong><a href="dept6.htm">Announcements</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept6.htm#head1">AHCPR invites suggestions for
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outcomes/effectiveness research topics</a><br />
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<a href="dept6.htm#head2">Emphasis areas identified for AHCPR's
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small grant program</a><br />
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<a href="dept6.htm#head3">AHCPR to support new quality
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measurement network</a><br />
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<a href="dept6.htm#head4">AHCPR funds new projects</a><br />
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<a href="dept6.htm#head5">New publications available from
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NTIS</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept7.htm">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head1">Hospital ownership of post-acute
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care</a><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head2">Cross cultural adaptation of a brief
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outcome questionnaire for Spanish-speaking arthritis
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patients</a><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head3">Influence of acid-base status at birth
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and Apgar scores on survival in 500-1000g infants</a><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head4">Use of predicted risk of mortality to
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evaluate the efficacy of anticytokine therapy in sepsis</a><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head5">Lyme disease surveillance in
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Maryland</a><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head6">Factors affecting the performance of
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the models in the Mortality Probability Model II system and
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strategies of customization</a><br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head7">Selected publications are available
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from the National Technical Information Service</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 96-0060<br />
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Current as of June 1996</em></p>
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