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<h2>May 1997, No. 204</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#AHCPRannoun">AHCPR announces
increased funding for small project grants</a> </p>
<h3>Departments</h3>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#patientout">Patient
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#womenare">Women are
treated less aggressively than men after a heart attack and are more likely to
die in the hospital</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#blackare">Black and white
heart patients receive different levels of care</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#studycomp">Study compares
effectiveness of implantable defibrillators and medication for treating
irregular heart beat</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#chestpain">Chest pain
patients prefer care in a chest pain observation unit over
hospitalization</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#researchersrep">Researchers
report recent findings on diagnosing and managing back pain</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#reducingscope">Reducing
scope of radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer results in fewer
complications</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#biliary">Biliary Tract PORT
publishes latest findings</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#healthcare">Health
Care Costs and Cost-Effectiveness</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#large">Large-scale
education program to reduce cholesterol levels shown to be cost effective</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#healthmkt">Health Care Marketplace</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#rural">Rural
hospitals can gain a competitive advantage and reduce the risk of closure
through differentiation</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#hospital">Hospital and
physician expenditures are complementary</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#medical">Medical Liability</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#one">One-fourth of
c-sections examined in New York State may be due to defensive medicine</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#elderly">Elderly/Minority Health</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#alert">Alert nursing
home patients are often excluded from decisions about advance
directives</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#hispanic">Hispanic women are
less likely than white or black women to be underweight before pregnancy or to
deliver preterm</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#access">Access to Care</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#insurance">Insurance
status is not the only factor that affects a person's perception of access to
care</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#news">AHCPR News and Notes</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#implements">AHCPR
implements initial changes to its grant submission and peer review
processes</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#prepares">AHCPR prepares for
July conference on evidence-based practice</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#dental">AHCPR names its
first Dental Scholar-in-Residence</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#announce">Announcements</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm#releases">AHCPR
releases early MEPS data</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#seeks">AHCPR seeks nominees
for its National Advisory Council</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#quality">Quality improvement
publication now available from AHCPR</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#funds">AHCPR funds new
conference grants</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#final">Final reports now
available from NTIS</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#ahsr">AHSR prepares for its
14th annual meeting</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#briefs">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#preventing">Preventing heat
injury: Military versus civilian perspective</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#predicting">Predicting
long-term functional limitations among back pain patients in primary care
settings</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#predqual">Predicting quality
of well-being scores from the SF-36: Results from the Beaver Dam health
outcomes study</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#using">Using Medicare claims
data to assess provider quality for CABG surgery: Does it work well
enough?</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm#can">Can
preference scores for discrete states be used to derive preference scores for
an entire path of events?</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra3.htm#theeffect">The effect of
universal coverage of health expenditures for the uninsured</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 97-0042<br />
Current as of May 1997</em></p>
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