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<a name="head1"></a>
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<a name="head2"></a><h2>New publications now available from NTIS</h2>
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<p>The following grant final reports are now available from the <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National Technical Information Service</a> (NTIS). Each description of a grant final report identifies the principal investigator and his
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or her affiliation, the grant number, project period, project objective, and methods used. Findings
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and other information are presented in the individual reports.</p> <p>
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<strong>Financial and Nonfinancial Barriers to Prenatal Care After Major Medicaid Eligibility
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Expansions.</strong> Paula A. Braveman, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, San Francisco.
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AHCPR
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grant HS07910, project period 3/1/94 to 2/28/97. </p>
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<p>The researchers interviewed a representative sample of 10,132 postpartum women at 19 randomly
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selected delivery hospitals in California during 1994 and 1995 to identify barriers to prenatal care
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5 years after major Medicaid eligibility expansions. Although only 2 percent of women remained
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uninsured throughout pregnancy, 36 percent of Medi-Cal-covered and 18 percent of privately
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insured, low-income women did not receive first trimester care. The principal barrier to timely
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care appeared to be delayed coverage, even after adjusting for multiple characteristics and other
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potential barriers. Factors related to family planning and connections with care systems
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pre-pregnancy, along with unspecified factors related to absolute poverty or being unmarried, also
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appeared to be significant independent barriers among low-income women. Problems with
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Medi-Cal provider availability, transportation, child care, and language were not significantly
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associated with untimely care, after adjusting for other factors. Universal coverage unlinked to
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pregnancy may be required to substantially improve prenatal care utilization, given remaining
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personal and systems barriers. Furthermore, because 65 percent of the sample overall and 35
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percent of privately insured women were low-income and most low-income women received care
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at private sites, both private and public maternity services need to address low-income women's
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needs, according to this report.</p> <p>Abstract, executive summary, and final report are available from
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the <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National Technical Information Service</a> (NTIS accession no.
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PB97-203475; 144 pp,
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$31.00 paper, $14.00 microfiche).</p><p>
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<strong>Impact of Risk Management on Liability Claims Experience.</strong> Laura L. Morlock, Ph.D.,
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Johns
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Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. AHCPR grant HS06735, project period 9/1/91 to
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9/31/95.</p>
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<p>The objectives of this project were to: (1) describe the clinical risk management programs and
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activities of Maryland hospitals after such activities were mandated by State law; (2) compare the
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current clinical risk management programs among Maryland hospitals with different types of
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liability insurance coverage; (3) compare current risk management activities among hospitals in
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three States with varying levels of risk management regulation; and (4) examine relationships
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between clinical risk management activities and risk-adjusted liability claims experience. Study
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results indicate that risk management efforts vary widely among Maryland hospitals. On average,
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hospitals have approximately two-thirds of the minimum recommended risk management
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programs and activities in place. In a three-State comparison, risk management regulation does
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not appear to motivate greater program efforts among hospitals. Although self-insurance is
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associated with risk management program activity among Maryland hospitals, stronger predictors
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of risk management effort include hospital location in a metropolitan area and previous claims
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experience.</p> <p>Abstract, executive summary, final report, and selected appendixes are available from
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the <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National Technical Information Service</a> (NTIS accession no.
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PB97-199762; 156 pp,
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$35.00 paper, $14.00 microfiche).</p><p>
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<strong>Minority Capacity Building in Health Services Research.</strong> Herbert W. Nickens, M.D.,
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Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC. AHCPR grant HS06772, project
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period 9/30/91 to 6/30/96.</p>
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<p>Health services research is the field that should provide the knowledge base for rational health
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reform measures designed to improve the efficiency and equity of the U.S. health care system.
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However, to accomplish this, it is essential to increase the degree to which the field of health
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services research specifically addresses questions related to minority and disadvantaged
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populations. This project focused on two mechanisms to address the problem. First, by
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diversifying the pool of investigators by increasing the number of underrepresented minority
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faculty (black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Mexican American and Puerto Rican) at U.S.
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medical schools that are involved with health services research by creation of the AAMC Health
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Services Research Institute. Since its inception, the Institute has worked with 52 faculty members.
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Second, by broadening the field of research enquiry through a national conference, "The Role of
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Class, Race and Ethnicity in Health Services Research," which was held in December 1993.</p>
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<p>Abstract, executive summary, final report, and selected appendixes are available from the
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<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National Technical Information Service</a> (NTIS accession no.
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PB97-188783; 128 pp, $31.00
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paper, $14.00 microfiche).</p><p>
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<strong>Primary Care Physician Job Satisfaction and Turnover.</strong> Modena E. Wilson, Johns
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Hopkins
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University, Baltimore, MD. AHCPR grant HS08984, project period 9/30/95 to 3/31/97.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this project was to further understanding of primary care physician (PCP)
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turnover (job exit). A panel of 533 postresident, employed, non-Federal PCPs younger than 45
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years of age who had been in practice between 2 and 9 years participated in two national surveys
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on physician practice patterns in 1987 and 1991. Individual PCP and organizational variables from
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1987 were the independent variables, and turnover from 1991 was the dependent variable. PCPs
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who believed that third-party-payer influence would decrease in the future were 1.5 times more
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likely to leave their jobs than PCPs who believed that such influence would remain the same.
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Pediatricians were 1.4 times more likely to leave than general/family practitioners. Board-certified
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PCPs were 1.3 times more likely to exit than non-board-certified PCPs. Sex, age, race, and type
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of practice setting were not predictive of PCP turnover.</p> <p>Abstract, executive summary, and final
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report are available from the <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National Technical Information
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Service</a> (NTIS accession no.
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PB97-197123; 40 pp, $21.50 paper, $10.00 microfiche).</p><p>
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<strong>Quality of Life Subscale for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients.</strong> Anthony J. Grisinger, M.A.,
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University of Texas, Houston, TX. AHCPR grant HS08421, project period 9/30/94 to
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12/31/96.</p>
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<p>The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-End of Life (FACT-EOL) was developed to assess
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the quality of life of cancer patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less. Phase one of this
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study identified the major concerns of 74 terminally ill cancer patients (breast, lung, colorectal,
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renal cell, and prostate cancer) at the University of Texass M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and
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the Hospice at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. In phase two, 120 patients rated the
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importance of their concerns for quality of life. In phase three, 356 patients were interviewed to
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determine the subscales reliability and sensitivity to change in clinical status. Patients who scored
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lower in functional status had lower scores in the spiritual, existential, social/family, and emotional
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domains and higher scores in the symptom domain. The results of this study support use of the
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FACT-EOL in assessing quality of life and the outcomes of palliative treatment for terminally ill
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cancer patients.</p> <p>Abstract and executive summary of dissertation are available from the <a
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href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National
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Technical Information Service </a>(NTIS accession no. PB97-200141; 13 pp, $19.50 paper,
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$10.00
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microfiche).</p><p>
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<strong>Twelve-Hour Observation Unit Diagnosis of Tuberculosis.</strong> Daniel Murphy, M.D.,
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University
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of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. AHCPR grant HS08427, project period 9/30/94 to
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9/29/96.</p>
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<p>This study compared the predictive value of direct microscopic detection of tuberculosis (TB)
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using three serial sputum samples obtained within 12 hours in an emergency department
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observation unit (EDOU) versus three early morning sputum samples obtained during consecutive
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hospital days. The researchers also examined the accuracy of a standardized clinical assessment
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obtained in the ED in predicting the diagnosis of active TB. And finally, they compared the
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sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis of TB in the EDOU versus an inpatient isolation unit
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and assessed the capability of the EDOU to rapidly identify new TB cases. Eighty-seven patients,
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aged 16 to 87, were seen in a municipal inner-city hospital ED and admitted to an isolation bed
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with possible active TB. The study group was 86 percent male, 79 percent black, and 35 percent
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HIV-positive. All patients had active symptoms, a positive chest x-ray, and a decision to admit
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and isolate made by an ED physician and corroborated by a pulmonary medicine consultant.
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Sputum was collected at times 0 hours, 4 hours, and 8 hours after EDOU presentation and again
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in the morning of the following 3 days.</p>
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<p>A standardized historical data collection form was completed and a PPD/anergy battery was
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placed. All samples were evaluated independently in a blinded manner. Twenty-eight patients (32
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percent) had sputum positive for TB, and eight patients (9 percent) had sputum positive for a
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pathogen other than TB. There was no difference in sensitivity, specificity, or predictive values
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between the 12-hour EDOU sampling method and inpatient methods in detecting TB; use of the
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EDOU method could permit more precise indications for hospitalization and the use of respiratory
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isolation beds.</p> <p>Abstract, executive summary, and final report are available from the <a
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href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/order.htm#ntis">National
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Technical Information Service</a> (NTIS accession no. PB97-200158; 16 pp, $19.50 paper,
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$10.00 microfiche).</p>
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<a name="head3"></a><h2>AHCPR funds new studies</h2>
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<p>The following new grants and National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowships were funded
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recently by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Readers are reminded that the
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results of studies usually are not available or published until a project is completed or nearing
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completion. </p>
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<p><strong>Research Projects</strong></p><p>
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<strong>Efficacy of telemedicine colposcopy</strong><br />
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Project director: Daron G. Ferris, M.D.<br />
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Organization: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS08814<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/39/00<br />
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First year funding: $203,328</p>
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<p><strong>Optimal timing of liver transplantation</strong><br />
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Project director: Mark S. Roberts, M.D.<br />
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Organization: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09694<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/00<br />
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First year funding: $442,837</p>
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<p><strong>Conference Grant</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Acute pain dissemination conference</strong><br />
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Project director: Julie Morath, M.S.<br />
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Organization: Allina Health System, Minneapolis, MN<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09547<br />
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Period: 9/1/97 to 3/31/98<br />
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Funding: $15,000</p>
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<p><strong>Dissertation Grants</strong></p><p>
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<strong>Fetal and infant mortality review: Health policy tool</strong><br />
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Project director: Christine M. Layton, M.P.H.<br />
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Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09671<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $29,934</p>
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<p><strong>Impact of data collection mode on low-literacy subjects</strong><br />
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Project director: Cathy A. Coyne, M.P.H.<br />
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Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09693<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $31,622</p>
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<p><strong>Small Project Grants</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Alternative approaches for evaluation of fever in injection drug users</strong><br />
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Project director: Richard E. Rothman<br />
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Organization: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09555<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 3/30/99<br />
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Funding: $62,500</p>
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<p><strong>Analysis of micro costs of coronary artery bypass grafting</strong><br />
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Project director: Chuan-Fen Liu, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: Center for Health Economics Research, Waltham, MA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09559<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/39/98<br />
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Funding: $64,401</p>
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<p><strong>Assessing match in child-clinician communications</strong><br />
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Project director: Charles W. Kalish, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09556<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $72,000</p>
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<p><strong>Assessing outcomes of dental care with claims data</strong><br />
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Project director: Stephen A. Eklund, Dr.P.H.<br />
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Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09554<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/99<br />
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Funding: $36,185</p>
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<p><strong>Computer system to support Alzheimer's decisionmaking</strong><br />
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Project director: David H. Gustafson, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09567<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $71,568</p>
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<p><strong>Consumer evaluation of health care</strong><br />
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Project director: Gordon G. Bechtel, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: Florida Research Institute, Gainesville, FL<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09550<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $39,974</p>
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<p><strong>Evaluation of a home and community-based waiver for persons with AIDS</strong><br />
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Project director: Jean M. Mitchell, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: Georgetown University, Washington, DC<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09560<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $80,500 </p>
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<p><strong>Evaluation of performance measures for predictive models</strong><br />
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Project director: John L. Griffith, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: New England Medical Center, Boston, MA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09561<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $79,858</p>
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<p><strong>Financial burden of health care costs for the elderly</strong><br />
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Project director: Stephen Crystal, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09566<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $78,500</p>
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<p><strong>Hospital use and costs by children with asthma, 1988-1994</strong><br />
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Project director: John Richard Meurer, M.D.<br />
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Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09564<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $75,000</p>
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<p><strong>National alternative medicine ambulatory care survey</strong><br />
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Project director: Daniel C. Cherkin, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09565<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/99<br />
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First year funding: $53,276</p>
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<p><strong>Outcomes and costs of inpatient antidepressant drugs</strong><br />
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Project director: Deborah L. Ackerman, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: University of California, Los Angeles, CA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09551<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/30/99<br />
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First year funding: $55,966</p>
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<p><strong>Racial disparities in quality of nursing home care</strong><br />
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Project director: Sally Zierler, Dr.P.H.<br />
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Organization: Brown University, Providence, RI<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09552<br />
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Period: 9/29/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $79,986</p>
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<p><strong>Using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to profile surgeon efficiency</strong><br />
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Project director: Jon A. Chilingerian, Ph.D.<br />
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Organization: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA<br />
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Project number: AHCPR grant HS09562<br />
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Period: 9/30/97 to 9/29/98<br />
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Funding: $59,577</p>
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<p><strong>NRSA Fellowships</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Patterns of care and outcomes for colon cancer</strong><br />
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Fellow: Maria R. Ferreira, M.D.<br />
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Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL<br />
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Sponsor: Charles L. Bennett<br />
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Project number: F32 HS00125<br />
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Period: 1-year fellowship<br />
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Funding: $32,200</p>
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<p><strong>Quality of life in patients with emphysema</strong><br />
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Fellow: Roger D. Yusen, M.D.<br />
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Organization: Washington University, St. Louis, MO<br />
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Sponsor: Benjamin Littenberg<br />
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Project number: F32 HS00124<br />
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Period: 1-year fellowship<br />
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Funding: $36,300</p>
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<a name="head4"></a><h1>Research Briefs</h1>
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<a name="head5"></a><p><strong>Dal Pan, G.J., Skolasky, R.L., and Moore, R.D. (1997, July). "The impact
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of neurologic
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disease on hospitalizations related to human immunodeficiency virus infection in Maryland
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1991-1992." (AHCPR grant HS07809). <em>Archives of Neurology</em> 54, pp. 846-852.</strong></p><p>
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Most neurologic complications occur in the advanced stages of HIV infection, usually after
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the
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person has already developed full-blown AIDS and AIDS-related illnesses. These HIV-related
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neurologic diseases, which range from primary lymphoma of the brain and dementia to
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encephalitis and psychosis, increase the length of hospital stay and total hospital charges for
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patients with AIDS. According to this study, 14 percent of 6,013 AIDS-related hospitalizations
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were associated with neurologic disease as a primary or secondary diagnosis. After controlling for
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age, sex, race, and stage of HIV infection, the presence of neurologic disease significantly
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increased the length of hospital stay by 3.3 days for all HIV-seropositive patients and 5 days for
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persons with AIDS and increased total charges by $2,552 and $1,500, respectively. These findings
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are based on data from HIV-related hospitalizations from all acute, non-Federal hospitals in
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Maryland in 1991 and 1992.</p>
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<a name="head6"></a><p><strong>Messeri, P., Workman, S., Sanders, C., and Francis, C. (1997). "The
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application of
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meta-analysis in assessing racial differences in the effects of antihypertensive medication."
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(AHCPR grant HS07399). <em>Journal of the National Medical Association</em> 89(7), pp.
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477-485.</strong></p><p>
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Meta-analysis of clinical studies is an important and common technique for synthesizing
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research
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findings. In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis on the use of meta-analysis not only to
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summarize the central tendency of findings, but also to explain variation between studies. These
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researchers used meta-analysis of the antihypertensive efficacy of calcium channel blockers to
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illustrate how a comparative analysis can be applied to investigate racial variation in the effects of
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calcium channel blockers. They found a significant trend between the proportion of black
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hypertensive subjects and the mean reduction in blood pressure. The researchers also applied
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meta-analytic techniques to explore possible confounders due to differences in research design
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and patient characteristics. </p>
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