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<h2>October 2004, No. 290</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="1004RA1.htm">AHRQ and its partners launch new tools to help combat childhood obesity</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA2.htm">Women's/Children's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA2.htm">Quality-of-life benefits of short-term hormone therapy may outweigh the risks for some menopausal women</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA3.htm">After more than 20 years, quality of life is similar for women who had a hysterectomy or went through natural menopause</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA4.htm">Prolonged <em>Candida</em> infections in children with central venous catheters can lead to bloodstream and internal organ infections</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA5.htm">Instruments that measure the health status of children need to account for the impact of race, ethnicity, and income on health</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA6.htm">Primary Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA6.htm">Doctors can use conversational techniques during an illness visit to create an opportunity to deliver preventive care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA7.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA7.htm">Higher volume in trauma centers does not necessarily correlate with improved survival of trauma victims</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA8.htm">Short-term symptoms of urinary or other dysfunction after brachytherapy for prostate cancer may indicate long-term outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA9.htm">Doubling of PSA blood levels after prostate cancer treatment is linked with an increased risk of death from prostate cancer</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA10.htm">Researchers examine use of emergency care and depression-related disability among adults with diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA11.htm">Parents are willing to travel to distant hospitals to achieve a better outcome following pediatric cardiac surgery</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA12.htm">Computerized information systems prompt monitoring tests and medication adjustment that can improve diabetes care and outcomes</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA13.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA13.htm">Potentially inappropriate drugs are commonly prescribed for elderly outpatients</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA14.htm">More effective and convenient medications for osteoporosis have increased recognition and treatment of the disease</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA15.htm">Health Care Delivery</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA15.htm">Use of mechanical ventilation in adult noncardiac surgery patients increased in Ontario during the 1990s</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA16.htm">Testing for hypercoagulable disorders in patients with deep vein thrombosis followed by 2 years of anticoagulation is cost effective</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA17.htm">Participants in a community-based mind-body training program report moderate improvements in quality of life after 3 months</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA18.htm">Quality/Patient Safety</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA18.htm">Very little of the variation in quality of diabetes care is explained by practice factors</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA19.htm">Daily visit volume is similar for dying patients receiving hospice care in nursing homes and in the community</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA20.htm">Extended work shifts, common among nurses, substantially increases the likelihood of medical errors</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA21.htm">Physicians say they favor disclosure of medical errors to patients and families, but disclosure often does not occur</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA22.htm">Mental Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA22.htm">Cognitive testing can indicate when patients with Alzheimer's disease may lose the ability to make medical decisions</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA23.htm">Latinos benefit more than whites from psychotherapy-based quality improvement for depression, and they have lower costs for care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA24.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA24.htm">Over the period 1963-2000, per person spending on health care grew most rapidly among those aged 65 and older</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA25.htm">CHIRI™ study finds that SCHIP benefits low-income children, and vulnerable children share in the improvements</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA26.htm">Medicare drug benefits with high out-of-pocket costs might not be effective for low-income beneficiaries with chronic diseases</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA27.htm">Large firms are more likely to offer health insurance plans with high quality ratings</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA28.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA28.htm">New grants and contracts will help improve patient safety and quality of care</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA29.htm">New AHRQ Senior Nurse Scholar-in-Residence now on board</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1004RA30.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1004RA30.htm">AHRQ publishes new evidence reports on treatment for extremely obese individuals and other topics</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA31.htm">New guide now available for using AHRQ's Quality Indicators for hospital quality reporting and payment</a><br />
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<a href="1004RA32.htm">Grant final reports now available from NTIS</a></p>
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<p><a href="1004RA34.htm">Research Briefs</strong></a></p> <p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 05-0008<br />Current as of October 2004</em></p>
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