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<h2>October 2005, No. 302</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="1005about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA01.htm">AHRQ awards over $22.3 million in health information technology implementation grants</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA02.htm">Health Information Technology</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA02.htm">Study investigates PDA software applications that can optimize medication safety</a> <br />
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<a href="1005RA03.htm">Using a computerized kiosk during emergency treatment for children's asthma improves medication information</a> <br />
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<a href="1005RA04.htm">Computerized guidelines for reactive airway disease do not affect care delivery or outcomes</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA05.htm">Chronic Diseases and Conditions</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA05.htm">Studies examine diabetes hospitalizations and death, diabetes self-management outcomes, and undiagnosed diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA06.htm">Telephone advice on how to manage eating behavior can improve adherence to a cholesterol-lowering diet</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA07.htm">Keeping more medical appointments and taking medication as directed helps patients with diabetes control blood sugar levels</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA08.htm">Primary care programs with certain characteristics are more likely to help patients improve diabetes control</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA09.htm">Arthritis accounts for a substantial number of hospital admissions each year</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA10.htm">Osteoarthritis impairs recovery from stroke</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA11.htm">Screening and treatment for osteoporosis remains low among patients taking glucocorticoids</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA12.htm">Knowledge and beliefs about lifestyle changes may contribute to ethnic differences in blood pressure control</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA13.htm">Study identifies factors contributing to more surgical complications among black patients</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA14.htm">Both maternal and paternal ethnicity affect preeclampsia rates</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA15.htm">Black women experience more asthma problems during pregnancy</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA16.htm">White patients are more likely than black patients to receive opioids to relieve chronic nonmalignant pain</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA17.htm">Child/Adolescent Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA17.htm">Parents are more satisfied when doctors prescribe antibiotics for their child's cough or cold symptoms</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA18.htm">Mental health problems among children with special health care needs and their caregivers are barriers to care</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA19.htm">Two factors predict risk for suicide attempts in youths referred for emergency psychiatric hospitalization</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA20.htm">Patient Safety and Quality</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA20.htm">One percent of Americans visit doctors each year to manage health problems caused by medication</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA21.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA21.htm">Women who smoke have nearly twice the risk of developing Graves' hyperthyroidism than nonsmokers</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA22.htm">Elective primary cesarean delivery rates show a rising trend</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA23.htm">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA23.htm">Older and minority elderly are less willing to travel to distant hospitals for care</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA24.htm">Psychotherapy is not commonly used to treat older adults
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with depression</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA25.htm">Nursing home expenditures are sensitive to market competition and excess demand conditions</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA26.htm">Access to Care/Health Care Delivery</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA26.htm">Greater access to primary care may reduce emergency department use</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA27.htm">Level of HMO penetration in a hospital's market affects the relationships between nurse staffing, length of stay, and mortality</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA28.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA28.htm">The type of dialysis used by patients with end-stage renal disease may affect their survival</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA29.htm">Complementary and Alternative Medicine</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA29.htm">Study highlights the training and practices of licensed acupuncturists</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA30.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA30.htm">Study explores women's attitudes and barriers to acceptance of an HIV vaccine</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA31.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA31.htm">Medicare expenditures among residents of assisted living facilities are similar to those of community-dwelling elderly</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA32.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA32.htm">Mary L. Grady, managing editor of <em>Research Activities</em>, retires after 31 years of government service</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA33.htm">AHRQ launches new Effective Health Care Program to compare medical treatments and help put proven treatments into practice</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA34.htm">New AHRQ booklet explains breast cancer surgery options in Spanish</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA35.htm">New brochure helps people find information and support following a medical diagnosis</a></p>
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<h3><a href="1005RA36.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="1005RA36.htm">New grants process at AHRQ</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA37.htm">New HCUP tool for classifying mental health and substance abuse diagnoses is now available</a><br />
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<a href="1005RA39.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 05-0107<br />Current as of October 2005</em></p>
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