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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<h2>October 2006, No. 314</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<p><a href="1006about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
<h3>Feature Story</h3>
<p><a href="1006RA1.htm">Organizational silence threatens patient safety</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA2.htm">Patient Safety and Quality</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA2.htm">Perceptions of teamwork in hospital labor and delivery units
depend on caregiver role and the unit environment</a> <br />
<a href="1006RA3.htm">Learning collaboratives are a potentially effective way to improve the quality of care delivered by pediatric practices</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA4.htm">Child/Adolescent Health</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA4.htm">Use of pediatric hospitalists decreases
hospital costs and stays without adversely affecting clinicians or parents</a><br />
<a href="1006RA5.htm">Rural children with special health care needs are more likely
than their urban counterparts to lack needed dental care</a><br />
<a href="1006RA6.htm">Maternal psychological distress and infrequent use of seat belts are associated with children's low use of motor vehicle restraints</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA7.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA7.htm">Teriparatide alone is less cost-effective than alendronate alone for the treatment of women with severe osteoporosis</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA8.htm">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA8.htm">Elderly patients whose physicians are white or have urban
practices are more likely to use antidepressants</a><br />
<a href="1006RA9.htm">Severity of illness and rural location affect the willingness of elderly people to travel longer distances to the hospital</a><br />
<a href="1006RA10.htm">Prescription drug benefits limits for Medicare beneficiaries are associated with less use of prescription drugs, worse clinical outcomes, and higher hospitalization costs</a><br />
<a href="1006RA11.htm">Greater competition among health plans is linked to more
advertising that targets healthier patients</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA12.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA12.htm">Studies examine the effectiveness, safety, and feasibility of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation</a><br />
<a href="1006RA13.htm">Talc should be the agent of choice when treating fluid buildup
around the lungs from advanced cancer</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA14.htm">Acute Care/Hospitalization</a></h3>
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<a href="1006RA14.htm">Patients with more chronic conditions increase hospital costs</a><br />
<a href="1006RA15.htm">Study details the prevalence of and deaths from the most common pulmonary fungal infections in immunocompetent people</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA16.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA16.htm">Less than half of parents infected with HIV tell their children about the diagnosis</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA17.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA17.htm">Medical malpractice laws capping damage payments appear to
lower State health care expenditures by 3 to 4 percent</a><br />
<a href="1006RA18.htm">Over half of compensation for medical malpractice claims goes
toward administrative expenses</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA19.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA19.htm">U.S. hospital bill is approaching $800 billion</a><br />
<a href="1006RA20.htm">Over half of Hispanics who are not U.S. citizens are uninsured</a></p>
<h3><a href="1006RA21.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
<p><a href="1006RA21.htm">Heart attack risks and pain relief are similar for most
osteoarthritis drugs</a><br />
<a href="1006RA22.htm">New evidence report finds most genomic tests to identify or
treat ovarian cancer have not shown clinical value</a><br />
<a href="1006RA24.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 06-0071<br />Current as of October 2006</em></p>
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