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<h2>October 2008, No. 338</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="/research/resactabout.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA1.htm">New tool helps hospitals evaluate disaster drills</a>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA2.htm">Study provides new evidence linking antidepressants and risk of suicide in depressed children and adolescents</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA3.htm">Children with asthma have more prescriptions filled when their health plans notify their doctors after a serious episode</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA4.htm">Use of corticosteroids along with antibiotics for children with bacterial meningitis may not affect outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA5.htm">Guidelines for treating ear infections imply greater willingness to treat children older than 2 years with antibiotics</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA6.htm">Head Start classrooms have lower-than-expected allergen concentrations</a>
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<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA7.htm">Higher education among American Indian elders increases their likelihood of engaging in physical activity</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA8.htm">Education by mail is as effective as in-class training for Korean-Americans with high blood pressure</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA9.htm">Race influences participation of companions in cancer consultations</a>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA10.htm">Automated E-mail system helps identify adverse drug events</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA11.htm">No single formula may work to improve quality of care through collaborations of community health centers</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA12.htm">Better admissions data challenges the validity of some patient safety indicators</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA13.htm">Faster new drug review is linked to more adverse drug reactions</a>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA14.htm">Women sexually abused by partners have worse health than never abused women, even years after the abuse has stopped</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA15.htm">Gender discrimination is linked to mammogram nonadherence in affluent women</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA16.htm">Success rates for vaginal births after cesareans differ depending on whether the mother has certain conditions</a>
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<h3>Men's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA17.htm">Men don't accurately perceive their risk of stroke due to their high blood pressure</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA18.htm">Task Force says men age 75 and older should not be screened for prostate cancer</a>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA19.htm">Study finds no differences in morphine's pain relief between women and men</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA20.htm">The impact of drug formularies and other approaches to improve medication use in managed care needs more study</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA21.htm">Patients receiving free pharmaceutical samples have higher out-of-pocket prescription costs</a>
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<h3>Health Care Costs and Financing</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA22.htm">U.S. government spending on health care for seniors was five times that spent for children in 2002</a>
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<a href="1008RA23.htm">Most rural hospitals need financial assistance in adopting health information systems</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA24.htm">Patient perceptions of office visit copayments alter care-seeking behaviors</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA25.htm">The gap between charges and payments for emergency department pediatric visits widened between 1996 and 2003</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA26.htm">One-third of health center CEOs view health disparities collaboratives as negatively affecting centers' finances</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA27.htm">Quality improvement endeavors often fail to cover their costs</a>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA28.htm">Fatigue effects during the night shift should be considered when designing work-rest schedules for clinicians</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA29.htm">Hospitals use rhythm- and rate-control strategies for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation equally</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA30.htm">Suspected heart attack patients triaged to noncardiology and cardiology units fare equally well short-term</a>
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<h3>Chronic Disease</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA31.htm">A standing order to perform finger-stick HbA1c tests on patients with diabetes reduces patient blood sugar levels</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA32.htm">Almost 9 in 10 adults may be overweight or obese by 2030</a>
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<h3>Primary Care Research</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA33.htm">Clinical distractions and care continuity affect antihypertensive treatment for patients with diabetes and hypertension</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA34.htm">The doctor-patient relationship is strengthened when patients see themselves as similar to their physicians</a>
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<h3>HIV/AIDS Research</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA35.htm">Pharmacy refills for antiretroviral drugs have advantages over T-cell counts for monitoring HIV disease progression</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA36.htm">Inability to trace patients with HIV disease receiving HAART may lead to global overestimation of survival rates</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA37.htm">Quality of hospital HIV care is similar regardless of physician HIV experience or hospitalist status</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA38.htm">Medical clinic structure influences use of mental health and substance abuse care by persons with HIV disease</a>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA39.htm">Children are hospitalized less often for asthma but more have the disease</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA40.htm">Health insurance premiums have more than doubled since 1996</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA41.htm">Rare forms of meningitis more deadly than viral meningitis</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA42.htm">Workers at small companies are less likely to kick in cash for health coverage</a>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA43.htm">AHRQ requests planning ideas for new innovations research portfolio</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA44.htm">2007 HCUP Statewide data is now available</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA45.htm">Updated report with national statistics on hospital stays—<em>HCUP Facts and Figures, 2006</em>—is available</a>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="1008RA46.htm">Research Briefs</a><br />
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<a href="1008RA47.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 09-RA001<br />
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Current as of October 2008</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><b>Internet Citation:</b></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. October 2008, No. 338. AHRQ Publication No. 09-RA001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/oct08/</p>
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