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<p>This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: <a href="https://info.ahrq.gov/">https://info.ahrq.gov</a>. Let us know the nature of the problem, the Web address of what you want, and your contact information. </p>
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<h2>October 1996, No. 197</h2>
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<h2>Contents </h2>
<p><a href="about.htm">About Research
Activities</a></p>
<h3>Feature Story</h3><p><a
href="ra1.htm#head1">Adjusting capitation
rates may not prevent discrimination against chronically ill children</a></p>
<h3>Departments</h3>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head2">Hospital
Use/Quality of Care</a></strong> <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head3">Researchers
find quality of care for asthma affects pediatric hospitalization rates in
three Northeastern communities</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head4">Computer reminders
fail to improve preventive care for hospitalized patients</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head5">Emergency department
clinicians often experience conflicted relationships with patients who are
"regulars"</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head6">Health Care
Costs and Financing</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head7">Costs of
outpatient care are cut in half when a patient sees a primary care physician
first</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head8">Nonclinical factors
may determine whether depressed patients receive specialty care</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra1.htm#head9">Recognizing
depression in primary care can avoid unnecessary tests and referrals and save
money</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head10">High
social costs found for home-based care of ventilator-assisted individuals</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head11">Patient
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra1.htm#head12">Increased
risk of preterm birth among pregnant black women may be due in part to a
higher rate of vaginal infections</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Patient Care/Clinical Decisionmaking</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head2">Oral
rehydration therapy improves outcomes for children with acute
gastroenteritis</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head3">Earlier referral to
hospice care may benefit terminally ill elderly patients</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra2.htm#head4">Electrostimulation
helps stroke patients recover muscle strength</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head5">HIV/AIDS
Research</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head6">Residency
training can improve physicians' attitudes towards treating AIDS patients</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head7">Access to Care</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra2.htm#head8">Policies that
reduce the number of minority physicians also may reduce access to health care
for poor people and minorities</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head1">Announcements</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra3.htm#head2">AHCPR funds
new projects</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head1">New publications now
available from AHCPR and NTIS</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="ra4.htm#head2">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ra4.htm#head3">The impact of
co-morbidity on life expectancy among men with localized prostate
cancer</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head4">Designing home care
benefits: The range of options and experience</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head5">Planned NLM/AHCPR
large-scale vocabulary test: Using UMLS technology to determine the extent to
which controlled vocabularies cover terminology needed for health care and
public health</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head6">Measuring health: A
guide to rating scales and questionnaires</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head7">The
awareness-to-adherence model of the steps to clinical guideline compliance:
The case of pediatric vaccine recommendations</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head8">The validity of
self-reported health-care utilization by AIDS patients</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head9">Market structure and
the role of consumer information in the physician services industry: An
empirical test</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
href="ra4.htm#head10">Intensive care unit
admissions with cirrhosis: Risk stratifying patient groups and predicting
individual survival</a></p>
<p class="size2"><em>AHCPR Publication No. 97-0003<br />
Current as of October 1996</em></p>
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