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<a name="head2"></a><h2>AHCPR funds new projects</h2>
<p>The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research has awarded new
research and conference grants, as described below. Please note
that investigators generally do not publish findings until a
study has ended or is nearing completion. </p>
<h3>Research Grants/Cooperative Agreements</h3>
<p>
<strong>Adult global quality assessment tool</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: RAND<br />
Santa Monica, CA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09463<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $499,999
</p>
<p><strong>Analysis of physician referrals of Medicare patients</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Bruce C. Stuart, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Pennsylvania State University<br />
University Park, PA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09439<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $193,036</p>
<p>
<strong>Clinical performance measures for dental care plans</strong><br />Prin. investigator: James D. Bader, D.D.S.<br />
Organization: University of North Carolina<br />
Chapel Hill, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09453<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $156,551
</p>
<p><strong>Computerized decision support for posttransplant care</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Keith M. Sullivan, M.D.<br />
Organization: Fred Hutchinson Cancer<br />
Research Center<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09407<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $494,552</p>
<p>
<strong>Couples' preferences for prostate cancer screening</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Robert J. Volk, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of Texas<br />
Galveston, TX<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08992<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $307,637
</p>
<p><strong>Depression care using computerized decision support</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Bruce L. Rollman, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Pittsburgh<br />
Pittsburgh, PA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09421<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $197,643</p>
<p>
<strong>Developing and testing asthma quality of care measures</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Yvonne M. Coyle, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Texas<br />
Southwestern Medical Center<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09461<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $262,796
</p>
<p><strong>Dissemination of guidelines for pneumonia length<br />
of stay</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Michael J. Fine, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Pittsburgh<br />
Pittsburgh, PA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08282<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $366,755</p>
<p>
<strong>Economics of spend-down to Medicaid</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Edward C. Norton, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of North Carolina<br />
Chapel Hill, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09515<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $196,831
</p>
<p><strong>Effective organization of adolescent health services</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Jonathan D. Klein, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Rochester<br />
School of Medicine,<br />
Rochester, NY<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08192<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $158,929</p>
<p><strong>Evaluating computer decision support for preventive care</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Stephen M. Downs, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of North Carolina <br />
Chapel Hill, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09507<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $359,150
</p>
<p><strong>Family linkages supporting hyperbilirubinemia guidelines</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Charles Jay Homer, M.D.<br />
Organization: Children's Hospital<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09390<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $263,836</p>
<p><strong>Functional outcomes in patients with hip fractures</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Albert L. Siu, M.D<br />
Organization: Mount Sinai Medical Center<br />
New York, NY<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09459<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/01<br />
First year funding: $498,386</p>
<p><strong>Health education in an HMO: Effectiveness and efficiency</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D<br />
Organization: SUNY at Albany<br />
Albany, NY<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08641<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/00<br />
First year funding: $306,125</p>
<p><strong>Hysterectomy and dysfunctional uterine bleeding</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Sarah E. Fowler, Ph.D<br />
Organization: Henry Ford Health<br />
Sciences Center<br />
Detroit, MI<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09502<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/01<br />
First year funding: $717,878</p>
<p><strong>Interactive, guideline-based decision support on the Web</strong><br />Prin. investigator: David F. Lobach, M.D., Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Duke University Medical Center<br />
Durham, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09436<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $281,527</p>
<p>
<strong>Managed care and the primary-specialty care interface</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Barbara Starfield, M.D.<br />
Organization: Johns Hopkins University<br />
Baltimore, MD<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09377<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $413,066</p>
<p><strong>Measuring quality by achievable benchmarks of care (ABC)</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Catarina I. Kiefe, M.D., Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of Alabama<br />
Birmingham, AL<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09446<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/01<br />
First year funding: $342,179</p>
<p><strong>Medicine or surgery?</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Stephen B. Hulley, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of California<br />
San Francisco, CA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09478<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/01<br />
First year funding: $1,203,899
</p>
<p><strong>Nephrologist care and outcomes in renal insufficiency</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Jerome L. Avorn, M.D.<br />
Organization: Brigham &amp; Women's Hospital<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09398<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $332,047</p>
<p>
<strong>Office systems to improve preventive care for children</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Peter A. Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of North Carolina<br />
Chapel Hill, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08509<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/00<br />
First year funding: $485,945
</p>
<p><strong>Ongoing development and evaluation of HEDIS measures</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.<br />
Organization: Harvard Medical School<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09473<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $637,046</p>
<p><strong>Outcomes of lower respiratory infection in nursing home
residents</strong><br />Prin. investigator: David R. Mehr, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Missouri<br />
Columbia, MO<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08551<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $833,818
</p>
<p><strong>Pediatric asthma care PORT-II</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Kevin B. Weiss, M.D.<br />
Organization: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's<br />
Medical Center<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08368<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/30/01<br />
First year funding: $1,280,636</p>
<p><strong>Patterns of referral and care for children on Medicaid</strong><br />Prin. investigator: James M. Perrin, M.D.<br />
Organization: Massachusetts General Hospital<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09416<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $125,229</p>
<p><strong>Prevention and competing demands in primary care practice</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Benjamin F. Crabtree, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of Nebraska <br />
Medical Center<br />
Omaha, NE<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08776<br />
Period: 9/30/96 TO 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $439,209</p>
<p><strong>Quality of care measures for cardiovascular patients</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Barbara J. McNeil, M.D., Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Harvard Medical School<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09487<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/01<br />
First year funding: $762,237
</p>
<p><strong>Quality outcomes in subacute and home care programs</strong><br />Prin. investigator: John N. Morris, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center <br />
for the Aged<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09455<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/30/99<br />
First year funding: $350,679</p>
<p>
<strong>Referrals in primary care</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Peter Franks, M.S.<br />
Organization: Primary Care Institute<br />
Rochester, NY<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09397<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/30/98<br />
First year funding: $236,350
</p>
<p><strong>Right heart catheterization: Outcomes and effectiveness</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Alfred F. Connors, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Virginia<br />
Charlottesville, VA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09518<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $372,612</p>
<p><strong>Specialty care in closed vs. open access HMOs</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Jose Escarce, M.D<br />
Organization: University of Pennsylvania<br />
Philadelphia, PA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09414<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $367,635</p>
<p><strong>Specialty referrals among California physician groups</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Joseph V. Selby, M.D.<br />
Organization: Kaiser Permanente<br />
Oakland, CA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09372<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $392,340</p>
<p>
<strong>State service contingent programs for health providers</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Donald E. Pathman, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of North Carolina<br />
Chapel Hill, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09165<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $203,763</p>
<p><strong>Strategies for care of the very-low-birthweight infant</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Nigel S. Paneth, M.D.<br />
Organization: Michigan State University<br />
East Lansing, MI<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08385<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/99<br />
First year funding: $464,053</p>
<p><strong>Surgical treatment outcomes project for dysfunctional uterine
bleeding</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Kay Dickersin, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of Maryland<br />
Baltimore, MD<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09506<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/01<br />
First year funding: $1,377,005
</p>
<p><strong>Unmet need and use of vision care by Medicare
beneficiaries</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Carol Mangione, M.D.<br />
Organization: UCLA School of Medicine<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09424<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $352,177</p>
<p>
<strong>Value of future health and preventive health behavior</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Gretchen B. Chapman, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Rutgers, State University<br />
of New Jersey<br />
New Brunswick, NJ<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09519<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $194,913</p>
<h3>Small Grants</h3>
<p><strong>Alternative therapies for back pain: A randomized trial</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Daniel C. Cherkin, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Group Health Cooperative<br />
of Puget Sound<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09351<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $63,969
</p>
<p><strong>Assessment of functional health status among elderly
Chinese</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Xinhua Steve Ren, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: New England Medical Center<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09352<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $80,535</p>
<p>
<strong>Developing an ongoing collaboration with Vanderbilt</strong><br />Prin. investigator: P. Anthony Chapdelaine, M.D.<br />
Organization: Metropolitan Nashville/<br />
Davidson County Health <br />
Department<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09359<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $34,902
</p>
<p><strong>Effects of Medicaid policy on dentist participation</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Michelle L. Mayer, B.S.C.N.<br />
Organization: University of North Carolina<br />
Chapel Hill, NC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09330<br />
Period: 9/1/96 to 8/31/97<br />
Funding: $31,808</p>
<p>
<strong>Evaluation of ischemic heart disease in Monroe County</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Alvin I. Mushlin, M.D.<br />
Organization: University of Rochester<br />
Rochester, NY<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09358<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $39,481
</p>
<p><strong>Flexible spending accounts and health insurance
decisionmaking</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Matthew L. Maciejewski, B.S.<br />
Organization: University of Minnesota<br />
Minneapolis, MN<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09341<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $29,662</p>
<p>
<strong>Integrated care pathway for venous thromboembolism</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Brenda K. Zierler, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of Washington<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09348<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 2/28/98<br />
First year funding: $49,005
</p>
<p><strong>Massachusetts General Hospital/City of Chelsea asthma
collaborative</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Elisha Atkins, M.D.<br />
Organization: General Hospital Corporation<br />
Revere, MA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09357<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $25,199</p>
<p>
<strong>Model of the RN labor supply in Western New York</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Carol S. Brewer, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: SUNY at Buffalo<br />
Buffalo, NY<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09353<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $51,210
</p>
<p><strong>Ownership and the behavior of women's health centers</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Amal J. Khoury, M.P.H.<br />
Organization: Johns Hopkins School of Public<br />
Health and Hygiene<br />
Baltimore, MD<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09328<br />
Period: 9/1/96 to 8/31/97<br />
Funding: $27,315</p>
<p>
<strong>Patterns of care and costs among TMD patients in an HMO</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Alex B. White, D.D.S.<br />
Organization: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals<br />
Portland, OR<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09347<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/98<br />
First year funding: $40,763
</p>
<p><strong>Predicting physicians' medical malpractice experience</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Derek Anthony Weycker, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Wayne State University<br />
Detroit, MI<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09340<br />
Period: 9/1/96 to 8/31/97<br />
Funding: $32,400</p>
<p>
<strong>State anti-divestiture programs and their effectiveness</strong><br />Prin. investigator: John A. Nyman, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: University of Minnesota<br />
Minneapolis, MN<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS08171<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 5/30/97<br />
Funding: $73,310
</p>
<p><strong>System performance and quality of care of elderly trauma
patients</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, M.D.<br />
Organization: Johns Hopkins University<br />
Baltimore, MD<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09343<br />
Period: 9/1/96 TO 8/31/97<br />
Funding: $31,102</p>
<h3>Conference Grants</h3>
<p><strong>AAMC HSR institute for minority faculty</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Herbert W. Nickens, M.D.<br />
Organization: Association of American<br />
Medical Colleges<br />
Washington, DC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09262<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/00<br />
First year funding: $219,304</p>
<p><strong>Communicating with patients about technology choices</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Jeffrey Charles Lerner, Ph.D.<br />
Organization: Emergency Care Research<br />
Institute<br />
Plymouth Meeting, PA<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09354<br />
Period: 9/30/96 TO 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $50,000</p>
<p>
<strong>Conference for breast cancer patients</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Robert A. Barnett, M.D.<br />
Organization: International Cancer Alliance<br />
Bethesda, MD<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09355<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $10,420
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<p><strong>Forum on self-care and demand management</strong><br />Prin. investigator: Jordan H. Richland, M.P.H.<br />
Organization: Partnership for Prevention<br />
Washington, DC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09356<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 5/30/97<br />
First year funding: $49,845</p>
<p><strong>Workshop on community-based quality improvement</strong><br />Prin. investigator: David Brian Lee, M.A.<br />
Organization: Center for Clinical Quality<br />
Evaluation<br />
Washington, DC<br />
Project no: AHCPR grant HS09360<br />
Period: 9/30/96 to 9/29/97<br />
Funding: $49,885 </p>
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