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<h1><em>Research Activities</em></h1>
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<h2>October 1997, No. 209</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="ra1.htm#head2">New EKG add-on could reduce deaths from heart attack</a></p>
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<h3>Departments</h3>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head3">Research on Heart Disease</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head4">Study reaffirms link between angioplasty outcomes and hospital and physician experience</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head5">More women than men die in the hospital after a heart attack, but
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experts disagree about the reasons for this disparity</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head6">Beta-blockers reduce deaths from congestive heart failure</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head7">Cardiologists and internists disagree about the risks associated with frequently performed cardiac procedures</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra1.htm#head8">Medical Effectiveness/Outcomes Research</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head9">Low Birthweight PORT publishes recent finding</a><br />
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<a href="ra1.htm#head10">Most people take more than 30 days following pneumonia to be symptom-free</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head1">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head2">Hospitals' bargaining effectiveness with health insurers has
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diminished over time</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head3">HMO copayments for emergency care don't delay people from seeking treatment for heart attack symptoms</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra2.htm#head4">Health Care Delivery</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head5">Inappropriate lab testing in the ICU remains a problem</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head6">Male and female physicians have very different patterns of communication with their pediatric patients</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head7">Greater pediatric experience generally denotes facilities that provide more appropriate care for children on dialysis</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head8">Most patients with dyspepsia credit gastrointestinal medicines or dietary changes for improvement</a><br />
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<a href="ra2.htm#head9">Continuity of care is strongly influenced by the nature of the provider-patient relationship</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head1">Preventive Health/Chronic Conditions</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head2">Screening more people for cancer may mean less frequent
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screening for certain cancers</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head3">Improvements are needed in the provision of preventive health services</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head4">Age, weight, and back injury influence the likelihood of chronic back disability</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head5">Medical Informatics</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head6">Patient confidentiality must be safeguarded before life-saving information can be transmitted via the Internet</a><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head7">Barriers continue to hinder integration of medical technology into home health care</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra3.htm#head8">Special Populations</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra3.htm#head9">Stressful life events linked with use of drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes by poor women during pregnancy</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra4.htm#head1">Announcements</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra4.htm#head2">AHCPR and AAHPF issue RFA for studies on quality of care for chronic disease in managed care</a><br />
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<a href="ra4.htm#head3">New publications available from AHCPR</a><br />
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<a href="ra4.htm#head4">AHCPR funds new projects</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="ra5.htm#head1">Research Briefs</a></strong><br />
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<a href="ra5.htm#head2">Defining primary care: Empirical analysis of the
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national ambulatory medical care survey</a><br />
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<a href="ra5.htm#head3">Dollars may not buy as many QALYs as we think: A
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problem with defining quality-of-life adjustments</a><br />
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<a href="ra5.htm#head4">An invitational workshop on collaboration between quality improvement organizations and business coalitions</a><br />
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<a href="ra5.htm#head5">Assessing the validity of the SF-36 general health
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survey</a><br />
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<a href="ra5.htm#head6">Measuring casemix, severity, and complexity in geriatric patients undergoing rehabilitation</a><br />
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<a href="ra5.htm#head7">Impairment-specific dimensions
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within the functional independence measure</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of October 1997</em></p>
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