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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<h2>September 2007, No. 325</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="0907RA1.htm">Children with complex chronic conditions are more likely to die in their homes than in the hospital</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA2.htm">Parents of children with cancer are overly optimistic about a cure, but not about other outcomes of cancer therapy</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA3.htm">Medication errors are made during care for half of the children seen at rural California emergency departments</a></p>
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<h3>Disparities/Minority Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA4.htm">Perceived discrimination does not appear to affect black women's adherence to screening mammography guidelines</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA5.htm">Elderly black men are less likely than white men to seek and receive care for lower urinary tract symptoms</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA6.htm">Hospitals that operate at or over capacity are more likely to have patient safety problems</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA7.htm">Women in Medicare and private managed care plans receive worse care than men for cardiovascular disease and diabetes</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA8.htm">Women with coronary heart disease are less likely than men to use aspirin to prevent further problems</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA9.htm">A multipronged quality improvement strategy can markedly improve the quality of diabetes care and patient outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA10.htm">Outpatient medication errors are common among patients who have received liver, kidney, and/or pancreas transplants</a></p>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA11.htm">Domestic violence victims have higher health care use and costs than other women, even long after the abuse has ended</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA12.htm">Exam room reminders and physician feedback can improve screening for chlamydia in young women during preventive care visits</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA13.htm">Three clinical characteristics double the likelihood of hysterectomy for women with common noncancerous pelvic conditions</a></p>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA14.htm">Home health care following hospitalization for hip fracture may provide an opportunity to limit osteoporosis progression</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA15.htm">Nurses and physicians have different perspectives and roles in medical decisions affecting nursing home residents</a></p>
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<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA16.htm">Computerized drug-drug interaction alerts are useful, but can be improved</a></p>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA17.htm">Studies examine the safety of prescribing antipsychotics, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, and beta-blockers to older adults</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA18.htm">Medications that relieve pain and anxiety in acute trauma patients hold promise for prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder</a></p>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA19.htm">The potency of laws equalizing coverage for mental health care varies between States</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA20.htm">Medicare Part D provides coverage protection for mental health-related drugs, but certain drugs still may not be covered</a></p>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA21.htm">Intensive care nurses face noise, distractions, small workspace, and other obstacles to providing care to critically ill patients</a></p>
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<h3>HIV/AIDS</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA22.htm">Drug therapy has reduced hospitalization for HIV patients, but those hospitalized are getting older and sicker</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA23.htm">Effectively treating other medical conditions in patients with HIV may reduce HIV's overall impact on functioning</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA24.htm">Available and timely access to AZT for HIV-infected mothers giving birth needs to be improved in Illinois birthing hospitals</a></p>
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<h3>Health Care Costs and Financing</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA25.htm">Physicians seem to manage potential conflicts with managed care financial arrangements to retain patient trust</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA26.htm">Physicians have positive attitudes about pay-for-quality programs, but are ambivalent about certain program features</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA27.htm">AHRQ's HCUP 2005 Nationwide Inpatient Sample is now available</a><br />
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<a href="0907RA28.htm">New publications are available from AHRQ</a></p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA29.htm">AHRQ announces new grant awards for Health Services Research Dissertation (R36)</a></p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0907RA30.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 07-0077<br />
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Current as of September 2007</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. September 2007, No. 325. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0077. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/sep07/</p>
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