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<h2>September 2008, No. 337</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="0908RA1.htm">Surgical errors cost nearly $1.5 billion annually</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA2.htm">Registered nurses are key to detecting, correcting, and preventing
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medical errors during critical care</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA3.htm">Use of voluntary reporting along with other strategies best
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identifies adverse drug events affecting children</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Women's Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA4.htm">Pregnant Latinas who experience intimate partner violence are
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more likely to be depressed or have PTSD</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA5.htm">Women sexually abused by partners have worse health than
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never abused women, even years after the abuse has stopped</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA6.htm">Intimate partner violence affects the abused women as well as the
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care use and costs of their children</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA7.htm">Black women's choice of hospital to give birth contributes to
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racial disparities in neonatal deaths</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA8.htm">Women's perception of risk affects screening for colon cancer,
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but not cervical or breast cancer</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA9.htm">Women who receive food stamps are more likely to be
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overweight and obese and to spend more on health care</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA10.htm">Overweight adolescents with type 2 diabetes underestimate their
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weight problem, as do their parents</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA11.htm">Black girls look at being overweight with different eyes</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA12.htm">Task Force recommends screening for hearing loss in all newborns</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA13.htm">Most children who enroll in SCHIP still have some type of health
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insurance a year later</a>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA14.htm">Fewer elderly persons are developing heart failure and those who
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do are surviving longer</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA15.htm">Incident reporting system helps gather information that can
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reduce falls by nursing home residents</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA16.htm">Improving health literacy in elderly patients may enhance health
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status and reduce use of health care services</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA17.htm">Racial disparities in care for the elderly persisted and even
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worsened for some procedures in the late 1990s</a>
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<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA18.htm">Small hospitals owned by multihospital systems have higher
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levels of electronic medical record adoption</a>
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<h3>Pharmaceutical Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA19.htm">Patients' distrust of the drug industry's influence on doctors and
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other beliefs may affect drug adherence</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA20.htm">Direct-to-patient mailings increase adherence to beta-blocker
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therapy after heart attack</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA21.htm">Although most children and adolescents have been vaccinated
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against hepatitis B virus, adults lag behind</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA22.htm">Growth hormone builds muscle in athletes, but may not help
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sports performance</a>
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<h3>Preventive Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA23.htm">AHRQ and AARP team to help adults over 50 stay healthy</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA24.htm">Men with certain risk factors for osteoporosis should be
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screened for the condition</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA25.htm">Use of prevention drugs after heart attacks declines steadily
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after hospital discharge</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA26.htm">Hypertension in the emergency department may signal undiagnosed
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hypertension, not just pain or anxiety</a>
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<h3>Mental Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA27.htm">Youth at highest risk of attempting suicide are severely
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depressed and suffered a recent romantic breakup or assault</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA28.htm">Emergency department clinicians rarely address depression</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA29.htm">Ten-day lapse in antipsychotic drug use is associated with an
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increased risk of hospitalization in patients with schizophrenia</a>
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<h3>Home Health Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA30.htm">Report offers resources for home health care response during a
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flu pandemic</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA31.htm">The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reduced the number of home
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health aides</a>
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<h3>Dental Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA32.htm">Having medical, not dental insurance, leads to dental
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appointments</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA33.htm">Untreated tooth decay remains a substantial problem for children
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with public insurance coverage</a>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA34.htm">Native Americans, nonurban residents, and people living in the
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South travel further for specialized cancer care</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA35.htm">Gaps in children's health insurance are linked to unmet health
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care needs</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA36.htm">Estrogen levels predict life or death in critically ill patients</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA37.htm">Reducing community contacts by half within 7 days may allow
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for local control of a flu pandemic</a>
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</p>
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<h3>HIV/AIDS Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA38.htm">Studies reveal the impact of agency coordination and high
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incarceration rates on sexually transmitted disease rates</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA39.htm">Hospitalizations soar for children with skin infections</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA40.htm">Pneumonia is the most common reason for hospitalization</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA41.htm">Thousands are struck down by summer heat and most are poor</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA42.htm">Antidepressant prescriptions climb by 16 million</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA43.htm">New feature on AHRQ PSNet: Patient Safety Primers</a>
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</p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0908RA44.htm">Research Briefs</a><br />
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<a href="0908RA45.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 08-0073<br />
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Current as of September 2008</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><strong>Internet Citation:</strong></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. September 2008, No. 337. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0073. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/sep08/</p>
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