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<p><strong>You Are Here:</strong> <span class="crumb_link"><a href="/" class="crumb_link">AHRQ Archive Home</a> > <a href="/research/resarch.htm" class="crumb_link"><em>Research Activities</em> Archive</a> > September 1996
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<td><h1><a name="h1" id="h1"></a> <em>Research Activities</em> </h1>
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<h2>September 1996, No. 196</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="about.htm">About <em>Research
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Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="feature.htm">AHCPR releases new
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caregiver guide on urinary incontinence</a></p>
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<h3>Departments</h3>
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<p><strong><a href="dept1.htm">Primary Care/Managed Care</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept1.htm#head1">Erythromycin
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reduces time off work but not symptoms in patients with acute
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bronchitis</a><br /> <a
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href="dept1.htm#head2">Less than
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two-thirds of family physicians follow recommendations to routinely vaccinate
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infants against hepatitis B</a><br /> <a
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href="dept1.htm#head3">Lyme disease may
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occur much more often than reported</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept2.htm">Patient
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Care/Clinical Decisionmaking</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept2.htm#head1">Preventive
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treatment with antibiotics appears to be more effective for severely ill
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patients</a><br /> <a
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href="dept2.htm#head2">Pregnant women
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exposed to chicken pox should be tested for immune status before being given
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varicella-zoster immune globulin</a><br /> <a
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href="dept2.htm#head3">Nonclinical factors
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may influence use of episiotomies</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept3.htm">Patient
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Outcomes/Effective Research</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept3.htm#head1">Surgical
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discectomy is cost effective for certain patients with herniated
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discs</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept4.htm">Health Care Quality and Utilization</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept4.htm#head1">Physician
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claims can provide clues to causes of postoperative complications</a><br /> <a
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href="dept4.htm#head2">Current health,
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race, and age predict future prescription drug use</a><br /> <a
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href="dept4.htm#head3">Elderly private
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patients are less apt to wait for nursing home admission than those eligible
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for Medicaid</a><br /> <a
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href="dept4.htm#head4">Physician retention
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continues to be problematic in rural areas</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept5.htm">HIV/AIDS Research</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept5.htm#head1">San
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Francisco's response to the AIDS epidemic triggered a dramatically altered
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sense of community</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept6.htm">Health Technology Assessment</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept6.htm#head1">A verdict on
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the value of stem-cell transplantation in multiple myeloma awaits the results
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of ongoing studies</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept7.htm">AHCPR News and Notes</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept7.htm#head1">Redefining
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the role of research in an evolving health care market</a><br /> <a
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href="dept7.htm#head2">AHCPR releases
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guideline on early Alzheimer's disease and begins new focus on gathering
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science-based evidence</a><br /> <a
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href="dept7.htm#head3">Consumers and
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health care professionals view quality of care differently</a><br /> <a
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href="dept7.htm#head4">New consumer guide
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talks about safe, effective use of prescription medicines</a><br /> <a
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href="dept7.htm#head5">New audiotape
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presents information for consumers who have vision problems</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept8.htm">Announcements</a></strong><br />
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<a href="dept8.htm#head1">AHCPR
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announces CAHPS® advisory group</a><br /> <a
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href="dept8.htm#head2">AHCPR funds new
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projects</a><br /> <a
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href="dept8.htm#head3">New publications
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available from NTIS</a><br /> <a
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href="dept8.htm#head4">Two journals seek
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articles on women's health and maternal and child health</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="dept9.htm">Research Briefs</a></strong> <br />
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<a href="dept9.htm#head1">Treatment
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differences between blacks and whites with colorectal cancer</a><br /> <a
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href="dept9.htm#head2">Influence of
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comorbidity on the outcome of patients treated for out-of-hospital ventricular
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fibrillation</a><br /> <a
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href="dept9.htm#head3">Women's
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satisfaction with prenatal care settings: A focus group study</a><br /> <a
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href="dept9.htm#head4">The effect of
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disease-prevalence adjustments on the accuracy of a logistic prediction
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model</a><br /> <a href="dept9.htm#head5">A
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randomized, controlled effectiveness trial of an AIDS prevention program for
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low-income African-American youths</a><br /> <a
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href="dept9.htm#head6">A measurement model
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of the medical outcomes study 36-item short-form health survey in a clinical
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sample of disadvantaged, older, black and white men and women</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of September 1996</em></p>
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