Women's Health

Challenges in Healthcare Systems and Women's Caregiving Roles. R. Correa-de-Araujo, P. Stone, S. Clarke, Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(11): November 2004. Provides an overview of health system nurse staffing challenges, outcomes of intensive care unit conditions, and nurse staffing and adverse patient outcomes. (AHRQ 05-R012)

The Cost of Being a Woman: A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions. K. Kjerulff, K. Frick, J. Rhoades, et al., Women's Health Issues 17:2007, 13-21. Describes health care use for female-specific conditions—such as gynecologic disorders, pregnancy-related conditions, and menopausal symptoms—including incremental expenditures attributable to these conditions and overall incremental expenditures across a woman's lifespan. (AHRQ 07-R057)

Effect of Immediate Reading of Screening Mammograms on Medical Care Utilization and Costs After False-Positive Mammograms. K. Stewart, P. Neumann, S. Fletcher, et al., Health Services Research 42(4): August 2007, 1464-1482. Examines whether decreased anxiety associated with immediate reading of screening mammograms results in lower downstream health care use and costs among women with false-positive mammograms. (AHRQ 07-R067)

The FIBROID Registry: Report of Structure, Methods, and Initial Results. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Food and Drug Administration Office of Women's Health, October 2005, 76 pp. Presents an analysis of the findings from the Fibroid Registry for Outcomes Data (FIBROID) to prospectively collect high-quality data on uterine artery embolization. (AHRQ 05(06)-RG008)

Health, Preventive Health Care, and Health Care Access Among Women with Disabilities in the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability. F. Chevarley, J. Thierry, C. Gill, et al., Women's Health Issues 16(6): November-December 2006, 297-312. Presents national estimates on the health, preventive health care, and health care access of women with disabilities aged 18 and older. (AHRQ 07-R037)

Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Care for Women's Cancers. HCUP Highlights Issue 2, September 2006, 6 pp. Summarizes findings on hospital use, outpatient surgery use, hospital charges, and changing practice patterns for the care of breast and gynecologic cancers. (AHRQ 06-0038)

Improving the Use and Safety of Medications in Women Through Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Analysis: Introduction. R. Correa-de-Araujo, Journal of Women's Health 14(1): January 2005, 12-15. A considerable amount of evidence shows that clinically relevant sex/gender and racial/ethnicity differences exist in the pharmacological response to certain drugs. Describes expert panel discussion of issues related to these differences and improving the use and safety of medications in women. (AHRQ 05-R020)

It's Your Health: Use Your Medications Safely. R. Correa-de-Araujo, Journal of Women's Health 14(1): January 2005, 16-18. Suggests proactive steps women can take to increase the safety of their medication use. (AHRQ 05-R021)

A National Estimate of the Elective Primary Cesarean Delivery Rate. S. Meikle, C. Steiner, J. Zhang, et al., Obstetrics & Gynecology 105(4): July 2005, 751-756. Describes national trends for elective primary cesarean delivery from 1994 to 2001, with attention to changes in indications. (AHRQ 05-R056)

Preventive Health Examinations: A Comparison Along the Rural-Urban Continuum. S. Larson, R. Correa-de-Araujo, Women's Health Issues 16:2006, 80-88. Examines differences in reports of preventive health service utilization in four types of counties. (AHRQ 06-R045)

Quality of Health Care for Older Women: What Do We Know? B. Kosiak, J. Sangl, R. Correa-de-Araujo, Women's Health Issues 16:2006, 89-99. Establishes a rough baseline for the quality of care, primarily preventive care, received by older women compared to older men, using selected measures and data of the 2004 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Highlights significant differences between women and men, as well as differences for racial, ethnic, and education subgroups. (AHRQ 06-R046)

Toward Optimal Screening Strategies for Older Women. J. Mandelblatt, C. Schechter, K. Yabroff, et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine June 2005, 487-496. Uses a simulation model that incorporates differences in tumor biology and emulates the effects of "physiological age," or life expectancy to address the question of optimal timing of cessation of screening in older populations. (AHRQ 05-R072)

Women's Health Care Utilization and Expenditures. A. Taylor, S. Larson, R. Correa-de-Araujo, Women's Health Issues 16:2006, 66-79. Examines women's use and expenditures for medical care in the United States by socio-demographic characteristics. (AHRQ 06-R044)

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