No-cost health care financing solutions are not feasible if access to care is to remain a priority
Managed Care
More employers are offering health insurance, but fewer workers
are taking it
Price remains a significant factor in choosing or switching health
insurance plans
HCUP Research Note presents statistics on the top 50 diagnoses
and procedures in U.S. hospitals
AHCPR-supported studies examine the impact of managed care
on quality and cost of care
Managed care produces profound changes in structure and leadership
of primary care clinics
Health Care Costs and Financing
Medicare and privately insured patients are likely to pay more than
others for similar home health services
Rural residents are more likely than city-dwellers to be without
health insurance for longer periods
Elderly/Long-Term Care
Low-risk elderly patients may be safely discharged early from the
hospital following bypass surgery
Occupational therapy may reduce health declines in older
adults
Researchers examine use of health care networks by older
adults
More than half of nursing home residents have behavior
problems
Prevention
Interactive computer game encourages adolescents to delay
parenthood
Clinical Decisionmaking
Use of hormone replacement therapy among women without
menopausal symptoms has doubled, but still remains low
Head injury patients who develop late seizures are candidates for
anticonvulsant medicine
Sociodemographic and clinical factors affect use of diagnostic
imaging tests for patients with back pain
HIV/AIDS Research
Care for HIV-infected patients with PCP varies substantially among
hospitals
Early stage of infection rather than poor detection may be to blame for
recent HIV-contaminated blood transfusions
AHCPR News and Notes
From the Administrator: Health services research has a vital role
to play in America's changing health care marketplace
American College of Physicians' District of Columbia Chapter
honors AHCPR's Administrator
Announcements
New brochure provides women with treatment choices for
noncancerous uterine conditions
Helping smokers quit
AFMR Outstanding Investigator Award goes to Harry
Selker
AHCPR announces second conference on evidence-based
practice
New research report and grant final reports now available from
NTIS
Deadline extended for online subscriptions to Research
Activities
Research Briefs
Inaccuracy of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) in identifying the diagnosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease
Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data
Adjusting cesarean delivery rates for case mix
Assessing uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analyses: Application
to a complex decision model
Categorical data analysis in public health
The cost-effectiveness of fluconazole prophylaxis against primary
systemic fungal infections in AIDS patients
Discharge motor FIM-function related groups
Development of function-related groups version 2.0: A classification
system for medical rehabilitation
Strategies for suppression, containment, and eradication of resurgent
tuberculosis
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