Women's and
Family Health
Equalizing
payments for cesarean and vaginal deliveries has little effect on cesarean
rates
Time
of day and hospital factors affect rate of cesarean deliveries for fetal
distress
Both overtreatment
and undertreatment pose problems for children with acute
gastroenteritis
Patient
Care/Clinical Decisionmaking
Benefits of
blood pressure medication may not outweigh risks for some patients
Study explores
relationship between leg blood flow and physical functioning in patients who
have difficulty walking
Patient
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research
Patients'
race, education, and preoperative functioning predict outcomes of hip
replacement surgery
PSA testing for
early detection of prostate cancer provides little useful information in men
with BPH
Routine coronary
angiography after heart attack is cost-effective for certain
patients
Use of stroke
prevention medication may vary with physician specialty
Type of health
insurance and physician specialty influence treatment for depression
Some eye doctors do
not perform recommended tests following cataract surgery
Hospital/Health Care
Financing
One-fifth of
California's nonprofit community hospitals do not provide community benefits
sufficient to balance their tax subsidies
Special Populations
Research
center focuses on health of Asian and Pacific Islander
Americans
AHCPR News and
Notes
President's
budget includes increased funding for AHCPR in FY 1998
AHCPR names new
director for outcomes research program
Announcements
New
publications and data products are available from AHCPR and NTIS
Calling all AHCPR
Web site users
AHCPR funds new
conference grants
Research
Briefs
Large trials
vs. meta-analysis of smaller trials
Predicting
in-hospital mortality for stroke patients
The use of empiric
clinical data in the evaluation of practice guidelines for unstable
angina
ON:
A component-based approach to automation of protocol-directed
therapy
Simplifying the
assessment of rural emergency medical service trauma transport
Measuring the need
for medical care in an ethnically diverse population
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