Adjusting capitation rates may not prevent discrimination against chronically ill children
Hospital
Use/Quality of Care
Researchers
find quality of care for asthma affects pediatric hospitalization rates in
three Northeastern communities
Computer reminders
fail to improve preventive care for hospitalized patients
Emergency department
clinicians often experience conflicted relationships with patients who are
"regulars"
Health Care
Costs and Financing
Costs of
outpatient care are cut in half when a patient sees a primary care physician
first
Nonclinical factors
may determine whether depressed patients receive specialty care
Recognizing
depression in primary care can avoid unnecessary tests and referrals and save
money
High
social costs found for home-based care of ventilator-assisted individuals
Patient
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research
Increased
risk of preterm birth among pregnant black women may be due in part to a
higher rate of vaginal infections
Patient Care/Clinical Decisionmaking
Oral
rehydration therapy improves outcomes for children with acute
gastroenteritis
Earlier referral to
hospice care may benefit terminally ill elderly patients
Electrostimulation
helps stroke patients recover muscle strength
HIV/AIDS
Research
Residency
training can improve physicians' attitudes towards treating AIDS patients
Access to Care
Policies that
reduce the number of minority physicians also may reduce access to health care
for poor people and minorities
Announcements
AHCPR funds
new projects
New publications now
available from AHCPR and NTIS
Research Briefs
The impact of
co-morbidity on life expectancy among men with localized prostate
cancer
Designing home care
benefits: The range of options and experience
Planned NLM/AHCPR
large-scale vocabulary test: Using UMLS technology to determine the extent to
which controlled vocabularies cover terminology needed for health care and
public health
Measuring health: A
guide to rating scales and questionnaires
The
awareness-to-adherence model of the steps to clinical guideline compliance:
The case of pediatric vaccine recommendations
The validity of
self-reported health-care utilization by AIDS patients
Market structure and
the role of consumer information in the physician services industry: An
empirical test
Intensive care unit
admissions with cirrhosis: Risk stratifying patient groups and predicting
individual survival
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