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System and equipment changes could reduce hospital medication errors
Family Health Researchers compare pregnancy management styles of residents in obstetrics and family medicine Low-dose aspirin does not increase the risk of placental detachment or infant death Childbirth PORT examines best ways to manage breech births Threat of malpractice suits has little effect on birth outcomes Economic solutions alone with not improve the health of socially disadvantaged children One-third of families agree to donate organs, tissues, or corneas when loved ones die
Medical Effectiveness/Outcomes Research Switching health insurance plans may disrupt care for depressed patients Patient preferences and symptom severity should guide angina treatment
Health Care Costs and Financing Community program to limit hospital budgets restrained overall hospital costs, but at a price to individual hospitals Hospital mergers in the 1980s often resulted in conversion of acute services to other functions
Minority/Rural Health Minority children receive fewer medications than white children Racial variation found in use of community services by elderly rural residents Rural Nebraskans have at least as much access to health care as their urban counterparts
HIV/AIDS Research Limited access to care affects quality of life more than some physical symptoms for poor HIV-infected persons Satisfaction with outpatient AIDS care differs among patient groups
Clinical Practice Guidelines AHCPR releases cardiac rehabilitation guideline
Announcements New projects funded New publications available from AHCPR and NTIS
Research Briefs Methods of randomized controlled clinical trials in health services research Comparison of a generic and a disease-specific measure of pain and physical function after knee replacement surgery Biofeedback therapy in poststroke rehabilitation: A meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials The influence of socioeconomic status on change in health status after hospitalization Selecting a patient characteristics index for the prediction of medical outcomes using administrative claims data Concurrent validity of administering the geriatric depression scale and the physical functioning dimension of the SIP by telephone A proposal for a national mammography database: Content, purpose, and value
AHCPR Publication No. 96-0010 Current as of October 1995
Internet Citation:
Research Activities newsletter. October 1995, No. 188. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/oct95/
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