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Higher incidence of birth defects may be linked to lower use of prenatal testing in black and Hispanic women
Patient Care/Clinical Decisionmaking Factors identified that predict the need for ICU admission of ER patients with acute chest pain Much of the variation across hospitals in short term survival of elderly heart attack patients remains unexplained Stroke PORT publishes its latest findings Surgery for spinal stenosis has increased Age-related differences in patients undergoing surgery are narrowing for some cancers
Health Care Costs and Financing Medicaid reimbursement affects nursing home staffing levels and quality of care Health insurance plans vary in coverage review process for new medical technology High costs for the most sophisticated trauma centers support limiting the number of such centers
HIV/AIDS Research Measuring a patient's viral load helps predict amount of time until HIV infection progresses to AIDS Studies explore risk of opportunistic infections and risks and benefits of medications for HIV-infected patients
Rural/Minority Health Downsizing in the 1980s failed to improve financial performance of rural hospitals High levels of functional disability found among Mexican-American nursing home residents
Primary Care/Managed Care Making vaccines free to providers may not improve childhood immunization rates Conference focuses on the changing interface of primary and specialty care "Medical necessity" is an imprecise term
Announcements ACHPR launches MEPS project New publications available from NTIS
Research Briefs Payment source and the cost of hospital care Decision support systems for management of mechanical ventilation Databases—Their use in developing clinical practice guidelines and estimating the cost impact of guideline implementation Outcomes research and practice guidelines Practical issues in conducting small-area variation analysis Neighborhood locations of Section 8 housing certificate users with and without mental illness
Current as of July 1996
Internet Citation:
Research Activities newsletter. July/August 1996, No. 195. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/jul96/
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