Challenges in Healthcare Systems and Women's
Caregiving Roles. R. Correa-de-Araujo, P. Stone, S. Clarke,
Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(11): November 2004. Provides an
overview of health system nurse staffing challenges, outcomes of intensive
care unit conditions, and nurse staffing and adverse patient outcomes. (AHRQ
05-R012)
The Cost of Being a Woman: A National Study
of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific
Conditions. K. Kjerulff, K. Frick, J. Rhoades, et al.,
Women's Health Issues 17:2007, 13-21. Describes health care use for
female-specific conditions—such as gynecologic disorders,
pregnancy-related conditions, and menopausal symptoms—including
incremental expenditures attributable to these conditions and overall
incremental expenditures across a woman's lifespan. (AHRQ 07-R057)
Effect of Immediate Reading of Screening
Mammograms on Medical Care Utilization and Costs After False-Positive
Mammograms. K. Stewart, P. Neumann, S. Fletcher, et al.,
Health Services Research 42(4): August 2007, 1464-1482. Examines
whether decreased anxiety associated with immediate reading of screening
mammograms results in lower downstream health care use and costs among women
with false-positive mammograms. (AHRQ 07-R067)
The FIBROID Registry: Report of Structure,
Methods, and Initial Results. Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality and Food and Drug Administration Office of Women's Health, October
2005, 76 pp. Presents an analysis of the findings from the Fibroid Registry
for Outcomes Data (FIBROID) to prospectively collect high-quality data on
uterine artery embolization. (AHRQ 05(06)-RG008)
Health, Preventive Health Care, and Health
Care Access Among Women with Disabilities in the 1994-1995 National Health
Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability. F. Chevarley, J.
Thierry, C. Gill, et al., Women's Health Issues 16(6):
November-December 2006, 297-312. Presents national estimates on the health,
preventive health care, and health care access of women with disabilities aged
18 and older. (AHRQ 07-R037)
Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Care for
Women's Cancers. HCUP Highlights Issue 2, September
2006, 6 pp. Summarizes findings on hospital use, outpatient surgery use,
hospital charges, and changing practice patterns for the care of breast and
gynecologic cancers. (AHRQ 06-0038)
Improving the Use and Safety of Medications
in Women Through Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Analysis:
Introduction. R. Correa-de-Araujo, Journal of Women's
Health 14(1): January 2005, 12-15. A considerable amount of evidence
shows that clinically relevant sex/gender and racial/ethnicity differences
exist in the pharmacological response to certain drugs. Describes expert panel
discussion of issues related to these differences and improving the use and
safety of medications in women. (AHRQ 05-R020)
It's Your Health: Use Your Medications
Safely. R. Correa-de-Araujo, Journal of Women's Health
14(1): January 2005, 16-18. Suggests proactive steps women can take to increase
the safety of their medication use. (AHRQ 05-R021)
A National Estimate of the Elective Primary
Cesarean Delivery Rate. S. Meikle, C. Steiner, J. Zhang, et al.,
Obstetrics & Gynecology 105(4): July 2005, 751-756. Describes
national trends for elective primary cesarean delivery from 1994 to 2001, with
attention to changes in indications. (AHRQ 05-R056)
Preventive Health Examinations: A Comparison
Along the Rural-Urban Continuum. S. Larson, R. Correa-de-Araujo,
Women's Health Issues 16:2006, 80-88. Examines differences in
reports of preventive health service utilization in four types of counties.
(AHRQ 06-R045)
Quality of Health Care for Older Women: What
Do We Know? B. Kosiak, J. Sangl, R. Correa-de-Araujo, Women's
Health Issues 16:2006, 89-99. Establishes a rough baseline for the
quality of care, primarily preventive care, received by older women compared
to older men, using selected measures and data of the 2004 National
Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Highlights significant
differences between women and men, as well as differences for racial, ethnic,
and education subgroups. (AHRQ 06-R046)
Toward Optimal Screening Strategies for Older
Women. J. Mandelblatt, C. Schechter, K. Yabroff, et al.,
Journal of General Internal Medicine June 2005, 487-496. Uses a
simulation model that incorporates differences in tumor biology and emulates
the effects of "physiological age," or life expectancy to address
the question of optimal timing of cessation of screening in older populations.
(AHRQ 05-R072)
Women's Health Care Utilization and
Expenditures. A. Taylor, S. Larson, R. Correa-de-Araujo,
Women's Health Issues 16:2006, 66-79. Examines women's use and
expenditures for medical care in the United States by socio-demographic
characteristics. (AHRQ 06-R044)
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