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Rising medication costs prompt many rural elders to take fewer medicines and s Pharmaceutical Research Hispanics in their 50s are much less likely than same-age whites or blacks to take medication to control high blood pressure Outcomes/Effectiveness Research Angiography recommendations appear to identify patients who are likely to benefit from the procedureSurgeon's experience and patient demographics influence the treatment and outcomes of colorectal cancer Primary Care Training in basic skin cancer triage can improve primary care providers' practice of skin cancer control measuresParental assessment is a practical and reliable way to measure pediatric primary care Health Care Delivery Cancer screening decisions for the elderly should not be based on age alonePhysician understanding of patient expectations is critical to patient satisfactionDoctors vary in how they resolve medical conflicts with dying patients Children's Health ER staff can use a brief questionnaire to identify children and adolescents who are suicidalDoctors can do much more to encourage adolescents to not smoke or stop smoking Nursing Research Nurses around the world are among the least satisfied workers, and the problem is getting worse Health Care Costs and Financing Costs associated with asthma have increased substantially since the mid-1980sHealthy, working-age, privately insured consumers currently may be over-insuring for medical careProposed antitrust exemption for physicians may alter the balance of power between doctors and health plans HIV/AIDS Research Targeting specific HIV-related symptoms that most diminish functioning would improve life for those with HIV diseaseHIV infection is associated with a greater number of skin abnormalities among women as well as men Agency News and Notes AHRQ releases new evidence on proven patient safety practicesAHRQ releases 1998 and 1999 State inpatient and ambulatory surgery databasesMethods seminar scheduled for fall 2001AHRQ unveils Nation's first all-children's hospital care research databaseRobert Graham named to head AHRQ's Center for Practice and Technology Assessment Announcements AHRQ announces new research priorities: Patient-centered care and payment and organizationAHRQ'S new quality indicators are comingStatistics for health insurance coverage form the 2000 MEPS are now availableAttention researchers: Call for abstracts and proposals on childhood emergencies Research Briefs Current as of August 2001 AHRQ Publication No. 01-0045 Internet Citation: Research Activities newsletter. August 2001, No. 252. AHRQ Publication 01-0045. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug01/
Hispanics in their 50s are much less likely than same-age whites or blacks to take medication to control high blood pressure
Angiography recommendations appear to identify patients who are likely to benefit from the procedureSurgeon's experience and patient demographics influence the treatment and outcomes of colorectal cancer
Training in basic skin cancer triage can improve primary care providers' practice of skin cancer control measuresParental assessment is a practical and reliable way to measure pediatric primary care
Cancer screening decisions for the elderly should not be based on age alonePhysician understanding of patient expectations is critical to patient satisfactionDoctors vary in how they resolve medical conflicts with dying patients
ER staff can use a brief questionnaire to identify children and adolescents who are suicidalDoctors can do much more to encourage adolescents to not smoke or stop smoking
Nurses around the world are among the least satisfied workers, and the problem is getting worse
Costs associated with asthma have increased substantially since the mid-1980sHealthy, working-age, privately insured consumers currently may be over-insuring for medical careProposed antitrust exemption for physicians may alter the balance of power between doctors and health plans
Targeting specific HIV-related symptoms that most diminish functioning would improve life for those with HIV diseaseHIV infection is associated with a greater number of skin abnormalities among women as well as men
AHRQ releases new evidence on proven patient safety practicesAHRQ releases 1998 and 1999 State inpatient and ambulatory surgery databasesMethods seminar scheduled for fall 2001AHRQ unveils Nation's first all-children's hospital care research databaseRobert Graham named to head AHRQ's Center for Practice and Technology Assessment
AHRQ announces new research priorities: Patient-centered care and payment and organizationAHRQ'S new quality indicators are comingStatistics for health insurance coverage form the 2000 MEPS are now availableAttention researchers: Call for abstracts and proposals on childhood emergencies
Research Briefs
Current as of August 2001 AHRQ Publication No. 01-0045
Internet Citation:
Research Activities newsletter. August 2001, No. 252. AHRQ Publication 01-0045. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug01/
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