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Care for elderly heart attack patients is at least as good in HMOs as in fee-for-service
Evidence-based Medicine Beta blockers may be the most effective first-line treatment for stable angina Many factors affect physicians' acceptance and use of new clinical guidelines New report focuses on rehabilitation for children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research Private nonteaching hospitals have higher cesarean delivery rates than other hospitals for Medicaid-insured women Researchers examine hospital length-of-stay and costs for pneumonia
Clinical Decisionmaking Early postoperative enteral feeding for bowel resection patients is cost effective Dialysis patients' quality-of-life concerns deserve greater attention from providers Elderly patients with serious depression may not accurately describe their physical health
Primary Care Largest U.S. study ever examines pediatric referrals to specialists Feedback and financial incentives may not improve pediatric preventive care in Medicaid HMOs Costs pose a barrier to early childhood immunization Patients with disabilities are less likely than nondisabled patients to receive preventive care services Programs to improve timely prenatal care should not focus solely on uninsured and Medicaid-insured women Primary care physicians interact differently with patients during initial and return visits
Rural Health Rural communities motivated to develop managed care networks benefit most from technical assistance programs
Managed Care Managed care apparently does not constrain use of intensive care services
HIV/AIDS Research Multiple drug therapy for HIV clinic patients is only half as successful as it is for clinical trial patients A substantial number of HIV-infected individuals also suffer from serious mental illness
AHCPR News and Notes AHCPR launches research program to improve the safe and effective use of medical products HHS Secretary appoints new members to AHCPR National Advisory Council
Announcements AHCPR, Packard Foundation, and HRSA award $9.1 million for studies on improving health care for low-income children AHCPR congratulates recent recipients of dissertation grants New book recounts tragedy to hemophiliacs from HIV-tainted blood in the early 1980s and their eventual empowerment Attention Researchers
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AHCPR Publication No. 00-0003
Internet Citation:
Research Activities newsletter, No. 230. AHCPR Publication No. 00-0003, October 1999. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/oct99/
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