Research Activities, April 2010, No. 356 About Research ActivitiesFeature StoryPatients admitted to the hospital on weekends wait for major proceduresPatient Safety and QualityPhysicians need to be better educated about FDA-approved indications for drugs and evidence for off-label drug useTo reduce hospital deaths, managing surgical complications may be as important as preventing themFACE cards have a small positive effect on hospital patients' ability to identify their physiciansTypes and rates of fungal infections vary among groups and treatment is often suboptimalRural and urban residents have similar perceptions of health care quality, despite differences in care deliveryMaking nursing home quality reports public leads to improved posthospitalization careWomen's HealthChemotherapy that contains anthracyclines is associated with later cardiac illness in breast cancer patientsWomen's lack of knowledge and mistrust play a role in underuse of breast cancer adjuvant therapyAbused women have higher risks for numerous medical disordersStressed-out women may delay getting preventive careNearly two-thirds of mothers with depression do not receive adequate care for their conditionChild/Adolescent HealthNeighborhoods, abuse, and anxiety contribute to low birth weightsNeighborhood surroundings may affect whether children are overweightOutpatient advice on pediatric medication safety is inadequateThe stability of a usual source of care is important to the care of low-income childrenRotavirus was culprit in one-fourth of children's diarrhea-related emergency department visits prior to vaccineCertain factors can help prepare families to bring infants home from neonatal intensive care unitsOutcomes/Effectiveness ResearchProviding customized clinical information to patients and physicians does not improve diabetes careCounseling education does not significantly boost residents' dietary counseling of patients with diabetesPositive outlooks may bring better outcomes for patients with heart failureCommon sleep disorder contributes to work disability and need to modify work dutiesVeterans who use pharmacy services at VA facilities tend to be sicker, poorer, and have no alternative insurancePrimary CarePrimary care patients who see physician assistants and nurse practitioners are as complex as those who see doctorsLack of time, resources to blame for primary care doctors rarely counseling women on birth-defect-causing drugsDisparities/Minority HealthOlder black women with breast cancer do not receive beneficial chemotherapy as often as white womenMany minority patients do not receive or complete colorectal cancer screening tests in urban, primary care settingsHomeless recent immigrants are healthier than other homeless individualsElderly/Long-Term CareAging causes changes in the brain's white matter, which is worsened by hypertension and other vascular problemsMedication review technique may help identify drug-related problems in the elderlyMany older adults with mental health problems do not believe they need helpA guided care approach helps curb health care costs of elderly patients with chronic conditionsCaregiver dissatisfaction affects outpatient care for the elderly with dementiaHealth Information TechnologyNursing home users of information technology start to see its benefitsComputer display helps reduce the rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in surgical intensive care unitsHIV/AIDS ResearchHIV patients with psychiatric disorders are less likely to discontinue HAARTAgency News and NotesNew report shows vaginal birth after cesarean is safe for most womenCholesterol and diabetes drugs lead drug spending for the elderlyTwo-thirds of State and local government workers get their health plans from their employersAnnouncementsAHRQ launches new HCUP databases and tools webinar seriesAHRQ releases supplemental files for tracking repeat visits to different hospital settingsRegister for AHRQ's�April 26 HCUP hands-on training workshopResearch BriefsResearch BriefsHealthcare 411Subscribe to AHRQ's Electronic NewsletterVisit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site Current as of April 2010 Internet Citation: Research Activities, April 2010, No. 356. April 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/research-activities/apr10/index.html
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