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
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