Better assessment of chest pain patients in the ER could reduce unnecessary CCU admissions
Healthcare
Marketplace Research
Marketplace
demand for specialists declines
Women's
Health
Uterine
fibroids occur more often among black women than white women undergoing
hysterectomy
PORT researchers link
bacterial infection with many preterm births
Women who have
regular checkups appear to live longer
Patient
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research
Benefits and
costs weighed for specialty versus primary care for stroke patients
PORT researchers
identify risk factors for retinal detachment after cataract surgery and
confirm the reliability of the VF-14 index of visual function
Short-term
improvement in carefully selected patients with sciatica and spinal stenosis
appears better with surgery than other treatments
Educating patients
about prostate screening and treatment influences their medical decisions
Patient
Care/Clinical Decisionmaking
Most low-risk
patients with pneumonia prefer to be treated at home, but few are given the
option
Women and the elderly
are less likely to receive life-saving drugs for heart attacks
Hospital
Use/Quality of Care
Neonatal ICU
admission of normal weight infants could be avoided if intensive monitoring
were available elsewhere
Race and sex
influence use of hospital-based procedures in California
Elderly/Minority Health
Elderly
persons' attitudes toward nursing homes predict their future use of these
facilities
More than one-third
of Mexican Americans lack health insurance
HIV/AIDS
Research
Symptoms such
as fatigue and fever serve as a barometer of physical functioning in AIDS
patients
AHCPR News and Notes
Ten new
members have been appointed to the National Advisory Council
Announcements
AHCPR invites
contract proposals for evidence-based centers and nominations of topics for
reports and assessments
AHCPR funds studies
on hysterectomy and alternative treatments for uterine conditions
AHCPR announces
opportunity for senior nurse investigators
Conference on
minorities and cancer planned for spring 1997
Research Briefs
Demands and
opportunities or development of self-reported assessments of oral health
outcomes
A
foot risk classification system to predict diabetic amputation in Pima
Indians
The
effect of spectrum bias on the utility of magnetic resonance imaging and
evoked potentials in the diagnosis of suspected multiple sclerosis
Physical disability
in a cohort of persons with AIDS: Data from the AIDS time-oriented health
outcome study
Measuring clinical
performance to provide information for quality improvement
Predictions of
county uninsured rates: Accuracy and stability
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