Marriage encourages healthy behaviors among the elderly, especially men
Outcomes/Effectiveness Research
Even modest improvements in blood sugar control can substantially improve quality of life for people with diabetes
Variations in provider characteristics, procedure use, and cost of care do not affect pneumonia outcomes
Researchers compare ways of treating low back pain
Low Birthweight PORT publishes latest findings
Prostate PORT studies review prostate cancer screening and treatment practices
Hospitalization
Children's death rates fall sharply in intensive care units
Cost effectiveness of knee replacement surgery usually increases as surgical volume increases
Heart Disease
Cardiac arrests occur most often in the morning and early evening hours
Managed Care
Medicaid managed care lagging in rural counties
Health Care Delivery
Physicians who are bothered by uncertainty tend to order more tests and incur higher charges than other physicians
Men receive slightly more hospital laboratory and radiology tests than women
Primary Care
Physician practice style affects patient outcomes and satisfaction
Intensive program improves care satisfaction among frail elderly patients and their doctors
Targeted recruitment strategies can overcome barriers to physician's involvement in office-based research
AHCPR News and Notes
AHCPR has grant money available in fiscal year 1999
AHCPR announces new evidence report topics
HHS Secretary appoints new members to AHCPR's National Advisory Council
Announcements
Congratulations to recipients of dissertation grants and NRSA fellowships and their mentors/advisors
AHCPR funds new projects
AHSR issues call for abstracts
Deadline extended to February 1 for methodology abstracts
Research Briefs
Cross-cultural differences in the reporting of global functional capacity: An example of cataract patients
Text-to-algorithm conversion to facilitate comparison of competing clinical guidelines
The demand for health care among racial/ethnic sub-populations
Using practice genograms to understand and describe practice configurations
Eliciting expert opinion using the Delphi technique: Identifying performance indicators for cardiovascular disease
Using outcomes to make inferences about nursing home quality
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