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
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