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Abstract: MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin is no longer No. 1 in the U.S. in the quality of its health care, according to a federal analysis that now ranks the Badger State second to Minnesota. The analysis was performed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It ...
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Abstract: ROCKVILLE, Md., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of Medicare patients with diabetes mellitus or atrial fibrillation -- a rapid, erratic heart beat - - could benefit from two new quality improvement tools developed with the support of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The test results for these too ...
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Abstract: On Monday, the first congressionally mandated study of national health care quality showed that Delaware ranked above average in 12 categories, average in 48 and below average in 14. Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, director of the US Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which condu ...
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Abstract: Pain in HIV patients is very common, especially in whites, those with greater education, and those who formerly used illicit drugs. Level of pain may be lower in current drug users due to the use of narcotics to reduce pain. Future studies evaluating the effectiveness of pain medications on the level of pain are needed ...
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Abstract: Hispanics are falling further behind whites in accessing quality medical care, federal health officials reported Monday. Using data mostly from 2002 and 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that areas where Hispanics are lagging including treatment for tuberculosis, diabetes, and mental illness. C ...
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Abstract: BOSTON -- Although expensive, combinations of antiviral drugs are the most cost-effective way of treating HIV-infected patients ...
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Abstract: ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Oral infections, mouth ulcers and other severe dental conditions associated with HIV infections go untreated more than twice as often as other health problems related to the disease, according to a new study supported by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Existing estimates of the national cost of treating all people with HIV disease use data from a sample of people with HIV disease to extrapolate the cost of treating all people with HIV disease (patient-based approach). This study derives estimates using two novel approaches (i.e., payer-based and provider- ...
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Abstract: A federal panel is recommending that all pregnant women, not just those considered at high risk, be screened for the AIDS virus because testing has proven so successful at helping prevent the spread of the disease to babies. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said in 1996 that there was insufficient evidence that ...
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Abstract: As a part of regular health visits, primary care physicians should screen for chlamydia all sexually active women ages 25 and younger, as well as older women at risk for infection. This is the strong recommendation of the third US Preventive Services Task Force, which released its report on April 17. The full recommend ...
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Abstract: <p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> There have been no previous nationally representative estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders, drug use and dependence, alcohol use and heavy drinking among people receiving care for HIV in the U.S. Also, it is not known which clinical and demographic factors are associated with the prev ...
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Abstract: Recent advances in recommended treatment regimens for HIV disease have profoundly improved the medical management of HIV infection, and new drugs are being developed rapidly. Quickly occurring therapeutic advances, the shifting epidemiology of HIV infection, and the rapid diffusion of managed care are having major effe ...
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Abstract: -- The circumcision rate has declined the U.S., but in Africa it is useful in HIV prevention. My downstairs neighbor, eight months pregnant, recently stopped me in the elevator to share her dilemma about whether to have her baby boy circumcised. For a growing number of American parents today -- particularly in urban ce ...
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Abstract: According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project s Nationwide Inpatient Sample (1998-1995), the 1995 introduction of protease inhibitors is credited not only for a drop in AIDS deaths but also a decline in HIV-related hospital stays. Hospitalizations for a primary or s ...
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Abstract: The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes is a University of New Mexico (UNM) telemedicine program that educates practitioners in rural areas of the state on best practices for hepatitis C treatment. Every patient with hepatitis C who wants to be treated in New Mexico can see a world-class expert in three weeks, ...
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Abstract: Every Monday, rural and city doctors and nurses gather at the University of New Mexico Hospital s Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) - in person, by telephone or videolink - to discuss hepatitis C virus (HCV). Launched two years ago, the ECHO network offers participants from 11 agencies the oppo ...
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Abstract: The proportion of non-ADE discharges is now 2.6-fold higher than ADE. CD4, plasma viral load, and ART predict both ADE and non-ADE events. Controlling for these, racial minorities, and injection drug users are at increased risk. ...
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Abstract: Researchers from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have found that among privately insured HIV patients, only 39 percent of women receive antiretroviral therapy, compared with 71 percent of men. And even when women were prescribed antiretrovirals, they were only about half as likely to receive more ...
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Abstract: A recent study shows that patients with public health insurance such as Medicaid have much lower death rates than the uninsured. Taking into account the severity of patients illness, the investigators found that expanding public insurance coverage for HIV/AIDS patients could reduce HIV/AIDS-related deaths among the uni ...
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Abstract: ROCKVILLE, Md., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives of 12 federal agencies will be engaged in an open dialogue with people from across the country on issues that impact women s health and well-being at the Third National Women s Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida, June 18-21. A Generational Journey: Women Ca ...
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Abstract: ROCKVILLE, Md., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationwide study sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), shows that black and Hispanic HIV patients are only about half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to participate in clinical trials of new medications designed to slow the progression of the diseas ...
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Abstract: The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a report drafted by University of California and RAND researchers showing that dental conditions linked to HIV infections are twice as likely to go untreated as other health problems related to the disease. The report also found that uninsured p ...
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Abstract: The US Preventive Services Task Force, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, today released revised guidelines recommending that all sexually active women 25 and younger be routinely screened for chlamydia. Chlamydia is the most common bacterial STD in the United States , infecting an estimate ...
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Abstract: Research published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (2000;24:182-188) indicates that it cost between $6.7 billion and $7.8 billion to treat Americans with HIV in 1996, which is around $20,000 to $24,700 a person per year. Instead of preparing a patient-based HIV cost estimate, researchers from the ...
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Abstract: LOS ANGELES -- Susan Gutierrez had just overcome a 13-year addiction to heroin in 1995 when she tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Despite the risks and challenges, she decided to start a new life and family. Her daughters, 2-year-old Ryanna and 6-month-old Rebecca, tested negative for the virus, but Gutie ...
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Abstract: ISSUE/ <p><b>PROBLEM</b>: Counseling HIV-infected women with regard to reproductive options is a complex task which deals with a variety of emotion-laden issues. The complexity is compounded by the lack of natural history data on the effects of pregnancy on disease progression. The potential for emotional conflict der ...
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>: To develop practice guidelines for the care of children with early HIV-1 infection based on scientific literature. <p><b>METHOD</b>: An independent panel of clinicians and consumers was convened by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. This panel selected three questions of significanc ...
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Abstract: For the past two years, a national panel of independent providers and consumers has been developing guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Early HIV Infection. The resulting guideline, sponsored by AHCPR, is one of the few efforts that has made use of exhaustive literature review and systematic and structured ...
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Abstract: ISSUE/ <p><b>PROBLEM</b>: Fragmentation of medical and psychological care and social support services has been underscored as a major obstacle to accessing care by individuals with HIV infection. The coordination of such services is often experienced by providers as overwhelming. Case management may serve as an effect ...
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Abstract: WASHINGTON - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced its final decision to cover Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection screening for Medicare beneficiaries who are at increased risk for the infection, including women who are pregnant and Medicare beneficiaries of any age who volunt ...
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