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September 01, 2008 - Cost-to-Charge Ratio (CCR) Files
Hospital Market Structure (HMS) Files
Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses … DISCWT should be used to create national estimates for all analyses except those that involve total charge
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January 22, 2017 - February 10, 2021
Root cause analyses of reported adverse events occurring during gastrointestinal … September 19, 2016
Root cause analyses of suicides of mental health clients.
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December 01, 2011 - To some extent we could overcome this issue
by conducting meta-analyses. … Peer Reviewer #5 Methods Pg 33, line 30 “…included meta-analyses in this CER…”
Comment: delete meta-analyses … Did you use it in analyses? Qualitative synthesis -
e.g. stratification? … Above mentioned results are based
on meta-analyses of head to- head trials. … We use bullet points just for the listing of meta-
analyses.
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December 01, 2011 - We conducted separate
analyses for studies that enrolled patients experiencing
only STEMI, studies that … For
all analyses, a p-value of <0.05 was considered
statistically significant. … These analyses were conducted
to assess the methodological study quality (analyses
limited to “good” … Data from RCTs,
observational studies, and individual patient data meta-
analyses were utilized. … and analyses limited
to good-quality trials.
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April 01, 2009 - Data were also available from 4 other meta-
analyses that calculated the pooled relative risk (RR)
or … , as well as
Bayesian methods of meta-analyses. … Meta-analyses also differed in terms of calculat-
ing RR or RD. … The FDA analyses used fixed-effects
models to calculate RDs and risk ratios. … All meta-analyses were
conducted by using RevMan 4.2 software (Cochrane Collaboration.
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November 19, 2009 - We do not explicitly discuss costs and
cost-effectiveness analyses, nor do we provide guidelines and … Instead, we highlight specific examples to help readers appreciate the
role of formal quantitative analyses … Decision analyses
assessed tradeoffs associated with the choices to give vidarabine empirically, withhold … In an evidence report, cost-effectiveness analyses contrasted 17 technologies
(tests) and 4 combinations … All
readers of decision analyses should be mindful of the assumptions that are invoked when
estimates
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March 10, 2010 - Revised accordingly
Methods Throughout the report and appendix, statistical analyses (e.g., odds … In systematic reviews statistical analyses are conducted by
systematic review methodologists. … higher dose analyses. … Please
make correction for other such analyses in the report. … These separate analyses were nothing but exploration of
heterogeneity of the more general analyses!
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March 05, 2014 - Framework for analysing risk and safety in clinical
medicine.
March 5, 2014
Vincent C, Taylor-Adams S, Stanhope N. Framework for analysing risk and safety in clinical medicine.
BMJ. 1998;316(7138):1154-1157.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/framework-analysing-risk-and-safety-clinical-medicine-0
This commentary outli…
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August 01, 2014 - For KQ 3 , there was insufficient data for conducting meta-
analyses. … For KQ 4 , we conducted two types of meta-
analyses. … Studies
were too few to generate meta-analyses for subgroup type. … , whereas Khan et al. only performed relative
risk analyses. … This limited
our ability to pool data and perform meta-analyses.
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January 01, 2010 - Limitations: Meta-analyses were limited by clinical and method-
ological heterogeneity. … Subgroup Analyses
We performed subgroup analyses according to various
study factors, such as study quality … We used Intercooled Stata, version 8.2 (Stata, College
Station, Texas) for all analyses. … Measuring inconsistency
in meta-analyses. BMJ. 2003;327:557-60. [PMID: 12958120]
91. … , such
as subgroup analyses and adjusted analyses.
¶ Downgraded to poor quality because only 64.7% of
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April 01, 2016 - In analyses of all doses,
aspirin reduced the risk for nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI)
(relative … Detailed methods
and secondary outcome analyses are available in our
full report (18). … Sensitivity analyses of trials
with doses of 100 mg or less per day yielded similar
Figure 2. … designated analyses a priori. … The best infor-
mation came from controlled multivariable analyses
Table 2.
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November 01, 2012 - We developed
the protocol following Preferred Reporting Items for
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses … Only 84 RCTs met pooling criteria and were
included into meta-analyses. … Different reporting formats precluded pooled
analyses. … ▪ Pain did not differ between electrical
stimulation and exercise in pooled analyses. … Adjustment of meta-
analyses on the basis of quality scores should be abandoned.
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October 17, 2012 - For studies amenable to pooling with meta-analyses, we will calculate pooled mean differences, risk … We will conduct sensitivity analyses by omitting one study at a time to
assess the influence of any … All meta-analyses will be conducted using STATA
(Intercooled, version 11, StataCorp, College Station … We will conduct
meta-analyses when there is sufficient
data (at least 3 studies that sufficiently … For studies amenable to pooling with
meta-analyses, we will calculate
pooled mean differences, risk
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January 01, 2008 - Analyses were delayed at least 6 months after the completion of each study phase to ensure that the claims … As a consequence of these delays, preliminary analyses have not been performed for all phases. … Grantee’s Most Recent Self-Reported Status (as of August 2008): Data collection and some preliminary analyses
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January 01, 2011 - Additional observations from the literature review, survey, data analyses, and interviews
conducted … The data analyses showed that 6% of SEDD records and 18% of SASD records had a chronic
first-listed … The results are
summarized below, although no further data analyses were conducted. … available at the
time that the analyses were conducted. … FINDINGS
Findings from SEDD Analyses
In 2008, 28 states contributed to the SEDD.
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June 15, 2016 - To the extent data are available to allow it,
we will conduct subgroup analyses to assess early vs. … , or more appropriately,
whether new meta-analyses can be conducted, since the Hartung Knapp method … the results of the earlier meta-analyses narratively. … If new meta-
analyses are done, these findings will be reported quantitatively with forest plots. … Prior meta-analyses will be treated as one study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-chapter-2.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. … Ratio
(RR)
- Easily interpretable
- Commonly reported in
individual trials considered in
meta-analyses … even with differing baseline
risks
- Commonly reported in
individual trials considered in
meta-analyses … easily interpretable
- Can be misleading when interpreted like
relative risks
- Widespread use in meta-analyses … Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2003_02.pdf
January 01, 2003 - This is important, because unweighted statistics
and analyses that fail to account for the NIS sample … Several statistical programming packages allow weighted analyses. … One of the difficulties analysts will face with this approach is the requirement to perform
analyses … Types of estimands and statistical analyses that can be accommodated. … Types of estimands and statistical analyses that can be accommodated.
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January 01, 2003 - This is important, because unweighted statistics and analyses that fail to account for the NIS sample … Several statistical programming packages allow weighted analyses. … One of the difficulties analysts will face with this approach is the requirement to perform analyses … Longitudinal analyses of hospital-level outcomes may be biased if they are based on any subset of NIS … Types of Estimands and Statistical Analyses That Can Be Accommodated
SAS/STAT Software now provides
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February 08, 2018 - Development Index
Study design
KQ 1: Randomized, controlled trials; systematic reviews and meta-analyses … KQ 2: Randomized, controlled trials; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; cohort studies, case-control