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221. Smoking-Pregnancy-Infants Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - Thus, we also conducted a meta-analysis, using a Bayesian approach to a logistic mixed-effects 6 … We used the standard Evidence-based Practice Center approach to strength of evidence with this exception … cessation interventions makes it reasonable to include a number of interventions in a multicomponent approach … for the effectiveness of intervention components using the meta-analysis (Table E) and using the approach … Counseling was ubiquitous, and studies were heterogeneous in their approach.

222. S123 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - In contrast, the IV approach estimates a1 by exploiting the surgery variation from measured factors within … A 2-stage approach is used to estimate IV models. … Analytic Approach For IV estimation, we used a nonparametric 2-stage least squares (2SLS) approach that … The marginal cost-effectiveness of medical technology: a panel instrumental-variables approach.

223. Methods White Paper: Improving the Utility of Evidence Synthesis for Decision Makers in the Face of Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Review purposes and early decisions about synthesis approach .....................................11 … Context Approach Does a test, strategy, or intervention work? … What is the “best” approach among several alternative tests, strategies, or interventions considering … For reviews proposing a “best-evidence approach,” reviewers should plan and describe in the protocol … This approach is consistent with the EPC Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness

224. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0265 Document Completion Date: 09-13-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Cryptorchidism (undescended testicle) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, compara…

225. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - This approach was used to calculate the measure in the patient registries’ dashboards for this pilot … However, there were challenges to the use of this approach as well, notably the issue of extracting … This approach employed standard methods focused on identifying the linguistic patterns that are used … Precision and recall using custom approaches Approach Concept Precision Recall Custom Approach Presence … First, the Outcome Criteria Framework Implementation Guide presents an approach for defining outcome

226. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2011 - One method is often referred to as a components approach. … The second common approach is to use a tool or composite approach that combines different components … As with the earlier steps, EPCs should adopt a dual reviewer approach to this step as well. … Unfortunately, this approach is not transparent, and it is likely not to be reproducible. … For some aspects of quality assessment, this approach may be reasonable.

227. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Formulating an effective evaluation approach requires careful consideration of the context in which … they are more theoretically motivated.19,20 At the same time there are situations when a multivariate approach … predictive value; Prev = prevalence; Se = Sensitivity; Sp = specificity The herein recommended approach … rather than the threshold, and might therefore be most appropriately investigated using the HSROC approach … The summary line approach is also most helpful when different explicit thresholds are used across studies

228. A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining Tools (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Total number of hours spent on each review by search approach, grouped by classification ........... … Total number of hours spent by search step, grouped by type of review and search approach .......... … 1 and 4 additional citations were identified using the TMT approach (Figure 8). … I thought this approach might work for new review topic searching as well. … I thought this approach might work for new review topic searching as well.

229. ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 (pdf file)
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     August 18, 2016 - Important questions remain about the accuracy of this approach in primary care settings. … Overall, the comments affirmed our planned approach. … We will review and highlight studies using a hierarchy-of-evidence approach. … The strength of evidence will be assessed using the approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide.28 In … brief, the approach requires assessment of five domains: study limitations (previously named risk

230. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 221 Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2015 - This approach was used to include as many studies as possible (i.e., those that did report data for … However, such an approach does not take absolute difference into account (only relative ranking). … This approach may also explain some heterogeneity in the data and use all studies for each variable … In summary, we agree that using a multivariable Bayesian model is a potential alternative approach … I did appreciate this approach.

231. rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update-protocol-170515 (pdf file)
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     May 15, 2017 - The ACR recommends a treat-to-target approach to remission or low disease activity rather than a nontargeted … approach, for symptomatic early RA, based on a low level of evidence.13 Treating to target includes … They also recommend a treat-to-target approach to remission or low disease activity. … In case data do not allow a quantitative approach, we will assess these questions qualitatively. … Because we lack access to individual patient data, we will most likely use a qualitative approach to

232. Research Protocol: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2022 - 1 Andersen,2 and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (an implementation science approach … for models built via exhaustive approaches Care Coordination Measures Atlas18 Demonstrated an approach

233. labor-dystocia-protocol-amended-160728 (pdf file)
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     July 28, 2016 - fetal descent in the second stage of labor, or on maternal and neonatal outcomes.8-10 The statistical approach … Overall, the comments affirmed our planned approach. … The strength of evidence will be assessed using the approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide.20,26 … In brief, the approach requires assessment of five domains: study limitations (previously named risk … The quality of relevant existing reviews will be graded using a components approach, with key components

234. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - TEP #1 Discussion/ Conclusion The methodological approach section will be particularly useful to … We note that the approach selected for this report did not have an impact on our conclusions or the … We note that the approach selected for this report did not have an impact on our conclusions or the … We note that the approach selected for this report did not have an impact on our conclusions or the … We used standard descriptions of good, fair, and poor quality and adapted the quality grading approach

235. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 03, 2011 - outcome measures may not differ between disabled and nondisabled populations, but the methodological approach … One approach is to use a medical orientation, focusing on pathology, such as classifications based … Our strategy explicitly anticipates having to commence the search with a broad approach and the possible

236. Methods Research Report: Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - In the first approach (Automated Simulation, the automatic exclusion of records), after screening a … In the second approach (Semi- automated Simulation, complementing the work of one human reviewer), we … To test the performance of each approach, we created a workbook in Excel (v. 2016, Microsoft Corporation … Balanced with the potential for time savings, this approach could provide an acceptable alternative … Given the magnitude of risk involved, it is unlikely than any review team would adopt this approach.

237. Blumenthal-notes-151008 copy-Teresa (pdf file)
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     October 08, 2025 - That approach   doesn’t encourage a two-­‐way exchange. … Teach-­‐back is a much  more effective approach. 19 We also need to use trained interpreters … Second, I think it’s really important that we establish a systematic and efficient approach to encouraging

238. S166 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - the 6 comparisons ranged from a 10-minute advantage for BNZ (observed with the frequentist indirect approach … The difference in the esti- mates for direct and indirect analyses of WASO using the frequentist approach … (less than a 1-minute advantage for BNZ was observed with the frequentist direct approach, whereas a … 10-minute advantage was observed with the frequentist indi- rect approach) may be clinically important … When multiple interventions need to be analyzed, the Bayesian mixed treatment approach should be strongly

239. Disposition of Comments for CER 201 Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2018 - The findings also support a multi-interventional approach. … Peer Reviewer 3 Methods Somehow the approach missed some I think important material Thank you … This is an effective approach for achieving efficiency and quality control. … We revised the Methods to clarify our approach. Peer Reviewer 1 Results 1. … What metric was used to determine if an approach/ intervention was felt to be effective overall.

240. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review 235_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     November 04, 2020 - simplistic summing of the domains, particularly when there is no specific, clear guidance on the approach … Yet, the did well and the report is helpful and the approach rigorous. Noted. … The database authors are also considering adding new items to the tool and this approach would help … I'm not sure that the proposed "more nuanced approach" is at all different from our usual approach … Suggest keeping all approach/method description together.