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441. S116 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - To address this problem, the authors of the APM study used an instrumental variable (IV) approach as … errors for all multivariable models were estimated robustly using a gener- alized estimating equation approach … 7.5 �0.01 Skilled nursing facility stay in previous 180 d 2.4 0.01 0.5 0.51 *Computed using a GEE approach … Models for longitudinal data: a generalized estimating equation approach.

442. Comments to Effective Heath Care Program Draft Documents (pdf file)
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     March 03, 2010 - the problem of patient complexity but also gave credible reasons and examples as to why a registry approach … The white paper addresses representativeness in a cursory way but fails to discuss how a registry approach … emphasis should be placed on semantic interoperability (common vocabularies) in the building block approach … The building block approach really focuses on connectivity at this point. … A more practical approach would include the creation of standards based on existing data collection

443. Cerebral-Palsy-Feeding Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - We did not require any specific diagnostic information or approach. … clear description of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; uses a valid approach … intent of the study was not to compare the two approaches; rather, the clinical team changed their approach … The authors of the systematic review used a modified Sackett approach to assess the strength of the … The approach studied may not closely match interventions available in practice as it was conducted in

444. Suppl-2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Please review the paper by Hernán and colleagues titled “A Structural Approach to Selection Bias” for … Developing DAGs is not always easy and may require a heuristic approach, where assumptions are tested … A disciplined approach to developing DAGs may be useful for communicating findings and providing rationale … A structural approach to selection bias. Epidemiology. 2004;15:615-25. 7. Hernan MA.

445. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.32 We will apply the best-available-evidence approach … 25 abstracts to detect, discuss, and minimize disagreements and to develop a standardized reviewing approach … Approach to the patient with knee pain. In: Imboden J, Hellman D and Stone J, eds. … Approach to the patient with arthritis. In: Imboden J, Hellman D and Stone J, eds. … EULAR Recommendations 2003: an evidence based approach to the management of knee osteoarthritis: Report

446. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2014 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Non-pharmacologic Interventions for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Dementia refers to impairments in cognitive and intellectual ability, memory, language, reasoning, and judgment …

447. Disposition of Comments for CER 161 Major Depressive Disorder (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2015 - We have clarified that these outcomes assume an evidence-based treatment approach, so we believe the … If so, it would be important to mention; if not, some explanation of the rationale for this approach … This approach is common in clinical practice and often seems to be associated with enhanced clinical … As with other disorders, such choices require an individualized approach, including a review of any … These findings suggest that either approach can serve as a reasonable starting place for treatment

448. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2010 - Conclusions When assessing a body of evidence, the AHRQ approach to grading its strength recommends … that treatment planning studies are not sufficient to demonstrate the comparative effectiveness of an approach

449. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 08, 2011 - at least three procalcitonin quantitative assays that are commercially available, but the optimal approach … The following Key Clinical Questions and Analytic Framework outline the approach and key issues to … Criteria-In adherence with EPC Methods Guide developed by the AHRQ EPC Program 11 , the general approach … be also assessed based on a selection of items proposed by Deeks et al. 13 to inform the USPSTF approach … Funding source acknowledged The quality of included predictive studies will be assessed based on an approach

450. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - January 2012 -We found one RCT that compared two different approaches, although the second approach … An RCT of another developmental approach (DIR/floortime) showed greater reduction of ASD symptoms … mental health services or palliative care or primary health care or interdisciplinary treatment approach … treatment general or gene therapy or milieu therapy or movement therapy or multimodal treatment approach … duration Oosterling, 201014 RCT Netherlands Parent training "Focus" training adopting an eclectic approach

451. Infantile-Hemangioma Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 168 Diagnosis and Management of Infantile Hemangioma Executive Summary Introduction Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are the most common tumors of childhood. IH are benign but possess potential for local tissue damage, ulceration, infection, bleeding, functional impact, and…

452. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Decisions about the intended approach to the use of literature that is not directly applicable need … the decision to include all tests was made and the review conducted, were we able to see that this approach

453. Disposition of Comments Report for Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 214 (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2014 - We considered motivational interviewing to be a counseling approach. … We appreciate this reviewer’s approach as well; by looking at the challenge of smoking cessation in … In fact there is a real danger here in emphasizing the incentives approach and it is not clear that … 7 (TEP) Discussion I anticipated that there would not be a single best (or a couple clear best) approach … Reviewer 7 (TEP) General Since it did not find a clear best approach (which I did not expect personally

454. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2010 - therapy”), with the expectation of better long-term outcomes.17 The benefits of this early treatment approach … We will use a systematic approach for extracting data to minimize the risk of bias in this process. … We will conduct a NMA following a Bayesian approach. … Controversies in the treatment of Crohn's disease: the case for an accelerated step-up treatment approach

455. Untitled (pdf file)
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     December 04, 2015 - However, such an approach does not allow for comparisons between drugs that may not have much direct … For conditions where this approach might be possible (e.g., schizophrenia had the most studies in the … The approach to choosing outcomes for inclusion is anticipated to be similar to that for the network … Similar to the network approach, these analyses would rely on study- level data, such that the results … First do no harm: promoting an evidence-based approach to atypical antipsychotic use in children and

456. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2013 - The approach is synthetic rather than statistical which is appropriate given the relatively low number … This latter approach would also have included studies that enrolled patients with severe MDD. … We have taken the approach of comparing effects achieved in the SMI population with non- SMI populations … revised the results for all KQs to add the baseline values for the outcome of interest per intervention approach … In the detailed discussion of the studies, it would be useful to have a clearer impression of the approach

457. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - This process, described below, took place over the first eight months of the project, in a phased approach … Steps in registry identification process Source Purpose and approach Registry of Patient Registries … AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/default.htm 7 Source Purpose and approach … The approach used for this project was to gather the clinician’s assertion of an outcome condition and … , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be effective for severe cases Strong evidence for general approach

458. Horizon-Scan Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Is this a different or novel surgical approach or procedure that has potential to diffuse into the … Is this a professional medical society meeting announcement on a novel surgical approach? … Is this a behavioral intervention that is purported to be a markedly different or novel approach than … Has there been a shift or tipping point causing wider diffusion of an existent but underused approach … Current Approach to Care 4. Background 5. Program or Intervention Developer 6.

459. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage Patients, Consumers, and the Public (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - When treatment effectiveness is minimal, what is a fair approach to coverage?

460. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0119_06-17-2009.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0160 Document Completion Date: 1-12-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Pharmacologic therapy versus medical foods and nondietary approaches for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. …