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61. Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 04, 2019 - Purpose of the Review and Approach This review has three main objectives, all with the shared purpose … One direct approach is to identify the patients with the highest costs during a historical time period … Using this approach, the scope, focus, and refinement of the review evolve as the review proceeds; the … Several additional assumptions underlying the success of this approach is that the HNHC patients can … Table 4 below illustrates the approach. Table 4.

62. Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2012 - Machine Learning Approach The overall machine learning approach applied to this project approach uses … The first approach (―Augmented MeSH Approach‖) had achieved good performance in testing on drug comparative … The second approach, which we call ―Text Mining Approach,‖ solely uses words from the articles' titles … the Text Mining Approach. … The surgical approach targets the posterolateral wall through a novel posterior approach.

63. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - Although the GRADE approach can be used to make judgments about the strength of an evidence base and … GRADE advocates an ordinal approach with a ranking from high, moderate, or low, to very low. … This is adapted from the GRADE approach and the EPC General Methods Guide. … It is reasonable to use either a flexible qualitative approach or an ordinal approach to grading each … ordinal approach ranging from high to insufficient strength of evidence.

64. ABSTRACT (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2012 - We also created a ―hybrid‖ approach that used the maximum prediction probability of relevance from … Our approach is parsimonious in that we used only these 121 variables, instead of the full text approach … However, this approach still provided potential benefits once we selected a suitable threshold. … A modified approach using both text- and MeSH-derived features could be helpful. … Finally, we identified a small false negative rate associated with our approach.

65. Research Protocol for Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    October 02, 2018 - community reinforcement approach. … Contingency management / motivational incentives: a treatment approach that provides the adolescent … Family behavioral therapy: a family-focused therapy approach that applies principles of operant and … Family education: a family-focused treatment approach that focuses on providing education about the … Family systems therapy: a family-focused therapy approach that attempts to restructure problematic

66. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2013 - 9) Treatment: Anti-microbial agents have typically been used to manage AOM, but a “wait and see” approach … “Wait and see” approach: a. Does ear pain decrease? b. Is the fever gone? 2. … Uncomplicated AOM, the existing research suggests the “wait and see” approach (9). … “Wait and see” approach (9). Parent/ Guardian Instructions: 1. Keep ears clean and dry 2.

67. The purpose of our tool is to compile a comprehensive list of questions that may be used to evaluate the quality of non-randomized studies of interventions or exposures (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - to reach judgment (GRADE Working Group, EPC’s own qualitative approach, EPC’s own quantitative approach … , hybrid approach) · Same approach to combining domain scores when evidence is a combination of observational … The methods approach for qualitative assessment differed across reviewers. … based on guidance in Owens et al.; 2 the EPC‘s own approach; the EPCs own qualitative approach guided … We advised reviewers to try this approach first.

68. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - Areas of uncertainty include selecting the optimal approach to treatment planning (imaging vs. … Five studies compared an open versus laparoscopic approach for the same procedure (one good quality … Success of the ensuing surgeries was also similar, regardless of exploratory approach. … One fair-quality and two poor-quality studies compared the use of a laparoscopic approach with open … Similarly, strength of evidence was low for the effect of the approach on atrophy.

69. Systematic Reviews of Complex Multicomponent Health Care Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 03, 2014 - Systematic Reviews of Complex Multicomponent Health Care Interventions White Paper March 3, 2014 Web Version [NLM Site] Download Main Document PDF 520 KB People using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in these files. For additional assistance, please contact us . Struct…

70. Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (pdf file)
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    August 04, 2022 - that use telehealth for integration The baseline requirement is that the practice design of the approach … Study Designs • Experimental and observational studies that describe and evaluate integration approach … The baseline requirement is that the 7 practice design of the approach is one that facilitates … Our approach to describing the quality of the included studies will be driven by the volume of studies … We will review and highlight studies by using a hierarchy-of-evidence approach, where the best evidence

71. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Management of High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Realist and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 07, 2019 - Purpose of the Review and Approach This review has three main objectives, all with the shared purpose … One direct approach is to identify the patients with the highest costs during a historical time period … Using this approach, the scope, focus, and refinement of the review evolve as the review proceeds; the … Several additional assumptions underlying the success of this approach is that the HNHC patients can … Table 4 below illustrates the approach.

72. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    December 07, 2009 - developing a clinical guideline, working with a policy with large uncertainty about the appropriate approach … States are faced with developing policies with large uncertainty about the appropriate approach and effectiveness … Answers to these questions would help determine a more effective and efficient approach to the care of

73. Searching for Studies (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - The first is to recognize the importance of a multiple-approach method of searching. … Benefits: This approach is preferred if specific medical tests are unknown. … This approach is used more often by reviewers. … This approach is often advisable if specific tests are unknown. … However, this approach is still likely to miss relevant articles.

74. DEcIDE 34 - Developing a Registry of Patient Registries: Options for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - This approach is explored in more detail below under the section on a hybrid approach. … However, there are several limitations to this approach as well. … This approach is similar to that used by the HSRProj database. … However, this approach is costly. … An advantage of both this approach and the full Clinicaltrials.gov approach are that the listing and

75. Part 3: Key Question - Trauma Informed Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - Some have discussed TIC as a multilevel system- based approach intended to validate and recognize trauma … and its effects in policies, procedures, and practices.1,9,10 Others may approach TIC as a philosophy … services and treatments that a trauma-exposed individual may receive;11 still others may view TIC as an approach … trauma-specific treatments (even if trauma treatments may sometimes be embedded within a given TIC approach … SAMHSA’s concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach. HHS Publication No.

76. Emerging Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 21, 2014 - Emerging Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Timeline February 05, 2014 Topic Initiated July 21, 2014 Research Protocol Archived Emerging Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer …

77. Bayesian Approaches to Indirect Comparisons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 22, 2011 - Bayesian Approaches to Indirect Comparisons Timeline September 22, 2011 Topic Initiated September 22, 2011 Abstract Bayesian Approaches to Indirect Comparisons January 10, 2013 Research Report A Bayesian Missing Data Frame…

78. Environmental Monitoring in Healthcare to Ensure Adequacy of Housekeeping Cleaning and Reduce the Spread of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 03, 2013 - confusion regarding what single monitoring method or combination of methods provides the best optimal approach … are confused about optimal integration, and do not recognize the patient-care related value of this approach … the gaps in knowledge regarding; the impact of cleaning monitoring on HAI rates, the best monitoring approach … recommendations can direct future research needs to ensure the data published provides an evidence-based approach

79. A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis: A Brief Summary of Findings for Clinicians | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 29, 2016 - injections were performed under fluoroscopic guidance; the choice of an interlaminar or a transforaminal approach … The small benefit observed at 3 weeks was due solely to the interlaminar epidural approach and not to … the transforaminal epidural approach to injection. … be used to directly compare interlaminar and transforaminal injections, as the choice of injection approach

80. Ch-7-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    March 29, 2012 - involves a combination of background knowledge and empirical selection using the high-dimensional approach … The empirical approach could be used to select from a set of a priori variables on the basis of the … In this case, every variable selection approach will result in bias. … o Describe the approach to be used to select covariates for statistical models. … A structural approach to selection bias. Epidemiol. 2004;15(5):615-25. 40.