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  1. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality-improvement/research-protocol
    February 22, 2012 - The team will not include studies that overlap with the topic areas and specific interventions that are … The dimensions (i.e., areas of special focus, or the columns) of each evidence table may vary by key … Priority areas for national action : transforming health care quality.
  2. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-drugs-utilization-cost_research.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - beneficiaries with a claim for a monoclonal antibody, by geography, 2006 vs. 2009 2006 2009 White areas … beneficiaries with a claim for a kinase inhibitor, by geography, 2006 vs. 2009 2006 2009 White areas … Managing the expanded use of biologics across therapeutic areas: an example from B-cell targeted therapies
  3. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_research-protocol.pdf
    May 02, 2011 - The International Myeloma Working Group has considered the use of the SFLC assay in four main areas … These areas span diagnosis, therapeutic decisions and monitoring, diagnosis of response and remission … Cost savings and economic implications are also important areas of uncertainty beyond the scope of this
  4. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/future-research-prioritization-methods_research.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - stakeholders to identify the research that would fill those gaps, and then prioritize the research areas … The EPC will engage the stakeholders to consider which of these future research topic areas have the … The first step may be to identify those areas of gaps that have been or will be covered by ongoing or
  5. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 29, 2015 - AHRQ makes those investments in 14 priority areas. … topics has resulted in identification and tracking of about 2,400 topics across the 14 AHRQ priority areas
  6. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_surveillance.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - participants in the Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey (ACES) Inclusion Residence in catchment areas … Prospective cohort study 307 randomly selected residents > 50 years of age living in 2 rural areas
  7. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/study-design-classification_research.pdf
    December 01, 2010 - Future research • Testing the final revised tool in different topic areas, within the context of a … for outcomes that RCTs may not be adequately designed to address (e.g., adverse effects)10 and in areas … technology assessment (HTA) reports7 provide detailed descriptions of study designs commonly used in those areas … • Future research • Testing the final revised tool in different topic areas and in the context
  8. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholder-engagement-benefits_white-paper.pdf
    March 01, 2014 - to improving relevance, systematic reviewers and program officials identified a number of specific areas … health research that involves different types of studies (including SR) in a wide variety of health areas … Engaged: RCTs, SR (including meta-analysis) and other clinical studies in a variety of health care areas … Impact on Users: - The beneficial impacts were divided into three main areas: personal benefits, impact … public involvement at a high/strategic level; losing the experience of specific disease or subject areas
  9. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/undescended-testicle_executive.pdf
    December 01, 2012 - Areas of uncertainty include selecting the optimal approach to treatment planning (imaging vs.
  10. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-reviews-end-user_white-paper.pdf
    April 01, 2016 - The majority of KIs were willing to have shortcuts made in these areas in exchange for shorter timelines … reviews Use Evidence Inventory Rapid Response Rapid Review Systematic Review For broad topic areas … high impact journals which are subsequently contradicted by new evidence—“it happens in all kinds of areas … inventories and rapid responses may be useful decisionmaking tools for "hot" or timely topics, for areas
  11. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/case-management_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - We have added a new section title “Limitations of the Evidence Base” and have highlighted those areas … savings are disappointing; I think there is a great deal of work being conducted at this time in those areas
  12. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0504_02-17-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Therefore, this topic has four main areas: 1. Management of tinnitus symptoms 2.
  13. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/grama.pdf
    January 06, 2017 - So one of the first areas that we looked at was what you might call episodic interaction with communities
  14. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/angina-heart-attack-treatments_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - There are many other areas where such methods could be employed and are not. Why here? … The CI is wide and this decision is inconsistent with other areas in the document. … In two areas the statement is made that more RCT data are needed. … In the areas where they do not (support for GPI in conservatively managed patients, lower mortality … No insight is provided at all in these areas.
  15. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
    February 23, 2012 - The team will not include studies that overlap with the topic areas and specific interventions that … The dimensions (i.e., areas of special focus, or the columns) of each evidence table may vary by key … Priority areas for national action : transforming health care quality.
  16. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
    December 01, 2013 - AHRQ makes those investments in 14 priority areas. … topics has resulted in identification and tracking of about 1,900 topics across the 14 AHRQ priority areas … ulcerative colitis No high-impact potential at this time Discussion Compared with other priority areas
  17. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
    July 19, 2013 - pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment-protocol-130718 Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: July 19, 2013 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Nosocomial Pneumonia I…
  18. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/could-the-cost-of-additional-staffing-and-techniques-utilizing-lesser-restrictive-interventions-with-pyschiatric-patients-provide-an-overall-reduction-of-spending-for-institutions-versus-total-spending-with-current-use-of-sec
    August 14, 2012 - Home » Get Involved » Nominated Topics » Topic Suggestion Description Topic Suggestion Description Date submitted: August 14, 2012 Download Topic Suggestion Disposition [PDF · 1.2 MB] Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health c…
  19. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/for-patients-with-pku-there-is-now-a-pharmaceutical-drug-to-treat-this-condition-in-the-past-is-was-treated-by-medical-foods-that-eliminated-the-harmful-substance-phenylalanine-the-cost-of-the-new-drug-is-70k-year-the-cost-to
    June 17, 2009 - Home » Get Involved » Nominated Topics » Topic Suggestion Description Topic Suggestion Description Date submitted: June 17, 2009 Download Topic Suggestion Disposition [PDF · 102.9 KB] Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health c…
  20. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/evidence-based-treatment-for-pressure-ulcers-by-stage
    September 22, 2010 - Home » Get Involved » Nominated Topics » Topic Suggestion Description Topic Suggestion Description Date submitted: September 22, 2010 Download Topic Suggestion Disposition [PDF · 125.6 KB] Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a hea…

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