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2601. Instrumental Variable Methods in Comparative Safety and Effectiveness Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 14, 2010 - Assessing Validity   Linear Structural Equation Models/Two-Stage Least-Squares The standard approach … Preference-based instrumental variable methods for the estimation of treatment effects: assessing validity … Multiple approaches to assessing the effects of delays for hip fracture patients in the United States … Preference-based instrumental variable methods for the estimation of treatment effects: assessing validity … Simultaneously assessing intended and unintended treatment effects of multiple treatment options: a pragmatic

2602. Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      February 22, 2012 - evaluate the presence and severity of the tinnitus. 9 There are at least a dozen questionnaires for assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability may be affected by differences between what occurs in research … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOW) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses. … Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? … Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

2603. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2015 - The first step is assessing pre-test likelihood that the patient has CAD. … Information relevant for assessing applicability will be abstracted, including the number of patients … This is difficult to assess for reviews of diagnostic testing and statistical methods of assessing this … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be estimated by examining the characteristics of the patient … AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic

2604. Research Protocol: Improving Cultural Competence To Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations (pdf file)
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      July 09, 2014 - Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, Version 5.1.0.7 We developed an instrument for assessing … Other factors that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship … Assessing Applicability Cultural competence intervention research by definition generally draws on … Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. … AHRQ Publication No. 13(14)-EHC 130-EF, Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health

2605. Hemorrhage-Postpartum Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - Two small studies assessing uterine compression sutures and preterm birth reported no differences in … Assessing preventability for obstetric hemorrhage. Am J Perinatol. 2011 Dec;28:753-60. … The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analyses. … Assessing Risk of Bias and Confounding in Observational Studies of Interventions or Exposures: Further

2606. Untitled (pdf file)
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      December 11, 2015 - the studies under consideration following established guidance.42 We will do this by qualitatively assessing … Assessing the organizational social context (OSC) of mental health services: implications for research … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions. … Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

2607. Heart-Failure-Transition-Care Executive (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - We also evaluated the following outcomes when studies assessing readmission rates or mortality reported … When assessing measurement bias related to readmission ascertainment, we considered whether studies … One of three trials assessing MDS-HF clinics was conducted in the United States; the other two were … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions … Chapter 6: Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

2608. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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      August 27, 2012 - Discussion/ Conclusions The comment "Although RCTs are often considered the gold standard for assessing … Single- subject design studies can be helpful in assessing response to treatment in very short timeframes … Our goal was to identify and review the best evidence for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness … Single- subject design studies can be helpful in assessing response to treatment in very short timeframes … Our goal was to identify and review the best evidence for assessing the efficacy and effectiveness

2609. Multiple-Sclerosis Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - Other factors that may be considered in assessing strength of evidence include dose-response relationship … Summary of KQ1 findings with sufficient evidence DMTs Used in Long- Term Studies Assessing Discontinuing … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions for the Effective … Assessing the applicability of studies when comparing medical interventions. Chapter 10. … Cross-sectional study assessing long-term safety of interferon-beta-1b for relapsing- remitting MS.

2610. Data Points 14: Use of Endocrine Therapy (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - Data Points 14: Use of Endocrine Therapy Use of Endocrine Therapy Data Points # 14 Use of endocrine therapy following diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ or early invasive breast cancer Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) were more likely to be treated with tamoxifen than an aromatase inhibitor (AI). F…

2611. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - We used prespecified questions (Table 4 in Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic … We considered the drug class (instead of individual agent such as diclofenac) in assessing strength … at baseline, and few studies reported baseline comorbidities such as asthma or Down syndrome; thus assessing … Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions: an EPC update.

2612. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - studies in systematic reviews (e.g., documented by Dahabreh et al.), using summary quality scores for assessing … To achieve this goal, a framework for assessing the evidence supporting the methodological recommendations … Describe Statements in Four Dimensions (Step 3) deals with assessing the logic behind the recommendation … bias, and others who opted to focus on developing improved statistical tests and other methods for assessing … 5 Setting Problem Alternative choices Perspective Measures to optimize [Same as R1] Assessing

2613. The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 15, 2012 - The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research Research Report May 15, 2012 Download Main Document PDF 165.4 KB People using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please contact us . Author Affiliations Eric S. Johnson, Ph.D. …

2614. EBC-Challenge-Webinar-Transcript (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2014 - EBC-Challenge-Webinar-Transcript The  AHRQ  Evidence-­‐Based Care (EBC) Challenge Webinar  Audio, March 7, 2013 Slide 1: Allison. Alright, hello and welcome and thank you everyone for joining us today for this webinar entitled the Evidence-­‐Based Care Challenge for NPs and PAs Using Evidence in the Retail Cl…

2615. Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2008 - Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries Effective Health Care Number 4 Research Reports Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Ph.D. Bruce Stuart, Ph.D. Ilene Zuckerman, Pharm.D., Ph.D…

2616. The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      December 19, 2013 - Information that will be abstracted that is relevant for assessing applicability will include the number … These criteria and methods will be used in conjunction with the approach recommended in the chapter, Assessing … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be estimated by examining the characteristics of the patient

2617. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis – An Update to the 2006 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      August 05, 2010 - and ascertainment of outcomes. 12 Systematic reviews will be rated based on pre-defined criteria assessing … For assessing the quality of cohort studies, we will evaluate whether the study authors used nonbiased … outcomes; and whether they performed appropriate statistical analyses of potential confounders. 11 For assessing

2618. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      March 13, 2012 - This Technical Brief will also provide a potential framework for assessing the applications and implications … This Technical Brief will also consider comments on using archived specimens and assessing tumor marker … blinding, were determinations of the outcomes and the GEP result made independently, that is, did those assessing

2619. Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      October 10, 2018 - exclusion criteria, patient characteristics, intervention, comparisons, outcomes, and related items for assessing … Outcomes We will grade the strength of the body of evidence (SOE) as per the EPC methods guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability - We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative

2620. Management of Gout | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      November 03, 2014 - plausible confounding, dose-response, and magnitude of effect) can also be included if appropriate. 24 Assessing … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.