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361. Long-Term Care for Older Adults: A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Institutional versus Home and Community-based Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 20, 2011 - Assessing the Cost of Care Assessing costs in the context of LTC requires attention to expenses associated … we anticipate differences in case-mix across settings, selection bias will be a critical domain in assessing … Assessing Applicability To assess applicability of individual studies, we will assess the eligibility

362. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Utility in Asthma Management (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2016 - exclusion criteria, patient characteristics, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, and related items for assessing … and Outcomes We will grade the strength of the body of evidence as per the EPC methods guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability We will follow the procedures outlined in the EPC Methods Guide for Comparative … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions, Version 7 March

363. women-hiv-protocol-160301 (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Insured women Person- and system-level outcomes Older women who live with HIV Interest area 3: Assessing … Eligible are cohort, case-control or cross-sectional studies assessing the association between initial … For assessing the effectiveness and safety of treatments for co-occurring diseases or risk factors, … Assessing Applicability Not applicable for the purpose of this Technical Brief.  

364. Quality-Gap-Palliative-Hospice Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - successfully in past Evidence- based Practice Center projects, including the Cochrane Collaboration Tool for Assessing … Risk of Bias from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions for assessing randomized … Although we considered assessing risk of bias separately for nonrandomized studies, we were unable … A framework for assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life.

365. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Do not withhold data from model development for the sole purpose of assessing model validity. … Assessing quality in decision analytic cost- effectiveness models. … Sensitivity analysis in practice: a guide to assessing scientific models. … The confidence profile method: a Bayesian method for assessing health technologies. … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

366. First and Second Generation Antipsychotics for Children and Young Adults-Comparative Effectiveness Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 07, 2015 - We will not include case control studies as they are not an optimal study design for assessing causal … Assessing the risk of bias of individual studies in systematic reviews of health care interventions. … Assessing the risk of bias of included studies. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions for the effective … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for assessing the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses.

367. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - It is essential in determining the future risk of developing a disease and for assessing clinical utility … Penetrance is a key factor in determining the future risk of developing disease and assessing the overall … Genetic tests also have a number of technical issues that are particularly relevant to assessing their … Consult with experts to determine which technical issues are important to address in assessing genetic … Assessing Tumor Genetics Tumor genomes may be in a dynamic state.

368. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - It is essential in determining the future risk of developing a disease and for assessing clinical utility … Penetrance is a key factor in determining the future risk of developing disease and assessing the overall … Genetic tests also have a number of technical issues that are particularly relevant to assessing their … Consult with experts to determine which technical issues are important to address in assessing genetic … Assessing Tumor Genetics Tumor genomes may be in a dynamic state.

369. Untitled (pdf file)
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     December 04, 2015 - We will not include case control studies as they are not an optimal study design for assessing causal … Assessing the risk of bias of individual studies in systematic reviews of health care interventions. … Assessing the risk of bias of included studies. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions for the effective … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for assessing the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses.

370. Gout Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - associations between dietary components and risk for gout or trials assessing the effect of specific … If no trials could be identified of interest, observational studies were included for assessing the … For example, in assessing the evidence regarding pharmacological urate lowering therapy (ULT) agents … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions.

371. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - ; the need to evaluate the quality of harms assessment and reporting distinctly from the rigor for assessing … In 2015, AHRQ convened an EPC Methods Workgroup to update or expand upon prior guidance for assessing … Several KIs were aware of published guidance from the Cochrane Collaboration and AHRQ on assessing harms … The workgroup identified methods for assessing the quality of harms reporting and determining which … AHRQ series paper 4: assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the effective

372. Telehealth During COVID-19 (pdf file)
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     July 08, 2021 - pandemic, the adoption trajectory of these technologies has been forever changed.10-13 Therefore, assessing … We will use the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool, Version 2, for assessing the risk of bias of randomized … Assessing Applicability We will consider elements of the PICOTS framework (Table 1) when evaluating … RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non- randomised studies of interventions.

373. Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 14, 2020 - Assessing Applicability: For each KQ (or specific subquestion), we will assess the applicability of … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. … AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care: Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions: an EPC update.

374. Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 10, 2012 - controlled trials assessed preventive interventions targeting impaired mobility, with the remaining trials assessing … 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 … Assessing the risk of bias of individual studies when comparing medical interventions.

375. Best Practices for Conducting Economic Evaluations in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment Tools (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Results: Ten peer-reviewed journal articles reported on an original checklist for assessing an economic … Reliability and Validity of the Checklists for Assessing the Quality of an Economic Evaluation Gerard … Consequently, the item assessing if details of the model were given would not apply to clinical trials … One difficulty with assessing validity in this case is 18 that there is no gold standard. … Comparison of Three Instruments Assessing the Quality of Economic Evaluations: a Practical Exercise

376. Field Triage Guideline Revision: Glasgow Coma Scale: Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 28, 2016 - and as a result, first responders may need to attend to more immediate life support concerns before assessing … This represents a challenge since standard tools for assessing risk of bias in diagnostic studies do … Our methods for assessing risk of bias will be based on the recommendations in the AHRQ Methods Guide … Assessing Applicability Applicability will be evaluated by considering the characteristics of the population … Assessing bias in studies of prognostic factors. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(4):280-6.

377. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - No standard methodology exists for assessing the need for updating a review at a given point in time … Statistical Methods Relevant to Updating Meta-Analyses Updating or assessing the need for updating … Evolution of Methods When Conducting an Update Methods used to conduct CERs (e.g., methods for pooling, assessing … Southern California, and University of Ottawa have jointly piloted and elaborated the process of assessing … Assessing the need to update prevention guidelines: a comparison of two methods.

378. Hi Les, (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - , guidance for systematic reviews of diagnostic tests has predominantly focused on the methods for assessing … replacement, add-on, or triage test and the intended benefits; and (3) identify situations where RCTs assessing … are essential for conclusions about the impact of a new test on patient outcomes or where studies assessing … Even if feasible, the hypothetical RCT would be unnecessary if there are good comparative studies assessing … Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways.

379. Untitled (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2016 - and as a result, first responders may need to attend to more immediate life support concerns before assessing … This represents a challenge since standard tools for assessing risk of bias in diagnostic studies do … Our methods for assessing risk of bias will be based on the recommendations in the AHRQ Methods Guide … Assessing Applicability   Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: February … Assessing bias in studies of prognostic factors. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(4):280-6.

380. Postpartum Care for Women Up to One Year After Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - the body of evidence as per the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Methods Guide on assessing … Assessing Applicability: For each KQ, we will assess the applicability of the included studies to the … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when assessing health care interventions: an EPC update.