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141. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - such as urgency), limited long-term outcomes information, and differences in the timing of outcomes assessments … , if risk of bias assessments were provided in the review. … Overall summary risk of bias assessments for each study will be classified as low, moderate, or high … The overall summary risk-of-bias assessments for each observational study will be classified as low, … • Timing of outcomes assessments: Evidence may be for short-term rather than longer term (3 or more

142. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … • Assessments of how this source of bias can be reduced, or even the magnitude of the bias, are … However, because assessments of risk of bias are never based entirely on empirical evidence, and are … Additionally, weighting in meta-analysis based on risk of bias assessments may introduce bias and has

143. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - International (HTAi) is an organization with global membership that promotes evidence-based technology assessments … international programs and agencies mentioned here are united in their goal of providing objective assessments

144. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - International (HTAi) is an organization with global membership that promotes evidence-based technology assessments … international programs and agencies mentioned here are united in their goal of providing objective assessments

145. Prioritization Criteria Methodology for Future Research Needs Proposals Within the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health

146. Prostate-Cancer-Risk-Assessment-Genes Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health

147. AHRQ EPC Program Research Gaps Summary: Women's Health (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … that predominantly enroll women undergoing mastectomy for prophylactic purposes: o Risk-benefit assessments

148. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … After making assessments in these four domains, we graded the strength of the evidence using the four-point

149. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - Strength of Evidence: Domains The EPC approach to grading evidence begins with assessments of a set … More direct links enhance strength-of-evidence assessments (and vice versa). … this reason, we have chosen to make our judgments about applicability explicit and separate from assessments … As with all questions, the overall strength of evidence must incorporate assessments of other domains … EPCs may also choose to follow GRADE guidance for downgrading and upgrading evidence based on assessments

150. EPC Methods: AHRQ End-User Perspectives of Rapid Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - expressed strong preference for the following review methods and characteristics: strength of evidence assessments

151. Identifying Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews: A Comparison of Two Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - The RAND method combines a targeted literature search with the assessments of content experts.

152. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - quality) assessment: Study quality will be assessed either by extracting systematic reviews' quality assessments

153. Selective Outcome Reporting as a Source of Bias in Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - inter-rater reliability of ORBIT and its validity, comparing information contained within the publication to assessments

154. Decision and Simulation Modeling in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - current scientific literature on a particular topic in the form of evidence reports and technology assessments

155. EPC-Pilot-Project-A-Dual-Approach-To-Facilitate-Health-Systems-Uptake-Of-Evidence-Synthesis-Reports-Anxiety-In-Children (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health

156. PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_surveillance.pdf
     January 15, 2013 - key questions, the original conclusions, and the findings of the new literature search, the expert assessments … classify a CER conclusion into one category or another, we used the following factors when making our assessments … conclusions of the original report, the results of the literature and drug database searches, the experts’ assessments … neuropsychological measures used to allow pooling, showed that overall, while Phe levels correlate with various assessments … neuropsychological measures used to allow pooling, showed that overall, while Phe levels correlate with various assessments

157. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … To evaluate patient tolerance of an extensive battery of assessments and the time required to complete … the assessments. … To improve staff competencies on new or novel assessments of the TBI patient population NCT01132898

158. A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments … The reports and assessments provide organizations with comprehensive, science-based information on common … them by AHRQ and conduct additional analyses when appropriate prior to developing their reports and assessments … AHRQ expects that the EPC evidence reports and technology assessments will inform individual health … Supporting the use of health technology assessments in policy making about health systems.

159. Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - We will incorporate the credibility assessments and risk of bias results into our strength of evidence … assessments and downgrade our confidence in evidence summaries in the presence of critical study limitations … grade the strength of evidence for particular comparisons and/or outcomes and the results of those assessments … Rather, the discussion section of our report will compare pooled estimates and strength of evidence assessments … We will abstract SOE judgments made in ESRs if available, and will reassess and assign our own SOE assessments

160. Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for Infants and Children (pdf file)
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     February 03, 2025 - We will incorporate the credibility assessments and risk of bias results into our strength of evidence … assessments and downgrade our confidence in evidence summaries in the presence of critical study limitations … grade the strength of evidence for particular comparisons and/or outcomes and the results of those assessments … Rather, the discussion section of our report will compare pooled estimates and strength of evidence assessments … We will abstract SOE judgments made in ESRs if available, and will reassess and assign our own SOE assessments