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1. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2008 - What is the latest evidence regarding calculating creatinine clearance? 4.

2. Ch 9-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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   September 21, 2012 - give more detail on the calculations for a wide variety of data structures and statistical models.4 Calculating … In addition to the minimum treatment effect of interest, calculating the needed study size requires … Study size is reported per treatment arm, and a 20% dropout rate is assumed for calculating the needed … Consequently, investigators should consider incorporating sensitivity analyses when calculating the

3. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 2. Presenting Different Effects for Different Data Types (pdf file)
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   February 01, 2018 - measure) ► Risk ratio* (RR, relative measure) ► Odds ratio* (OR, relative measure) *Formulas for calculating … intervals, but the Wilson method is preferred due to superior coverage properties.4 *Formula for calculating … continuous outcomes: ► When studies use the same metric, mean difference is preferred measure.* ► When calculating

4. Slide 1
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   January 01, 2013 - Controlled Trials (2 of 3) Study Size and Power Calculations in Randomized Controlled Trials (2 of 3) Calculating … In addition to the minimum treatment effect of interest, calculating the needed study size requires specifying

5. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2011 - However, we recognize that studies rarely report such detailed data and calculating ANCOVA estimates … For more guidance on handling such situations, see the sections “Calculating Standard Deviation and … In this section, we present formulas for calculating SD and SE using other reported statistics. … See Section “Dealing With Missing Data” for methods for calculating or imputing r. … Information from the SD is required when calculating SMD.

6. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2022 - This task tested the feasibility of calculating six of the harmonized outcome measures developed under … Methods for Calculating the Measures in Patient Registries Two patient registries participated in this … This project also assessed the feasibility of calculating the adverse events measure using structured … • Assess the burden of calculating the measures and the value of providing the measure results. … However, some data necessary for calculating the harmonized depression outcome measures are not recorded

7. Appendixes A-D: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2025 - these dosage groups and the no treatment control, we combined these dosage groups for purposes of calculating

8. Research White Paper: Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2020 - The project team will accomplish this by calculating six harmonized measures developed for depression … This pilot project will test the feasibility of calculating these measures using the standardized definitions

9. Kidney-Stones-Draft-Appendi-C (xls file)
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   January 01, 2024 - Table C-1. KQ 1 & KQ 2 RCT Char Table C-1. Characteristics of Included KQ 1 and KQ 2 RCTs First Author Last Name, Year of Publication Citation Related Publications Trial Name Trial Acronym Registration Study Years Funder Funding Type Country/ies Recruitment Setting High Risk Population High Risk Population Detail Nar…

10. Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple Tests (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - We derive and present formulas for calculating the within-study correlations between the true-positive … However, when calculating comparative accuracy, joint meta-analyses resulted in shorter confidence intervals … We provide algorithms for maximizing the resulting likelihood and for calculating asymptotically correct … In either case, one can compare the diagnostic accuracy of the tests by calculating the difference … Formulas for calculating 1.96-standard-error volumes Let t1,… , tM be the lengths of the half axes

11. Minimal Modeling Approaches to Value of Information Analysis for Health Research (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2011 - perfect information ( EVPI ) is often used to provide an upper bound on the value of research by calculating … potential for imperfect implementation of health technologies should be accounted for, such as by calculating

12. Ebell_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - Ebell_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL   Source:    Eisenberg  Center  Conference  Series  2009,  Translating  Information  Into  Action:  Improving  Quality  of   Care  Through  Interactive  Media,  Effective  Health  Care  Program  Web  site   (http://www.effectivehealt…

13. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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    December 07, 2024 - , assessing risk of bias using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2),18 and calculating

14. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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    October 06, 2006 - Template for Draft Reports Appendix A: Search Strategies Appendix A: Search Strategies DIALOG MEDLINE®/EMBASE Search. Run on August 3, 2006 TOTAL = 3080 MEDLINE® = 1576 EMBASE = 1504 unique records EMBASE terminology is in bold s1 dt=randomized controlled trial OR randomized controlled tria…

15. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” Reference Standard (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - the strategy for meta-analyzing sensitivity and specificity for the individual studies and then back-calculating … Back-calculating the likelihood ratios using summary sensitivity and specificity metrics avoids this … Obtaining a summary line is an alternative to calculating a summary point.

16. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” Reference Standard (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - the strategy for meta-analyzing sensitivity and specificity for the individual studies and then back-calculating … Back-calculating the likelihood ratios using summary sensitivity and specificity metrics avoids this … Obtaining a summary line is an alternative to calculating a summary point.

17. Zikmund (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Zikmund Slide  1: The  Right Tool is What They  Need, Not What We  Have: A Taxonomy  of Appropriate   Levels of Precision in Patient Risk Communication Brian J. Zikmund-­‐Fisher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education University of Michigan School of…

18. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2006 - Layout 1 Background Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in women. The American Cancer Society estimated that in the United States in 2005, 212,930 women would be newly diagnosed as having breast cancer and there would be 40,870 deaths due to this disease. Because early breast cancer is asymptomatic, th…

19. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 1. Decision To Combine Trials (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2019 - ► Rare outcomes: If included trials are underpowered for a valid result, do not pool.7 − Consider calculating

20. Executive summary_Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2024 - Executive summary_Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review Systematic Review Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review Executive Summary Main Points Background and Purpose Protein is essential for the growth, developm…