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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-3.pdf
August 01, 2022 - (e.g. narrative
reviews, editorials,
letters, or erratum),
single-arm
observational
studies, case … control study" or "case
base study" or "case referrent study" or "case referent study" or "case referent … study" or
"case compeer study" or "case comparison study" or "matched case control" or
"multicenter … control study" or "case base study" or "case referrent study" or "case
referent study" or "case referent … study" or "case compeer study" or "case comparison
study" or "matched case control" or "multicenter
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - trials
• Observational studies with a sample size ≥100:
prospective and retrospective cohort studies, case … cross-sectional studies
• Meta-analyses or systematic reviews
Study duration must be 3 months or longer
• Case … series
• Case report
• Review articles
• Editorials
• Letters to the editor
• Studies with insufficient
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/headaches-pregnancy-topic-brief.pdf
January 01, 2019 - cerebral venous thrombosis
during pregnancy. 6 This review is of uncertain quality, as it included case … series and case
reports, with a total of only 66 patients for metaanalysis. … health care databases to evaluate
medication safety in pregnancy: Triptan exposure in pregnancy as a case … Migraines during pregnancy linked to stroke and
vascular diseases: US population based case-control … Migraine with aura and
reproductive life events: a case control study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2012 - identified via a screening based program versus
those identified by other means (e.g., opportunistic case … Peer Reviewer #2 Methods Why were case series of 100 participants or less
excluded? … Case series are useful for hypothesis generation but may be
fraught with selection bias. … As a result, we considered case
series with less than 100 participants to be at high risk of
selection … al1 (in a CDC
funded study) went a step further and determined that
an office based strategy for case
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tonsillectomy_research-protocol.pdf
February 10, 2016 - and a comparison group, such as RCTs, prospective cohort
studies, nonrandomized trials, case … Comparative studies (RCTs, cohort studies with comparison
groups, nonrandomized trials, case … Comparative studies (RCTs, cohort studies with comparison groups,
nonrandomized trials, case … -control studies), database or registry studies (harms of
tonsillectomy), case series with … AND eng [la] 8854
10
#9 NOT newspaper article[pt] OR letter[pt] OR comment[pt] OR case
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - Randomized trials and observational studies, including case-controlled
and cohort studies that compare … agents will be compared to
individual nonbiologic systemic agents or phototherapies for the base case … The
maximal reported duration of followup will be analyzed for the base case. … As the base case analysis
will be the maximal duration at which studies report the given outcome, we … Randomized trials and
observational studies,
including case-
controlled and cohort
studies that
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/celiac-disease_research-protocol.pdf
June 12, 2014 - for
primary studies include controlled trials, retrospective and
prospective cohort studies, and case … Case reports will be excluded for all KQs. … (Yes/No/Unclear)
Was a case-control design avoided? … , specific which of the two
types of indirectness account for the rating
(or both, if this is the case … report* OR case reports[pt])
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-library-asthma.pdf
April 01, 2019 - Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures
Research White Paper
Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures
Research White Paper
Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Center for Outcomes and Ev…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
January 15, 2015 - In the former case, how do measures address heterogeneity
across mental conditions (e.g. schizophrenia … In the latter case, why were the particular medical measures
chosen and how are they anchored in values … Assertive community treatment and
case management referral should be included for bipolar
disorder … It may be preferable to
avoid using the words “case” or “cases” when referring to an
individual. … This implies that QMs necessarily have to be linked to
diagnosis, which I don’t think is the case.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-psoriatric_research-protocol.pdf
December 06, 2010 - with a sample size of equal
to or greater than 100: prospective and
retrospective cohort studies, case-control … studies
• Meta-analyses or systematic reviews
Study duration must be three months or greater
• Case … series
• Case report
• Review articles
• Editorials
• Letters to the editor
• Studies with insufficient
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01_0.pdf
May 01, 2005 - o Do not rely solely on study design label (e.g., randomized controlled trial [RCT] or
cohort, case-control … studies and case series. … reports/case series, etc.] provide valid and useful information to address key
questions?” … It
excludes case studies, case series and cross-sectional studies, although some systematic reviews … In the case of confounding—as described by
ROBINS-I (“pre-intervention prognostic factor that predicts
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dyspnea-protocol-amended.pdf
May 19, 2020 - KQ 3:
o Exclude trials that are not controlled
o Single arm studies [pre-post]
• KQ 4: Exclude case … control studies, case reports,
and case series
• Publications with no original data (e.g., editorials
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes_executive.pdf
July 01, 2012 - All but two evaluations were case-control
(association) studies, and were heterogeneous in terms
of … On the use of
population attributable fraction to determine sample size
for case-control studies of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_6-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
October 30, 2012 - different results
and conclusions; results must also be carefully
interpreted, especially in the case … Nonetheless,
it may be necessary to do so in the case of an
uncommon condition for which there are … In
the unusual case that an institution has a cost-
accounting system, cost can be measured directly … For example, in
the case of Alzheimer’s disease, a record of health
care is likely to be present in … In the case of well understood
systematic biases, adjustments can be made so
that distributions of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gout_research-protocol-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Randomized controlled trials as well as prospective cohort and case control studies that
compare outcomes … Prospective cohort, case control,
and case series of any size, as well as case reports of rare adverse
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_executive.pdf
February 01, 2012 - good53,58 and one of fair60 quality, one poor-
quality prospective cohort,62 and four poor-quality
case … from 5 mg/kg/day
to 26 mg/kg/day, over time periods of up to 22 weeks
in trials and 9 years in one case … All randomized and open-label trials
and three case series evaluated the short-term outcome
of reduction … The field already has
a starting position, with the Maternal PKU Collaborative
Study a case in point … Maternal phenylketonuria syndrome and case
management implications.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2011 - In this case, one body of evidence
links the intervention to intermediate outcomes and
another body … indirect, specify which of the two types of
indirectness account for the rating (or
both, if that is the case … domain does not need to
be described or noted unless something
―implausible‖ has emerged, in which case … A case in point is when a study is biased
against finding an effect and yet it finds an effect.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer-update_disposition.pdf
December 09, 2014 - While
this is sometimes the case for some
anatomic sites (e.g. brain), it is not
the case for head … 2) a more careful
consideration of case mix in terms of
sites within the HN.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ems-blood-transfusion-protocol-amendment.pdf
February 04, 2025 - Criteria
Study Design • RCTs
• Prospective comparative studies
• Retrospective comparative studies
• Case … control studies
• Before/after studies
• Time series
• For KQ6 only: descriptive studies and case … and facilitators of
implementing prehospital blood product transfusion
programs (e.g., descriptive case … • Systematic reviews (we will use
reference lists to identify studies
for possible inclusion)
• Case … In case they are relevant, additional domains, such as dose-response association and
strength of association
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-endocrine-therapy_research.pdf
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…