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21. Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - R3 advises on the choice between random effects and equal (“fixed”) effects modeling for studies of … Consequently, if the optimal choice is not among them, it will not be selected. … These two examples provide the full choice sets considered by those making the recommendations. … The choice of the metric is arbitrary but motivated. … Funnel plots for detecting bias in meta-analysis: guidelines on choice of axis.

22. Disposition of Comments Report for Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2014 - The review is somewhat inconsistent about considering the impact of aids on behaviors/choice. … They indicate choice should not be a primary outcome, yet included actual or intended choices in the … Reworking the results to look at how the aids impacted choice for the 3 main cancers should at least … Nevertheless, any outcomes related to actual choice were captured. … Of these data, relatively few referred to how often the choice was changed before and after the DA

23. Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - There is also considerable practice variation and clinical uncertainty about the choice of a prophylaxis … There is clinical uncertainty about the optimal choice of VTE prophylaxis in this patient population … Similarly, the optimal choice and dosing regimens for patients who are underweight (body mass index < … The optimal treatment choice and dosing strategy for thromboprophylaxis for patients with CKD remains … There was uncertainty around the optimal choice of agent for pharmacologic therapy, the timing of its

24. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - Choice of NMA method • There has been no systematic evaluation of the comparative performance of NMA … • Network geometry also affects model choice: Simple indirect comparison Star Network w/ close loop … Network geometry and model choice Methods Simple indirect comparison Star network Network with … of priors for Bayesian analysis ► Model choice (random vs. fixed effects; consistency vs. inconsistency … of NMA method Network geometry and model choice Rating strength of evidence Ranking probabilities

25. Brooks_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Is it the right  choice for me?” … should learn  about  prostate cancer and testing,  then  decide if testing  is the right  choice

26. A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis: A Brief Summary of Findings for Clinicians (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2016 - Lum- bar epidural injections were performed under fluoroscopic guidance; the choice of an interlaminar … the trial cannot be used to directly compare interlaminar and transforaminal injec- tions, as the choice … specific glucocorticoids (triamcinolone, dexamethasone, beta- methasone, or methylprednisolone), as the choice

27. Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression: An Update of the 2007 Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Conclusions Our findings indicate that the existing evidence does not warrant the choice of one second-generation … Differences with respect to onset of action and adverse events may be taken into consideration for the choice

28. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - The public’s core values of individual freedom and personal choice were tempered in varying degrees by … and negative reactions to any boundaries on decisionmaking that restrict rather than support choice. … Also, participants often explicitly stated that individual freedom of choice was a core value. … Although many participants focused on how to preserve choice and enhance the doctor- patient relationship … Evidence of economic harm was also a persuasive factor in restricting choice.

29. Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2022 - must help patients make several decisions about post-mastectomy reconstruction, including the initial choice

30. Mittman_Respondent_Elwyn 3 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 -  variations  in  the  nature  of  phenomena  influence  research  goals  and  choice

31. Integrating Stakeholder Preferences in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Potential Uses of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques (pdf file)
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    August 27, 2012 - Here is a choice experiment. This approach was originally developed for market research. … It’s based on the idea that we can desegregate objects of choice into compounded parts. … The total value of the choice alternative depends on the values of these component features. … We derived these numbers from a series of choice questions. … You have to value different options and in conjoint analysis you use choice modeling.

32. Best Practices for Conducting Economic Evaluations in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment Tools | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - other criteria were included in seven to nine of the checklists: description of the target population, choice … The choice of an appropriate checklist should be made with the understanding that quality assessment

33. Simulation-Based Comparison of Methods for Meta-Analysis of Proportions and Rates | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - The bias, mean square error and coverage of these approximate methods are very sensitive to the choice … We discourage the use of approximate methods that require continuity corrections, as the arbitrary choice

34. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2011 - VTE prophylaxis is uncertain or patients in whom there is decisional uncertainty about the optimal choice … There is clinical uncertainty about the optimal choice of VTE prophylaxis in this patient population … Similarly, the optimal choice and dosing regimens for patients who are underweight (body mass index … The optimal treatment choice and dosing strategy for thromboprophylaxis for patients with CKD remains … There was uncertainty around the optimal choice of agent for pharmacologic therapy, the timing of its

35. Methods for Benefit and Harm Assessment in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - The choice of a particular approach depends on the decisionmaking context, the quality and quantity of

36. Eliciting Patients’ Values and Preferences in Decision Making (Session II) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - skill; and 3) evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions designed to support informed patient choice … Decision Making at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and as Co-Director of the Center for Informed Choice … , she served as the Director of the inaugural annual Dartmouth Summer Institute on Informed Patient Choice

37. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2013 - The public’s core values of individual freedom and personal choice were tempered in varying degrees … and negative reactions to any boundaries on decisionmaking that restrict rather than support choice … Also, participants often explicitly stated that individual freedom of choice was a core value. … • Evidence of economic harm was also a persuasive factor in restricting choice. … • Even though participants generally perceived government interventions that would restrict choice

38. Investing in Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult Health Decisions (Session III) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - articles and coedits the book Shared Decision-Making in Health Care: Achieving Evidence-Based Patient Choice … also has previously been a member of the lead faculty at the Summer Institutes for Informed Patient Choice

39. Methods-Balancing-Harms-Benefits Research-2012 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - The choice of a particular approach depends on the decisionmaking context, the quality and quantity … For example, when trial investigators select outcomes, they implicitly make a choice that reflects … The choice of a particular approach has implications for: (1) the type of evidence (e.g., randomized … The choice of a particular approach depends on the decision to be informed, the available data, and … Vignette studies of medical choice and judgment to study caregivers' medical decision behaviour:

40. Pregnancy and Medicines | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 12, 2020 - You and your health care provider should make this choice together.