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  1. Topic 0552 Low Back Pain NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0651-131114.pdf
    June 20, 2013 - secondary prevention of low back pain, or for prevention of flares of low back pain in patients with chronic

  2. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0260_07-16-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Summary: The nominator asks whether there are any interventions that can help alleviate or eliminate chronic … )  Patients who experience the symptoms of chronic tinnitus often suffer from interference in

  3. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2013 - A primary program component, in conjunction with the Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) Chronic … Prescription opioid abuse in chronic pain: a review of opioid abuse predictors and strategies to … The chronic pain initiative and community care of North Carolina. … Community Care Chronic Pain Initiative. [internet]. … Available: http://projectlazarus.org/doctors/community- care-chronic-pain-initiative. 13.

  4. Newly Medicare-Eligible Disabled: Data Points #11 (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2011 - Using the Chronic Condition Warehouse algorithms, we estimated the frequency of six chronic conditions … : cancer, Alzheimer’s, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression, diabetes, and isch- … eligibility, the chronic condition flag is indicated. … Chronic Condition Data Warehouse. Available at: www.ccwdata.org/chronic- conditions/index.htm. … Trends in disability and related chronic conditions among people ages fifty to sixty-four.

  5. Survey of Medicare Part D Plans’ Medication Therapy Management Programs (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2007 - Beneficiaries that qualify for MTM services are persons with multiple chronic diseases, on multiple … chronic medications, and likely to incur annual Part D drug costs in excess of an amount specified by … Number of chronic diseases required for enrollment in a MTM program. … One insurance plan required 2 chronic conditions and one required 3 chronic conditions for enrollment … Chronic condition Proportion of programs including condition (%) N=12?

  6. Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Non-Cancer Serious Chronic Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  7. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence_executive.pdf
    September 22, 2011 - Comparative Effectiveness Executive Summary Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common chronic … newly infected in 2009, and between 2.7 and 3.9 million community-dwelling people were living with chronic … HCV infection.2 The primary goal of chronic HCV detection and treatment is to prevent complications … chronic HCV infection. … Epoetin alpha improves the response to antiviral treatment in HCV-related chronic hepatitis.

  8. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-kidney-disease-anemia-2011_research-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious condition … Iron supplementation to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. … Correction of anemia with epoetin alfa in chronic kidney disease. … NKF-K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease: update 2000. … / or chronic kidney disease.mp.

  9. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2014 - Adult patients with multiple chronic conditions who take many different prescription or nonprescription … CMS required that MTM programs target Medicare Part D enrollees, who have multiple chronic diseases, … In defining multiple chronic diseases, a plan sponsor may require a maximum of three conditions for … , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), bone disease (e.g., osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid … As of January 2013, this criterion includes at least five of nine core chronic conditions—Alzheimer’

  10. PowerPoint Presentation (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/krishnan_ahrq-mcda-presentation.pdf
    August 27, 2012 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a key health condition. 2. … Analytic hierarchy process to establish priorities. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease … Accidents – 3rd leading cause of hospital readmissions – $49.9 billion / yr NHLBI Chartbook 3 Chronic … care” Year 1 (Importance, simple ranks) May 21-22, 2009 Hard Rock Cafe San Diego, CA • Chronic

  11. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0365_10-28-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - treatments may differ by factors such as types and severity of trauma experienced (including acute vs. chronic … Repeated/chronic exposure j. Direct exposure vs. … subpopulations of interest to the nominator (including types and severity of trauma experienced, acute vs. chronic

  12. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-centered-medical-home_research-protocol.pdf
    February 23, 2012 - Objectives for the Systematic Review Almost half of patients in the United States have one or more chronic … illness,2 numerous remaining opportunities to improve the delivery of chronic illness care have been … percent of primary care patients in the United States did not receive evidence-based preventive and chronic … The growing burden of chronic disease in America. Public Health Rep 2004;119(3):263-70. 2. … Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the new millennium.

  13. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - Chronic musculoskeletal pain in children: Part II. Rheumatic causes. … Chronic musculoskeletal pain in children: Part I. Initial Evaluation. … Chronic musculoskeletal pain in children: assessment and management. … Autoantibodies in Greek juvenile chronic arthritis patients. … Serological abnormalities in juvenile chronic arthritis: a review of 46 cases.

  14. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-executive-170523.pdf
    May 01, 2017 - OME, if effusion persists for 3 months or longer.1 Acute otitis media and chronic OME have shared … Children with chronic OME are prone to recurrent AOM episodes, and after an AOM episode all children … have OME for some time.3 Chronic OME can result in hearing deficits, which put a child at risk for … For KQ 1, we included studies of children with chronic OME. … and/or recurrent AOM, most enrolled predominately children with chronic MEE.

  15. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_research-protocol.pdf
    December 20, 2011 - Overview Heart failure (HF) is a major concern for health care systems particularly since it is a chronic … We will attempt to categorize the type of HF at data extraction (e.g., acute, chronic, chronic with … NICE Clinical Guideline 108: Chronic heart failure: Management of chronic heart failure in adults in … Monitoring the response to pharmacologic therapy in patients with stable chronic heart failure: Is … Long-term clinical variation of NT-proBNP in stable chronic heart failure patients.

  16. Santa_ECCS2012 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/santa_eccs2012.pdf
    February 01, 2013 - o The first release in 2008 focused on the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care  data on the  chronic …  care  of Medicare-­‐enrolled  patients  with   chronic illnesses  in the  last 2 years … Antibiotics o Heartburn medications o Anti-­‐inflammatory drugs • Disease  approach o Cancer o Chronic … topics • Cancer (American Society of Clinical Oncology): “Even in cancer, more may not be better.” • Chronic …  renal failure (American Society of Nephrology): “Even in chronic renal disease, more treatment may

  17. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_disposition-comments.pdf
    August 11, 2014 - changed the title to “Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients with Chronic … We have added this comment about the exclusion of patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) … Page 15, KQ4—Is the increased cardiovascular risk associated with chronic kidney disease proportionate … to the severity of chronic kidney disease or is there a threshold effect? … This is now included in the Troponin Elevation in Chronic Kidney Disease section of the Background.

  18. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-disease-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
    November 01, 2010 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Screening for and Management of Chronic … , a second nominator presented questions related to screening for and treatment of screen-detected chronic … Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization. … Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium. … Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in US adults with undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes.

  19. TND-485-09-03-2013 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-485-09-03-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - interested in understanding the impact of decision aids on advance care planning for persons with chronic … Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Patients with severe chronic disease and their caretakers Intervention

  20. Executive Summary: Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer30_hip-fracture-pain-executive-summary_20110517.pdf
    May 01, 2011 - nonpharmacologic pain management interventions for controlling acute (up to 30 days postfracture) and chronic … identified by the clinical investigators to be most clinically important: acute pain (up to 30 days), chronic … Insufficient No significant difference metamizole (1 RCT) Chronic pain None Insufficient No data … Anesthesia: spinal – continuous vs. single administration Acute pain None Insufficient No data Chronic … Insufficient No significant difference 5mg (1 cohort study) Chronic pain None Insufficient No data
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