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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-251-integrated-pain-management-evidence-summary.pdf
October 01, 2021 - programs improved both pain and function in
patients with chronic pain at some, but not all, time frames compared … management programs also improved function at multiple
time frames and pain immediately after the program compared … • Comprehensive programs also improved function and pain compared with
medications alone at multiple … • Comprehensive programs were associated with improvement in function in the
short term compared … moderate
improvements in function and small improvements in pain for patients with chronic pain
compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-review-no-touch-modalities.pdf
May 01, 2022 - Compared with the prior 12 months, there was a 44 percent
unadjusted reduction on overall incidence … One
controlled study (which compared CDI for three units using UVL with three units using standard … Compared with
disinfection with bleach, bleach + UVL was not associated with a difference in CDI in … A small
pre/post study19 found that compared to no cleaning, UVL was associated with a lower rate of … Also, compared
to the old wing, rooms in the new wing were larger.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st165/stat165.pdf
March 01, 2007 - A higher percentage of those between
the ages of 18 and 44 had a healthy weight as compared with those … more likely to have engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity at least
three times a week as compared … More than 80 percent (81.7) of women did not currently smoke compared with 75.7 percent of men. … A higher percentage of adults
with at least some college had a healthy weight compared with those with … There was a higher percentage of non-smokers
among those with a college education compared with those
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2011
January 15, 2011 - The largest study comparing screening tests was the Vision in Preschoolers study, 3 , 4 which compared … The cover-uncover test was associated with lower sensitivity and higher specificity, compared with the … Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment
There were no randomized controlled trials that compared … small (<1 line on the Snellen eye chart) average improvement in visual acuity in the affected eye, compared … treatment plus a plano lens was associated with an increased risk of visual acuity loss of ≥1 line, compared
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
July 01, 2002 - patients who reported receiving clinician advice also reported increasing physical activity levels, compared … an intervention with usual care and those that compared two interventions. … For counseling compared with advice, difference in maximal oxygen uptake (V O2 max) was 73.9 mL/min ( … For assistance compared with advice, the difference in V O2 max was 80.7 mL/min (99.2 percent CI, 8.1 … No difference in the active proportion at 1 year, 36% intervention patients compared with 31% control
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_executive.pdf
January 01, 2012 - people with hypertension (adults and children), does
self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring,
compared … In people with hypertension (adults and children), does
self-measured blood pressure monitoring, compared … Of 24 studies
that compared SMBP alone versus usual care, 22 were
randomized controlled trials (RCTs … Twenty-four trials
compared SMBP alone versus usual care. … Twelve trials compared SMBP plus additional support (or
more intense additional support) versus SMBP
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8dzfZ_s3tZueoEh5Xzh-3A
July 26, 2016 - decrease of 0.8 per 100 000 melanoma deaths in a region with
population-based skin cancer screening compared … Tumor thickness greater than 4.0 mm was associated with increased melanoma mortality
compared with thinner … One fair-
quality ecologic study with 3 publications12-14 compared trends in
melanoma mortality over … 5
Does visual skin cancer screening lead to earlier detection of skin cancer compared with usual care … and older required 22 excisions compared with 41 in women aged
20 to 34 years.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-sleep-apnea-patient-centered-care-internet-intervention/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Specific Aims:
Examine the effect of the i-PAP intervention compared to usual care on the patient's … (Achieved)
Examine the effect of the i-PAP Internet intervention compared to usual care on the level … (Achieved)
Examine the effect of i-PAP compared to usual care on OSA outcomes. … (Achieved)
Perform a basic cost analysis of the i-PAP intervention compared to usual care, applying
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb254-Delivery-Hospitalizations-Substance-Use-Clinical-Outcomes-2016.pdf
January 01, 2016 - ■ Compared with opioid-related
deliveries, deliveries with a
diagnosis of cocaine use or
other … ■ In contrast, rates of placental
abruption were higher for rural
compared with urban residents … These outcomes are
compared across deliveries with and without an SUD diagnosis and by urban or rural … Preterm deliveries were over twice as common for stays with an SUD diagnosis compared with stays
with … Rates are compared across deliveries
with and without an SUD diagnosis.
Table 1.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
July 08, 2014 - We found no eligible studies that compared CAAS with medical therapy and no studies that compared CEA … The third review compared management strategies for asymptomatic CAS and included a meta-regression to … Harms Associated With CEA or CAAS
We included 3 RCTs that compared CEA with medical therapy and … received CEA [ 48 ]), 1 RCT that compared CEA with low-dose aspirin 49 , 2 RCTs that compared CEA with … The mean age of patients in trials that compared CEA with medical therapy was 65 to 68 years.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-3-immunity-after-COVID-19.pdf
December 31, 2022 - January 2022, we published an evolving rapid review,1 meta-analysis, and data
visualization that compared … risk of another infection by 80–97 percent (pooled estimate 87%; 95%
confidence interval [CI] 84–90%) compared … What is the risk of reinfection by SARS-CoV-2
among adults in the general population
compared with the … adults develop IgG antibodies, but the overall proportion of
those who develop antibodies is lower compared … SARS-CoV-
2 infection rates of antibody-positive compared
with antibody-negative health-care workers
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb54.pdf
August 01, 2008 - 2005, the nu
with second
more than d
Among adul
poorer comm
rate of hosp
principally fo
63.2 percen
compared … Rates of asthma-related hospitalizations were more than 3 times greater in the 65+ age
group compared … In stays with no
mention of asthma there were 4.2 times more stays among the elderly (65+ years) compared … Osteoarthritis was slightly more common in stays with no mention of asthma compared to
asthma-related … Compared to patients with no mention of asthma, patients with asthma were nearly
twice as likely to
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
January 19, 2021 - advice from clinicians (RR, 1.76 [95% CI, 1.58-1.96]) were all associated with increased quit rates compared … the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes on smoking cessation at 6 to 12 months among smokers when compared … were associated with greater smoking cessation during late pregnancy (RR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.23-1.48]), compared … For instance, in an examination of counseling interventions compared with usual care, the average RR … E-cigarettes compared with nicotine replacement therapy within the UK Stop Smoking Services: the TEC
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb213-Safety-Net-Hospitals-2014.jsp
October 01, 2016 - SNHs are compared with non-safety-net hospitals (non-SNHs). … Children constituted one in five SNH stays compared with one in seven stays at non-SNHs. … Non-SNHs were more likely to be small hospitals based on bed size (53.7 percent) compared with SNHs ( … Facing the recession: how did safety-net hospitals fare financially compared with their peers? … Facing the recession: how did safety-net hospitals fare financially compared with their peers?
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb213-Safety-Net-Hospitals-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - SNHs are
compared with non-safety-net hospitals (non-SNHs). … ■ Children constituted one in five
SNH stays compared with one in
seven stays at non-SNHs. … ■ Compared with non-SNHs,
nonmaternal and nonneonatal
stays at SNHs were more likely to
be for … Facing the recession: how did safety-net hospitals fare financially compared with their peers? … Facing the recession: how did safety-net hospitals fare financially compared with their peers?
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb147.jsp
January 01, 2013 - ED visits for influenza occurred at a rate of 161.8 per 100,000 population in 2008 compared to 417.5 … In 2009, compared to 2008, a higher percentage of patients visiting the ED for influenza were covered … However, in younger age groups, ED visit rates for influenza were higher in 2009 compared to 2008. … ED visits for influenza occurred at a rate of 417.5 per 100,000 population in 2009 compared to 161.8 … Hospitalizations for influenza occurred at a rate of 53.1 per 100,000 population in 2009 compared to
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb298-COVID-19-ED-visits.pdf
April 01, 2022 - utilization overall declined substantially, with a 42
percent decrease in ED visits in April 2020 compared … The initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic (April–
December 2020) is compared with the same months of … ■ The total number of ED visits
decreased by 25.7 percent in
April–December 2020 compared
with … April and May 2020 showed the largest increase in ED admission rates compared with the same
months in … The total number of ED visits decreased by 25.7 percent in April–December 2020 compared with
2019; in
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Native, and non-
Hispanic Black
children and
adolescents)
Behavioral counseling
interventions:
Compared … Children and
adolescents ages
2 to 18 years
who have a
higher BMI
Pharmacotherapy
interventions
compared … Hispanic/Latino,
Long-term
psychosocial
outcomes in
participants in
behavioral
interventions
compared … non-
Hispanic Black
children and
adolescents)
Behavioral weight loss
counseling
interventions
compared … Native, and non-
Hispanic Black
children and
adolescents)
Behavioral counseling
interventions
compared
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st81/stat81.pdf
May 01, 2005 - percent of the non-
elderly population accounted for
24 percent of 2002 total non-
elderly expenditures compared … In
2002, the top 1 percent of the
elderly accounted for 12 percent
of total expenditures compared … the concentration of expenditures for the top 1 percent of the non-elderly population was 24 percent
compared … The magnitude of the concentration of expenditures was much less visible in the elderly population
compared … and 10 percent of
the non-elderly population was 24, 49, and 64 percent (figure 2), respectively, as compared
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st81/stat81.shtml
May 01, 2005 - percent of the non-elderly population accounted for 24 percent of 2002 total non-elderly expenditures compared … In 2002, the top 1 percent of the elderly accounted for 12 percent of total expenditures compared to … the concentration of expenditures for the top 1 percent of the non-elderly population was 24 percent compared … The magnitude of the concentration of expenditures was much less visible in the elderly population compared … and 10 percent of the non-elderly population was 24, 49, and 64 percent (figure 2), respectively, as compared