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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare2.html
October 01, 2024 - health literacy), 14 which exacerbate challenges in accessing timely and accurate diagnoses. 4 , 30 Compared … regular physical activity, leading to a higher prevalence of overweight individuals (30% more overweight compared … with urban areas). 5 In addition, they are more at risk for a sedentary lifestyle (60% more compared
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2008 - Two RCTs compared
WW with RP. … No RCTs compared
EBRT and WW. … • Brachytherapy compared with brachytherapy
(1 RCT). … No RCTs compared brachytherapy alone
with other major treatment options. … • Incidence of distant metastases: RP reduced distant metastases
compared with EBRT.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72498/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - To examine the impact of the policy, this analysis compared
error rates among patients admitted to the … Error rates were not significantly different on weekends compared to
weekdays, but errors rates overall … increased-mortality-associated-weekend-hospital-admission-case-expanded-seven-day-services
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-among-patients-admitted-hospitals-weekends-compared-weekdays
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/platt-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Claims data provide more comprehensive capture compared to
traditional SSI surveillance by hospital … Claims-based rankings were also compared to rankings based on hospitals’ self-
reporting to NHSN. … Claims-
based rankings were also compared to rankings based on hospitals’ self-reporting to NHSN. … We
compared rankings based on all-payer claims data to those based upon Medicare claims alone. … We compared the
rank order and decile assignment between overall and stratified groups.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Compared
with White groups, the number of measures that were worse exceeded the number of
measures … • Insurance Status: Compared with people under age 65 with private insurance, people under
age 65 … • Residence Location: Compared with people in large fringe metropolitan counties (i.e., the
suburbs … Compared with people in the highest family income quartile, people in the lowest
family income … Compared with people in who live in non-low-income ZIP Codes, people who live in
low-income ZIP
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/diagnostic-error-reduction.pdf
September 04, 2020 - A randomized trial found no effect of the SLOW
intervention (compared with no intervention) on diagnostic … process-focused checklists found no significant effects on accuracy.14,15
Two studies have directly compared … ., in which the content-specific checklist showed an
effect.7,8
A study by Shimizu and colleagues compared … First, some
studies have shown that checklists are more effective when used by novices compared with … Sibbald, et al.,
201914
ECG interpretation
checklist (content
specific) compared with
a cognitive
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/mchugh-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Results
Staffing increased significantly before and after the mandate in California hospitals compared … Compared to Pennsylvania, where there is no mandate, California’s
staffing improvements were significantly … I also compared California
hospitals to comparison groups of hospitals including all U.S. hospitals … to Florida] - 0.59 [compared to all hospitals in other states]). … Initial analysis suggests that, compared to
Pennsylvania hospitals, a change of one fewer patient per
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0138-section-6a.pdf
December 01, 2013 -
Figure 3: Michigan Medicaid Claims Results Compared … Michigan Department of Community Health, Community
Health Automated Medicaid Processing System (CHAMPS) compared … Figure 4: Michigan Medicaid Claims Results Compared with MAX data for 350‐Day Rate
0%
5%
10% … Michigan Department of Community Health,
Community Health Automated Medicaid Processing System (CHAMPS) compared
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-patterns-fall-interventions.pdf
September 01, 2023 - interventions) and injuries
(physical injury as a result of fall) for seniors
(ages 65 and older) compared … o Patients with sensory impairment had a
15.9% higher rate of injury compared to
patients without … o Patients with a history of falls had a 10.7%
higher rate of injury compared to patients
with no history … of falls resulting in harm (16.7% vs.
9.5%) and a 44.6% higher rate of falls resulting in injury compared … Compared with traditional statistical analyses, the data mining approach offers an efficient
algorithm
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35403/psn-pdf
February 18, 2011 - Mortality among patients admitted to hospitals on
weekends as compared with weekdays. … Mortality among patients admitted to hospitals on weekends as compared with
weekdays. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-among-patients-admitted-hospitals-weekends-compared-weekdays … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-among-patients-admitted-hospitals-weekends-compared-weekdays
https
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/venous-thromboembolism-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - The analysis found that the rates of VTE were not
significantly different with aspirin when compared … There was a trend toward a lower
rate of DVT among those who received mechanical compression compared … prophylaxis
compared with
enoxaparin and
warfarin, with the
lowest risk of
bleeding. … The incidence of
symptomatic DVT in
the 325 mg aspirin
group was 1.4%
compared with 0.3%
in the … The
incidence of PE in
the 325-mg aspirin
group was 0.2%
compared with 0.4%
in the 81-mg aspirin
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/stem-cell-children_surveillance.pdf
October 29, 2012 - The body of evidence on overall survival with tandem
HSCT compared with single HSCT is insufficient … Low-strength evidence on overall survival suggests no
benefit with single HSCT compared with symptom … Low-strength evidence on neurocognitive outcomes
suggests a benefit with single HSCT compared with … Low-strength evidence on neurocognitive outcomes
suggests no benefit with single HSCT compared with … Low-strength evidence on neurocognitive outcomes
suggests no benefit with single HSCT compared with
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-131-section-5-table-8-9.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Meta-analysis Investigators reviewed 24
randomized controlled trials that
compared an individualized … Members of the intervention
group had a 6-month readmission
rate of 11.4%, compared with
44.2% in … Compared with control subjects,
patients in the intervention group
had lower readmission rates at 30 … Intervention group readmission
rates and ED visit rates within 30
days were reduced compared
with … Twelve weeks
after discharge, 22% of the
intervention group had been
rehospitalized compared with
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3-nqs7.html
October 01, 2015 - indicated a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care was higher:
Among Hispanics compared … Among uninsured Hispanics compared with privately insured Hispanics. … Among publicly insured Hispanics compared with privately insured Hispanics (except in 2004).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stewart-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - However, the main effect hypothesis for team presentations
compared to physician-alone presentation … Apparently, team communication has minimal
impact when compared to doctor-alone communication, potentially … disclosure will produce higher
ratings of trust when patient outcome resulted in no adverse event compared … highest ratings of trust and lowest for
blame in conditions with moderately adverse patient events compared … Physicians were rated better alone in no outcome and the same in moderate
outcome conditions compared
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening
February 02, 2021 - Revascularization has been associated with small long-term benefits compared with best medical therapy … , 2.82 [95% CI, 0.33- 24.07]) or carotid artery stenting (unadjusted HR, 3.50 [95% CI, 0.42-29.11]) compared … The 2 new trials added little to the evidence base on effectiveness of revascularization compared with … While there were few new trials examining the comparative effectiveness of revascularization compared … Angioplasty in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis vs. endarterectomy compared to best medical treatment
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - By blocking COX-2, NSAIDs
reduce pain compared with placebo in patients with
arthritis,9 low back pain … with topical preparations, or of different topical
medications compared with one another? … No trial
compared aspirin or salsalate vs. other NSAIDs.
8
Table A. … The risk was highest in patients
prescribed celecoxib 400 mg twice daily compared to
celecoxib 200 mg … to placebo (3.6% vs. 0.29%,
compared to <0.43% with other NSAIDs).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/stem-cell-children_executive.pdf
February 01, 2012 - The EPC subsequently reexamined the lists and
compared them with existing evidence in the context of … therapy:
• Low-strength evidence on overall survival suggests a
benefit with single HSCT compared … Rapidly Progressive Diseases
Evidence suggesting benefit of HSCT compared with
conventional therapy … Evidence suggesting no benefit of HSCT compared with
conventional therapy:
• Low-strength evidence … Slowly Progressive Diseases
Evidence suggesting benefit of HSCT compared with
conventional therapy:
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/breast-cancer-screening
April 30, 2024 - with White women, 5 and are approximately 40% more likely to die of breast cancer compared with White … In general, studies have reported small increases in positive predictive value with DBT compared with … While collaborative modeling estimated that, compared with a stopping age of 74, screening biennially … Three RCTs 56-58 and 1 nonrandomized study 59 compared detection of invasive cancer over 2 rounds of … invitation to screening with digital mammography plus MRI compared with digital mammography alone in
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/hiv.html
April 01, 2018 - In 3 of 6 years, Asians had a lower rate of new HIV cases compared with Whites. … In all years, females had lower rates of new HIV cases compared with males. … The percentage was lower for AI/ANs compared with Whites. … In 2 of 4 years, female HIV-positive clients were more likely to be retained in care compared with male … In 3 of 4 years, HIV-positive clients with Medicare were more likely to be retained in care compared