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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_executive.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have an
estimated prevalence of 1 in 110 children
in the United States.1 Disorders within the
spectrum include Autistic Disorder,
Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive
Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise
Specified (PDD-NOS).
Individuals with ASDs have impaired
socia…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/meditation_executive.pdf
January 01, 2014 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 124
Meditation Programs for Psychological
Stress and Well-Being
Executive Summary
Introduction
Definition of Meditation
The National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine defines
meditation as a “mind-body” method.
This category of complementary
and …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Peer Reviewer
#2
General The authors at the Evidence-based Practice Center along
with their consultants
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-249-malnutrition-disposition-comments_0_0.pdf
October 13, 2021 - Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Title: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review
Draft report available for public comment from Jun…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/advanced-care-decision-aids_technical-brief.pdf
July 01, 2014 - A total of 1,364 patients were treated with a neurothrombectomy device as part of X reports
Decision Aids
for Advance
Care Planning
Technical Brief
Number 16
Technical Brief
Number 16
Decision Aids for Advance Care Planning
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Departmen…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-200-post-acs-depression.pdf
November 01, 2017 - Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review. Evidence Summary.
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 200
Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment
of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A
Systematic Review
Evidence Summary
Objective…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-227-noninvasive-nonpharm-chronic-pain-comments.pdf
April 16, 2020 - Disposition of Comments: CER 227 Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research ReviewTitle: Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain:
A Systematic Review Update
Draft report available for public…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-stone-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
June 15, 2011 - 1
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: June 15, 2011
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults:
A Comparative Effectiveness Review of Preventive Medical Strategies
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mass-casualty-events-scarce-resources_executive.pdf
June 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based
Practice
Evidence-based Practice
Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-
based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors
the development of evidence reports and
technology assessments to assist public-
and private-sector organizations in their
efforts to imp…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_1-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
August 13, 2012 - 7
Abstract
The steps involved in the process of developing research questions and study objectives for conducting
observational comparative effectiveness research (CER) are described in this chapter. It is important
to begin with identifying decisions under consideration, determining who the decisionmakers and
sta…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-performance_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 9
9-1
Chapter 9
Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance
in the Absence of a “Gold Standard”
Thomas A. Trikalinos, M.D., Tufts Evidence-based Practice Center, Boston, MA
Cynthia M. Balion, Ph.D., Hamilton General Hospital and McMaster Evidence-based…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_research-protocol.pdf
September 29, 2010 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: September 29, 2010
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-
Citrullinated Peptide Testing for the Eva…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fibromyalgia_executive.pdf
January 01, 2015 - 1
Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult
Subgroups
Executive Summary
Background
Fibromyalgia is a chronic diffuse
musculoskeletal pain syndrome that has
no clearly identified etiology.1-4 It affects
mostly adults5 and is characterized by
chronic widespread pain, abnormal
processing of and heightened sensitivity …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-disorders-imaging_disposition-comments.pdf
November 01, 2011 - Emerging MRI Technologies for Imaging Musculoskeletal Disorders under Loading Stress
Source: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=578
Published Online: August 2010
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Dispositio…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
August 26, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: August 26, 2011
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Closing the Quality Gap: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections
Amendment Date(s) if applicab…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tonsillectomy_research-protocol.pdf
February 10, 2016 - Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: November 9, 2015
Evidence-‐‑based
Practice
Center
Systematic
Review
Protocol
Project Title: Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection
in Children
Initial publication date if applicable…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_research-protocol.pdf
February 04, 2014 - head-neck-cancer-update-140204
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update
I. Background and Objectives for …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/urinary-incontinence-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 36
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary
Incontinence in Adult Women: Diagnosis
and Comparative Effectiveness
Executive Summary
Background
Urinary incontinence (UI) is the
involuntary loss of urine.1 About
25 percent of young women,2 44 to
to 57 percent of middle-ag…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/catd-protocol-draft_0.pdf
November 02, 2018 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CATD)
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-type Dementia (CATD)
Initial publication date if applicable: TBD
Amendment Date(s) if applicable:
(Amendments De…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Protocol
Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship
Review Questions
1. What is the frequency and severity of harms associated with opioid prescribing and ordering?
2. What …