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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/labor-nitrous-oxide_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 67
Nitrous Oxide for the Management of
Labor Pain
Executive Summary
Background
More than 4 million births occur in
the United States each year; in 2008,
there were 4,247,694 births.1 The most
commonly used labor pain management
method in the United States is epidural…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/screening-counseling-interventions-executive-summary.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Executive Summary: Systematic Review_Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for Children and Adolescents
Systematic Review
Implementing Recommended Mental Health and
Substance Use Screening and Counseling
Interventions in Prima…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/type-2-diabetes-medications-2007_executive.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Layout 1
Background
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin
resistance accompanied by progressive
deficiency in insulin secretion. Type 2
diabetes is an increasingly common disease
that is closely associated with obesity. In
2005, the prevalence of Americans with
diagnosed type 2 diabetes was 2.4 percent
for ad…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/topic-refinement.ppt
March 01, 2010 - Refinement Process:
UCONN/HH EPC Example (II)
Step 4: The team reviews the topic development documents and continues … Process: UCONN/HH EPC Example (II)
In Step 4, the team reviews the topic development documents and continues
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/module_ii1.ppt
June 01, 2011 - AHRQ continues to look for and expand opportunities to engage stakeholders.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/telehealth_disposition-comments.pdf
June 30, 2016 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Source: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/
?pageaction=displayproduct&productid=2254
Published Online: June 30, 2016
Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Telehealth: M…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-ambulatory-therapeutics_research.pdf
July 01, 2009 - Report Number 14
20
Validation of DARTNet
In this initial phase, DARTNet underwent and continues … For the near future, DARTNet continues to be a federally-funded
research project that needs a governance … in DARTNet among key stakeholders, DARTNet should be able
to continue to obtain funding as long it continues
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/psychiatric-readmissions_disposition-comments.pdf
May 21, 2015 - Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 21, Management Strategies To Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions
Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Management Strategies To Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions
Draft review available for public comment from December 1, 2014 to Dece…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_appendixes.pdf
January 01, 2009 - -
Effectiveness of Recombinant Human Growth
Hormone (rhGH) in the Treatment of Patients With
Cystic Fibrosis
Appendixes
A-1
Appendix A. Search Strategies
Number of citations in ()
/ after an index term indicates that all subheadings were selected.
* before an index term indica…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - in Canada and
from 1.38 to 3.67 SDDDs/day/1,000 inhabitants in the
United Kingdom.6 Controversy continues
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_executive.pdf
June 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Almost 75 million American adults—
approximately one-third—have
hypertension. The prevalence of
hypertension increases with advancing age
such that more than half of people 55 to 74
years old and approximately three-fourths
of those age 75 years and older are
affected. In addition to being the pr…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-cancer_clinician.pdf
July 01, 2017 - Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence
Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell
Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence
Focus of This Summary
This is a summary of a systematic review that evaluated the recent evidence regarding the benefits and adve…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypofractionated-radiation-therapy-draft-appendix-d3.xlsx
January 01, 2025 - Draft - Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Appendix D3 Tables
Table D-3. Outcomes
Author, year Key Questions Intervention Arm Group Control Arm Group Outcome domain Outcome domain comment Overall survival Prostate cancer-specific survival Prostate cancer-specific survival commen…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-indicators-symposium_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Table 1
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapid development of new scientific information and analytic tools. The DEcIDE
network assists health ca…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0094_04-09-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0051
Document Completion Date: 6-12-09
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Therapies for autism spectrum disorders will go forward for refinement as a comparative effectiveness
or effectiveness review. The scope of this topic, including pop…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
October 01, 2010 - Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
Methods Guide for
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Conducting Quantitative Synthesis
When Comparing Medical Interventions:
AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
October 01, 2010 - Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
Methods Guide for
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Conducting Quantitative Synthesis
When Comparing Medical Interventions:
AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Osteoarthritis is a chronic condition
involving degeneration of cartilage within
the joints. It is the most common form of
arthritis and is associated with pain,
substantial disability, and reduced quality
of life.1 Surveys indicate that 5 to 17
percent of United States (U.S.) adults have
symptom…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2008 - Layout 1
Background and Key
Questions
Prostate cancer is the most common
nondermatologic cancer in men. In 2007 an
estimated 218,890 men were diagnosed
with, and 27,050 deaths were attributed to,
prostate cancer in the United States.
Approximately 90 percent of men with
prostate cancer have disease considered
confine…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/machine-learning-tools-appendix-d.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - Data extraction tools
PMID Authors Title PubYear Tool_name Environment Access Model_name Model_type Training ESP_Task Specific_ESP_task Prompts_reported Inputs Outputs Notes Reference_standard Validation N_runs Reports_tested Outcome_description Summary_measure Kappa Kappa_dispersion Correctness Correctness_low Correc…