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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/binge-eating_research-protocol.pdf
July 21, 2014 - The binge eating occurs, on average,
a. at least 2 days a week for 6 months (DSM-IV frequency and duration … Final health outcomes
o Behavioral
- Binge eating: frequency of binge episodes, frequency of binge days … male or female)
- Reproductive function
o Social and occupational functioning
- Work or school days … Dyslipidemia
· GERD, irritable bowel syndrome
Social and occupational functioning
· Lost work or school days … treatment harms, and costs (e.g., health
care cost and use, lost work days).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_surveillance.pdf
March 14, 2013 - In period A, 2.6 days
/month and 2.3 parents; usual
activity days/month were gained. … In period B there were 1.9 vs 0.9
{P=0.033} and 0.2 vs -1.3
{P=0.109} school days/ month
and parents … ’ usual activity
days/month respectively, in
abatacept vs placebo
Author, year Trial n Subjects … Normalized body
temperature and absence of
evanescent rashes were achieved
after a median of 4 days … Time between start of
etanercept and IBD was 9 days to
4.5 years
Author, year Trial n Subjects
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_surveillance.pdf
March 14, 2013 - In period A, 2.6 days
/month and 2.3 parents; usual
activity days/month were gained. … In period B there were 1.9 vs 0.9
{P=0.033} and 0.2 vs -1.3
{P=0.109} school days/ month
and parents … ’ usual activity
days/month respectively, in
abatacept vs placebo
Author, year Trial n Subjects … Normalized body
temperature and absence of
evanescent rashes were achieved
after a median of 4 days … Time between start of
etanercept and IBD was 9 days to
4.5 years
Author, year Trial n Subjects
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/structured-handoff-rapid-research.pdf
January 01, 2025 - :
Intervention: 60.4
Control: 60.4
Total adverse events per
1,000 hospital days:
Intervention: … Mostly or
entirely
academic
3,106
patient
admissions
Medical error rate per
1,000 patient days … ICU LOS
Intervention: 7.3 days
Control: 7.5 days
Duration of mechanical
ventilation
Intervention … : 3.5 days
Control: 4.3 days
Reintubations within 24
hours
Intervention: 1.2%
Control: 1.5% … stay: Mean
difference between
intervention and control:
5.26, p=0.20
Reuptake rate within 30
days
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/healthcare-algorithms-agenda-for-March-23.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Agenda: Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities
1
IMPACT OF HEALTHCARE ALGORITHMS ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES
IN HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
AGENDA
March 2–3, 2023
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Natcher Conference Center
45 Center Drive, Building 45, Bethesda, MD 20892 …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_research_executive.pdf
February 01, 2016 - back pain problem that has persisted at
least 3 months and has resulted in pain on at least half
the days … Opioids vs. acetaminophen,
acute LBP: Days to return
to work, pain
Insufficient One trial found no … acetaminophen in days to return to work; pain was not reported.
Long acting opioids vs. … (RR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.72 to 0.94) and at 10–14 days (RR, 0.71;
95% CI, 0.54 to 0.93) vs. placebo, and … lower likelihood of no overall
improvement at 10–14 days (RR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.42 to 0.97).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Evidence on the impact
on hospitalizations is less clear: five studies reported
none within 30 days … statistically significant, the absolute
differences were small (1.1% vs. 0.2% hospitalization at
30 days … ; 5 vs. 6 days symptom duration). … risk of hospital
admissions (2 RCTs)
No difference in reconsultation,
diagnostic testing use, or days … in overall antibiotic prescribing,
hospitalizations, duration of symptoms, reconsultations,
16
days
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_executive.pdf
February 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 56
Adjuvant Treatment for Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Executive Summary
Background
Etiology
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic
disorder in which an inability to properly
metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine
(Phe) leads to a buildup of Phe in the
blood, causing neurot…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-evidence-summary-2022-update_0.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 250_Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: 2022 Update
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 250
Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and
Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic
Pain: 2022 Update
Evide…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s81.pdf
October 01, 2007 - for a
bleeding or anticoagulation problem, an ADE was predicted
if either length of stay (LOS) was �4 days … and there was a
complication; or if LOS was �4 days and the patient was a
woman with cardiac dysrhythmias … Using 4 nodes, the HOCTA model
predicted drug-induced delirium if LOS was �3 days and the
patient was … older than 75 years or had diabetes mellitus; or if
LOS was �5 days.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vaccines-safety-protocol-130325.pdf
September 18, 2012 - 2011 immunization schedule
recommended for U.S. adults18* are safe in the short term (within 30–42 days … following
immunization) or long term (>42 days after immunization)? … recommended for
U.S. children and adolescents in 201119* are safe in the short term (within 30–42 days … following immunization) or long term (>42 days after immunization)?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-pci-bypass_addendum.pdf
February 01, 2010 - Most patients receive the assigned treatment within 60 days of randomization. … Within 90
days of randomization, 75 (2%) of 3889 patients assigned to CABG died, compared with 74
( … The composite endpoint of death or myocardial
infarction within 90 days, which could be assessed in … Data on stroke within 90 days of randomization were available from seven trials:1,5-10 26 (1%) of
2268
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-195-uterine-fibroids-final.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Likewise, bleeding characteristics, such as days of bleeding
and severity of bleeding as measured by … Studies consistently reported
significant improvement in measures of quality of life
symptoms (days … Assessment duration (where clearly
reported) in comparative studies ranged from 15 days to
24 months … Time to return to usual
activity after hysterectomy averaged 30 to 40 days in three
studies. … One study reported faster recovery (mean 22 days)
after laparoscopic hysterectomy.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/migraine-prevention_disposition-comments.pdf
April 18, 2013 - Three estimates used migraine
that occurred ≥15 days per month, with
prevalence ranging from 0 to 0.7% … Prevalence and Prevention
guideline recommends
preventive treatment for those
with two or more headache
days … with disability or four or
more days with or without
disability.30
this was a paper based on the … decreased the likelihood of
acute drug use in patients
with a baseline of more than
12 monthly migraine days … Reviewer 3 Report: Topiramate was also
better than placebo in
reducing monthly migraine
days by ≥50
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/developing-consistent-useful-quality-improvement.pdf
September 01, 2020 - Duration of intervention should specify total
hours/days of intervention. … Asthma symptom days,
period of frequent
symptoms, persistent
asthma, asthma-specific
functional status … Clinical
measures: emergency
department visits, did
not missing school
days due to wheezing
or asthma … (out-patient
and hospital visits for
asthma care), functional
limitations (school or pre-
school days … bronchial
responsiveness, air
flow meter variability,
symptom frequency,
knowledge of asthma,
days
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_executive.pdf
November 01, 2013 - Generally, studies predicting short-term mortality (up to
31 days) and longer term mortality (24 months … showed that patients in the BNP/NT-proBNP group
had more days of survival outside the hospital than … All-cause mortality and composite outcomes
across different time intervals (from 14 days to 7 years … Time intervals were heterogeneous for studies of both
decompensated HF (from 31 days to 6.8 years) and … • Inclusion of all relevant endpoints: cardiovascular
mortality, total mortality, days alive and not
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/crohns-disease_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Questionnaire [IBDQ], Short Inflammatory
Bowel Disease Questionnaire), and days … other measure of perianal disease)
• Patient-reported outcomes (health-related quality of life, IBDQ, days … • Last reported time point
KQ4 • Patient-reported outcomes (health-related quality of life, IBDQ, days … ) or persistently
(within 90 days and greater than 365 days) than with no TNF-alpha inhibitors or
no … ) or persistently (within 90 days and greater than 365 days) than
with no thiopurines.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0320_06-17-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number: 0175
Document Completion Date: 3-24-10
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Serum free light chain assay analysis for the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of plasma cell
dyscrasias will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. T…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s50.pdf
October 01, 2007 - nutritional interventions (use of oral medical
nutritional supplements or tube feeding for more than 21
days … reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and new antipsychotic medications,
use of disposable briefs for more than 14 days
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-229-opioid-treatments-chronic-pain-evidence-summary.pdf
April 01, 2020 - diagnosis found buprenorphine taper associated with a lower percentage of
negative urine samples, more days