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21. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery (pdf file)
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    November 18, 2023 - addressed the need to delineate between included versus excluded surgical populations, and to uniformly define … KIs pointed out the need to define distinct comparators, and secondly, if multimodal analgesia without … Many different strategies are used to achieve a multimodal pain management regimen, so we will not define … ● Timing: We received requests to better define the surgical time period we will be examining, … ● Settings: One KI requested that we define the perioperative environment and explicitly state

22. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0265_02-29-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - Can you identify patient characteristics to define pain mgt (phenotype, genotype, diagnostic or other

23. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 18 Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health (pdf file)
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    March 05, 2015 - Reviewer #2 Methods Minor points: How did the authors define “shoppable” services? … We have aimed to better define what providers and facilities are at the beginning of the document. … Please define clearly what is included (i.e., is cost always included when the term public reporting … Reviewer #6 Background Price transparency – please define Thank you, we have clarified in the objective … In box 1 (on page 4) we define what we mean when we say a cost measure: A financial measure of cost

24. Outreach to Patient and Consumer Representatives (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/branson-text.pdf
    October 13, 2011 - § Clearly define needs. § Offer a “unique opportunity.” § Set the standards high.

25. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Stakeholders Address logistical concerns Plan ahead Provide written material well in advance Clearly define … context Managing vs. eliminating bias: Add more perspective to keep it balanced Be proactive Clearly define … protocol regarding conflicts of interest Be proactive in addressing conflicts of interest Clearly define

26. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Define how the test will be used. … First, define how the test will be used. … diagnostic workup Is crucial for planning a meaningful decision analysis Decision Modeling Step 1: Define … is appropriate is to define how the test will be used. … Creating this tree enables the reviewers to define the clinical scenarios of interest, alternate testing

27. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Define how the test will be used. … First, define how the test will be used. … diagnostic workup Is crucial for planning a meaningful decision analysis Decision Modeling Step 1: Define … is appropriate is to define how the test will be used. … Creating this tree enables the reviewers to define the clinical scenarios of interest, alternate testing

28. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Inconsistencies and bias can certainly occur during the development of key questions, which define the … To enhance readability, key questions may not always define the comparison, which may introduce both … With respect to subgroup data or analyses, for example, the review team should define the clinically … • Define inclusion and exclusion criteria by PICOTS clearly and in a protocol. … • Define interventions with specificity such that they are applicable to the intended user of the

29. Slide 1
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    January 01, 2013 - data sources) Discuss potential bias (and methods to minimize it) associated with comparator choice Define … No Treatment When a comparison to no treatment is a clinically appropriate question, researchers may define … Magnitude of Misclassification in Drug Exposure Versus Procedure Comparison Using dispensing data to define … and device failure or removal into account depends on the goal of each study and how the researchers define … possible Be sure to also describe how study design/analytic methods will be used to minimize bias Define

30. Untitled (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-medical-update_research-protocol.pdf
    February 16, 2016 - We define allied health interventions targeting sensory challenges in line with the DSM-5 definition … clarify that the focus of all KQ is exclusively on medical and sensory-related interventions and to define … Interventions   Medical Treatments We will define this category broadly as interventions involving … Interventions to Target Sensory Challenges As noted, we define sensory challenges in line with the broad … We define short-term outcomes as those measured ≤ 6 months post- treatment and long-term outcomes as

31. Ahrq Community Forum Webinar Branson (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq_community_forum_webinar_branson.pdf
    October 13, 2011 - – Clearly define needs. – Offer a “unique opportunity.

32. Module IV- Skills for Successful Engagement (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/module-iv-skills-for-successful-engagement.pdf
    May 29, 2025 - § Plan ahead § Provide written material well in advance § Clearly define … Managing vs. eliminating bias: § Add more perspective to keep it balanced § Be proactive § Clearly define … protocol regarding conflicts of interest § Be proactive in addressing conflicts of interest § Clearly define

33. Automated-Entry Patient Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-generated-health-data-protocol-chronic-conditions.pdf
    March 17, 2020 - • Outcomes that define a condition (e.g., weight loss for obesity, HbA1c for diabetes, blood pressure … EXCLUDE: Surrogates such as prescription filling behavior, biomarkers that do not define the condition … Outcomes EXCLUDE: Surrogates such as prescription filling behavior, biomarkers that do not define … EXCLUDE: Surrogates such as prescription filling behavior, biomarkers that do not define the condition

34. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0398_06-17-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - professional association Nomination Summary: The nominator is interested in a systematic review to define

35. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0262_05-11-2007.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - Draft key questions will be developed to define the perspective and scope of this report; it is likely

36. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269_Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture To Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes (pdf file)
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    January 02, 2024 - This review aimed to define and measure RMC and the absence of RMC, described as disrespect or abuse … to catalyze wider instrument development and promote careful consideration of future work to define … We have not used the term “maternity facility stay” as part of the predetermined language to define … Part of our established methods is to define the population. … The authors define LMIC using United Nations Human Development criteria, so they are working with an

37. The Evidence-Based Care Challenge: A Case Study (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2013 - How will you define success? How will this definition be communicated to partners? … Regardless of intent, the most critical steps at the outset of a challenge are to define the desired … One way in which the Advisory Committee contributed to the EBC Challenge was in helping to define the … EBC Challenge yielded several areas for attention and potential revision in future endeavors: • Define … • Better define the judging criteria.

38. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - The proposed use of a prognostic test should serve as the framework for a systematic review and help define … review according to these prognostic test categories (low, intermediate, and high risk) and clearly define … analyses, guidelines, or expert opinions that help support the outcome probability thresholds used to define … prognostic test or prediction equation to the sample data (test development sample) by using the data to define … This so-called continuous formulation of the NRI doesn’t require one to define clinically meaningful

39. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review #68 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nppv-respiratory-failure_disposition-comments.pdf
    July 01, 2012 - Peer Reviewer 5 Executive Summary Methods: Please define or describe the panel members’ expertise … Please define in the first paragraph of the Results or Legend of the figure or delete. … Peer Reviewer 5 Introduction Table 5 – please define the Diagnosis ‘Mixed’ in the footnote of the table … Peer Reviewer 5 Results Page 51 [20] – lines 18-19 – please define mixed etiologies “Mixed” has been … Peer Reviewer 5 Results Page 69 [38] – Key Points – line 28 – please define mixed populations “Mixed”

40. S50 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - It uses the knowledge of front-line caregivers, who develop study questions and define variables as part … or lead re- searcher and clinicians of various disciplines to engage in an iterative process to (a) define … patient characteristics presumed to affect outcomes and/or effectiveness of ther- apies, (b) identify and define … PBE-CPI studies attempt to identify confounders by working with front-line clini- cians who define relevant