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201. Disposition of Comments Report for Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/case-management_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - very good job of highlighting the problem of the lack of consensus in the literature on how CM is defined … Again, the somewhat nebulous way in which patients with complex diseases were defined limits the ultimate … General Comments The report is clinically meaningful and the target populations are explicitly defined … The report is a thorough review and synthesis of the case management literature, as defined by the … The target patient population is clearly defined and appropriate for review.

202. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     August 11, 2014 - For example ES 14 says that renal failure was defined as creatinine clearance less than 60 ml/min/1.73m2 … Recognizing that there is no harmonization among assays, comparing results against an assays pre-defined … TEP #1 General The target audience for this article is not defined. … The target audience has now been defined under the Scope and Key Questions section of the Introduction

203. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - The target population and audience are explicitly defined. … The target population and audience are explicitly defined. … Key questions clearly defined and appropriate. … Peer Reviewer #10 Introduction Introduction: Concise and well-defined intro. … is too restrictive or why it would result in reporting bias for the defined outcomes.

204. Carbohydrate-Intake-Prepub-Final-Research-Table-Rct (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Yes/No/Unclear Outcomes pre-specified and defined?

205. Cer-250-Cannabis-2025-Surv-Rep-Update-Tables-F1-2 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Were Outcomes Prespecified and Defined, and Ascertained Using Accurate Methods?

206. Naik (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Naik Slide 1: Using  Electronic Health Records  to Better Coordinate Decision Making  for Complex Patients: What  CanWe Learn FromWiki? Aanand D. Naik, MD and Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH Houston HSR&D CoE, Michael E. DeBakey VA  Medical Center; Baylor College of Me…

207. Data Points 14: Use of Endocrine Therapy (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-endocrine-therapy_research.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - Early invasive breast cancer: We defined early invasive breast cancer using SEER summary local stage … Race/ethnicity: We defined race using the SEER Race Recode Y vari- able. … Rural refers to counties with fewer than 2,500 people.9 Tumor size: We defined tumor size using the … Grade: We defined grade using the fields provided by SEER: well differentiated, moderately/intermediately … Points • # 14 • Use of Endocrine Therapy 4 Health maintenance organization (HMO) enrollment: We defined

208. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 131 (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2014 - For purposes of this study, early remission is defined as 2-4 weeks and later remission is defined … The abbreviation has been defined in the footnote. … Moderate-severe is not defined. … Remission is not clearly defined or consistent in the analysis. … TEP-2 Discussion/ conclusion Effectiveness is not defined.

209. S103 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - are randomly assigned—as in a randomized controlled trial—the average causal treatment effect can be defined … The average causal treatment effect is defined as: � � E{R�1�} � E{R�2�} (1) where E{R�1�} and E{R� … differently to the treatments of interest, then the analyst should stratify the sample into clearly defined … As noted in the earlier example, a stratified analysis is appropriate if we expect that defined subgroups

210. Disposition of Comments Report for Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2012 - It uses terms that are not defined until the body of the report, exemplified by the sentence, “All … It uses terms that are not defined until the body of the report, exemplified by the sentence, “All … The authors have used well-defined and rigorous methods to conduct their review. … The target population is clearly defined. … The targets are all well-defined and the key questions are appropriate.

211. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0002_03-04-2008.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - insulin therapy and glucose control, although the characteristics of such patients remain to be clearly defined

212. TND-612-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-612-09-03-2013.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) as defined by

213. S166 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - methods by a process known as the Mixed Treatment Com- parison, described by Lu and Ades.6 Under well-defined … One treatment is defined as a reference, and basic parameters are established by comparing other treatments … All other contrasts are then defined as functional parame- ters of these reference parameters. … Sleep Efficiency The results for SE (defined as the percentage of total time in bed that a subject was … Sleep Quality Differences in SQ (defined as subject’s overall satis- faction with sleep) estimates across

214. worker-health-protocol-150526 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/worker-health_research-protocol.pdf
     May 26, 2015 - TWH is defined as a “strategy integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion … • Interventions: o Any “integrated intervention” that meets the definition of a TWH strategy, defined … Population Employed adults (18 years of age or older) Children and adolescents under age 18 Intervention As defined … above in PICOTs All other interventions Comparator As defined above in PICOTs No comparison; nonconcordant … historical controls Outcomes As defined above in PICOTs KQs 2, 3, 4: All other outcomes, such as

215. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     March 11, 2010 - illness The prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism ranges from 4 to 8.5%2, 3 depending on the defined … The upper threshold for TSH will be defined using the limits defined in the literature. … The lower threshold for TSH will be defined using the limits defined in the literature.

216. Public-Reporting-Cost-Measures Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 13, 2014 - Public reporting has been defined as data about a healthcare structure, process, or outcome at any provider … practices for the public reporting of costs that compare healthcare providers or facilities across defined … web sites that are aimed at helping consumers find reliable information on healthcare providers in defined … charge, at a nominal cost, or granted based on group affiliation) that allow for comparisons within a defined … charge, at a nominal cost, or granted based on group affiliation) that allow for comparisons within a defined

217. Restless-Legs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - , the results of RLS severity scales cannot be meaningfully interpreted in the absence of clearly defined … MCIDs have not been defined for these scales. 23 Table 2: Scales to assess severity of RLS and …  Assessed together by patient and investigator to assess severity of augmentation defined

218. Dietary Saturated Fat Replacement and Plasma Lipid and Cardiovascular Events (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - (MUFA) o Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) o Combination of the above • Dietary intake must be defined … saturated fatty acids, individual saturated fatty acids, or combination of saturated fatty acids • Well defined … Nonrandomized comparative studies  Must account for potential confounders  Dietary intake must be defined … Nonrandomized comparative studies  Must account for potential confounders  Dietary intake must be defined

219. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - for glaucoma • Risk factors for glaucoma Types of Participants We included studies of adult (as defined … Effectiveness of Treatment for Glaucoma 4 with specific ocular or other medical conditions, as defined … by included studies (e.g., diabetes); and older age groups, as defined by included studies. … We also considered other measurements of visual impairment as defined by included studies. … (The definition of the common cutoff point differed by included study, but is defined in Burr et al

220. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 259: Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - assesses the comparative effectiveness and harms of PBI compared with WBI for early-stage breast cancer, defined … Financial Toxicity Related to PBI No studies explicitly addressed the construct of financial toxicity, defined