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61. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - The defined population includes seriously or terminally ill cancer patients, who are unlikely to recover … initiatives such as the National Consensus Project (NCP)7 and NQF Palliative Care Framework8 have defined … All the indicators approved by the NQF defined the denominator retrospectively from the time of death … Reliability depends on various factors, including objectively defined concepts, precise specifications … Although the framework is defined as end-of-life, end-of-life issues may be relevant from the time of

62. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2007 - Registries are classified according to how the populations are defined. … Disease or condition registries are defined by patients having the same diagnosis, such as cystic fibrosis … Requirements for quality assurance should be defined during the registry’s inception and creation. … • Operational definitions of outcomes are clearly defined. … • The plan for generating and/or reviewing publications and presentations is defined.

63. Disposition of Comments for CER 165 Fecal Incontinence (pdf file)
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    March 21, 2016 - TEP 5 General comments The target population and audience are explicitly defined. … The other subgroups are not well defined, “mixed,” “structural,” and “GI.” … Authors defined etiologies differently. … While this may be relevant, these two terms are not previously defined. … Each author defined their own “standard care”.

64. Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease (pdf file)
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    April 18, 2017 - Among subpopulations defined by hypertension, diabetes, and obesity health status. 2. … Among subpopulations defined by hypertension, diabetes, and obesity health status. 3. … Among subpopulations defined by hypertension, diabetes, obesity and renal health status. … Among subpopulations defined by hypertension, diabetes, and obesity health status. 7. … Among subpopulations defined by hypertension, diabetes, and obesity health status. III.

65. Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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    September 20, 2017 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Nature and Burden of Chronic Pain Chronic pain, defined … osteoarthritis o Key Question 4: Fibromyalgia o Key Question 5: Primary chronic tension headache (defined … A small/slight effect was defined for pain as a mean between-group difference following treatment of … A moderate effect was defined for pain as a mean difference of 10 to 20 points on a 0- to 100-point … Large/substantial effects were defined as greater than moderate.

66. Ems-Blood-Transfusion-Draft-Report-App-F (xls file)
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    August 18, 2025 - Were outcomes pre-specified and defined, and ascertained using accurate methods? … Were outcomes pre-specified and defined, and ascertained using accurate methods?

67. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 269: Respectful Maternity Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Informants, and a Technical Expert Panel, investigators developed pre-established eligibility criteria defined … There was no data on harms of RMC, but frameworks identified in the literature clearly defined related … many literature review and synthesis topics, the concept of respectful maternity care is still being defined

68. CER 221 Disposition of Comments: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
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    October 11, 2019 - How was serious adverse event defined? We used number of events as listed in the methods. … Clinical failure was defined in the methods of the full report. … The term “early” is not defined – what does “during AECOPD” mean. … The term “early” is not defined – what does “during AECOPD” mean. … Outcomes are defined. We thank the reviewer for the comments.

69. Engaging-Caregivers-Appendix-C (xls file)
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    May 29, 2025 - Were Outcomes Prespecified and Defined, and Ascertained Using Accurate Methods?

70. Evaluation of Dietary Protein Intake Requirements (pdf file)
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    November 28, 2023 - daily intake of indispensable AAs ● No comparator Outcomes KQ1 Total protein requirement* as defined … living for older adults (65 years and older) Outcomes KQ2 Indispensable AA requirement* as defined … as the lowest daily intake value for a nutrient that will meet the need as defined by a specified indicator … for infants, children, adolescents (0-18 Inclusion criteria: Total protein requirement* as defined … PICOTS) Outcomes KQ2 Inclusion Criteria Inclusion criteria: Indispensable AA requirement* as defined

71. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Fatigue and Sleepiness of Clinicians Due to Hours of Service (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - Clinicians are defined as any person providing healthcare to patients (e.g., physician, nurse, physician … We will search for recent high quality systematic reviews defined using the criteria for “Good” described … analysis systems • Pharmacological agents (e.g., caffeine, melatonin, sleep medications) Comparator Defined … No defined historical or contemporaneous cohort comparison group Outcome Patient outcomes: • Mortality … We will search for recent high quality systematic reviews defined using the criteria for “Good” described

72. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Evaluation of Dietary Protein and Amino Acid Requirements: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 22, 2024 - “inconclusive”, is not defined in the methods section of the report and is inconsistent with the “implications … wording be made to match the methods where precision is either “precise” or “imprecise” and imprecise defined

73. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2011 Research (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - We defined internal validity as the extent to which the results of a study are correct for the subjects … and the associations detected are truly caused by exposure.5 We defined biases the checklists should … Good credibility was defined with a total score of 13 or more. … Justify acceptable response rate:______ and rate that can be defined as a major flaw of the study___ … Justify acceptable response rate:______ and rate that can be defined as a major flaw of the study__

74. DEcIDE 32: The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), they found that the one year rate was slightly higher in incident users defined … antidepressant medication (6.03 per 1,000 person years; 95% CI, 5.54 to 6.55) than in incident users defined … Number 32 5 effectiveness in second-line therapy.25 For second-line therapy, the cohort would be defined … For example, should the date of incident use be defined in relation to the medical procedure or the … (2) Evaluate first-line, second-line, and third-line therapy defined as incident users and compare

75. Ch 3-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    September 21, 2012 - The individual treatment effect can be defined as the contrast: θ i = g(E[Y i (1)]) – g(E[Y i … (i.e. correlated with explanatory variables) so that u subgroup1 (average θ i for a subgroup defined … by level 1 of an explanatory variable) ≠ u subgroup2 (average u i for a subgroup defined by level … 4 Creating such a narrowly defined subgroup (the individual patient) leads to an extremely challenging … Reporting of results from descriptive analysis of subgroups defined by priority populations using an

76. Slide 1
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    January 01, 2013 - of Treatment Effect Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect Heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE) is defined … Subgroup variables must be true covariates, that is, variables that are defined before an individual … conducting observational comparative effectiveness research and clearly state if and how subgroups will be defined … Using an informative forest plot to report results from descriptive analysis of subgroups defined by … limited effectiveness data will be included in the study and evaluated as subgroups Subgroups should be defined

77. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2006 - Anemia severity is defined by hemoglobin (Hb) concentration. … Mild anemia is defined as Hb from 10 g/dL to the lower limit of normal ranges, while moderate anemia … Patients are usually transfused if Hb falls to or below 8 g/dL, defined as severe anemia. … Epo: 7% (0-30%) Darb: 5% across studies) Epo: 7% (3%-11%) Control: 4% (0-23%) Control: 3% 1 Trials defined

78. Digestible Carbohydrate Intake and Maternal-Infant Outcomes: Appendix E Tables (xls file)
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    July 15, 2025 - Yes/No/Unclear Outcomes pre-specified and defined?

79. Heart-Failure-Transition-Care Clinician (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2015 - evidence regarding the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions (defined … A preventable readmission is defined as one related to the previous admission if there was a reasonable … interventions are more or less efficacious in reducing readmissions or mortality based on patient subgroups defined

80. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - with poor psychological and physical outcomes, as well as increased mortality.1,2 Social isolation is defined … as the lack of meaningful and sustained connection to other people, while loneliness is defined as