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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/gurses-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - METHODS
5.1 Study design
This multi-site project contained theoretical modeling, qualitative studies … As with
any studies using observational study design, findings were associations. … Design and
evaluation of interventions to enhance self-management of medications throughout healthcare … The model did not converge for other subgroups due to low sample
size. … The model did not converge for other subgroups due to low sample
size.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/rogers-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - service, 3) scheduling practices, 4) countermeasures that can be instituted in
the work setting, 5) design … The quasi-experimental
design, shown in Figure 1,
was selected for the pilot
study in Part 2 of the … Over the 4-year study period,
there were two major
modifications in the design. … Figure 1 Study Design for Part 2 of the Staff Nurse Fatigue Study
Data Sources/Collection A cover letter
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/5-determining-focus/section5part2.html
January 01, 2020 - Choose your recording methods—alone or in combination—based on your observation design. … Advisory Council is one of the most effective strategies for involving families and patients in the design … Consequently, health care professionals often approach the design process from their own perspective, … in:
Program development, implementation, and evaluation;
Planning for major renovation or the design … or practice’s services;
Participation in staff orientation and in-service training programs; and
Design
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/connolly-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Methods
Study Design and Setting
This study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, patient-blinded … If the sample size and power of the
study became too small as a result of excluding patients with missing
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/bozicstudysnapshots/index.html
August 01, 2018 - However, lower than expected procedure volume meant that sample sizes were too small to detect the hypothesized … Change benefit design to steer patients to providers: Providers had a limited incentive to participate … Changes in benefit design, such as reduced out-of-pocket payments for patients treated by a participating
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/consolidation-ownership-slides.pdf
April 03, 2025 - across a
range of quality, utilization, and spending outcomes and
strategies that may improve the design … systems
○ Impact of specific socioeconomic conditions unique to a given historical
moment
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Study Design … ● Explanatory sequential mixed-methods design
► Multimedia elicitation surveys
► Focus group interviews … Health
Potential Benefits of Consolidation
Potential Downsides to Consolidation
Research Gaps
Study Design
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-intro-methods.pdf
December 01, 2021 - All survey design features are taken into account. … Statistics with a sample size of fewer than 30 individuals or
relative standard errors larger than 30% … sizes have been too small to
yield statistically reliable data. … The
sample sizes have been decreasing over the years because the number of hospital-acquired
conditions … Estimates are
suppressed if the sample size is small or the relative standard error is larger than 30%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Savino.pdf
July 01, 2003 - The study design
utilized full data collection from a 40 percent random subsample of all eligible
surgical … The sample size for this study was based on a
range of estimated effect sizes corresponding to changes … sampling of
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eligible cases was used to ensure a minimum sample … size of 1,200 cases per study
period.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/engaging-nurse-physician-patient-slides.html
August 01, 2018 - Physicians: General Physicians and Specialists
Make it As Easy as Possible
Involve Early in Decisions: Design … New Practice
Make it As Easy as Possible to do the right thing
Involve Early in Decisions: Design … in active partnership at various levels across the health care system - direct care, organizational design
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/savage-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Limitations
One potential concern about the present study is the sample size and representativeness … We were able to achieve the suggested grounded theory study
sample size (e.g., Morse, 1994, who recommended … The sample size was deemed acceptable when no new themes emerged
from the data (the data had reached … Sample size in qualitative research. Res Nurs Health 1995; 18: 179-183.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/pridx-framework.pdf
July 05, 2023 - safety links to care provision, 2) illustrates ways to
promote payer and provider engagement in the design … However, the sample size was too small, and
interviewee roles too heterogeneous, to generate specific … Limitations of these interview findings
include a small sample size of SMEs and a lack of general-
izability … Determining sample size. Qual Health Res 2000;10:3–5.
29. … Using behavioral economics to design physician incentives that deliver
high-value care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
Toolkit 1. Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
Tool 4. Antibiogram Formats and Instructions
Formats
The medical director must become familiar with the format of the antibiogram provided by
the lab a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/dudley-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - size of at least 200 patients per hospital for hospital-
level analyses.
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To assess the mortality … size was reached. … The large sample size of the validation dataset (>
3,000 patients) may have affected these results, … as the HL statistic (p-value) is known to get smaller
as a sample size increases. … The study design, retrospective chart abstraction, can identify associations only, not
causality, and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/thorpe-rask-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - commitment to patient safety, open communication, a blame-free environment, and the
importance of safety design
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/index.html
November 01, 2014 - Lean Initiative
Conclusions
Recommendations for Similar Organizations Using Principles to Design
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsineonatal.pdf
October 01, 2012 - CLABSI rate over time – overall*
*Sample size per time period represents the number of facilities … CLABSI rate estimated from unit data submitted to NHSN*
*Sample size per time period represents … Sample size and gestational age by birth-weight category
Birth-Weight
Category N (%)
Gestational
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutrtp5.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Study Design and Setting. … size, and
outcomes of interest. … Size
Males
(%)
Age Mean
(range), [y]
Dietary
Assessment
n-3 Fatty Acid
Intake (g/d)* … Size
Males
(%)
Age Mean
(range), [y]
Dietary
Assessment
n-3 Fatty Acid
Intake (g/ … Size
Males
(%)
Age Mean
(Range), [y]
Dietary
Assessment
Duration (y)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Feldstein.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Decision Support System Design and Implementation for Outpatient Prescribing: The Safety in Prescribing … Study
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Decision Support System Design and
Implementation for Outpatient Prescribing:
The Safety … This paper presents the study design and the intervention rationale, development,
and implementation … The SIP study, begun in 2004, is ongoing; this paper
presents results of the study design process. … How to
design computerized alerts to enhance safety of
prescribing practices.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/catchpole-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Results: The robot docking processes, room size, workload, robot design, and patient BMI could affect … An 82 page guide was developed to disseminate
techniques to design, develop and deploy gamified training … can be improved across hospital settings through interventions focused
on teamwork training, task design … , and workspace design. … Finally, when
asked about the workspace design in the OR, nearly 30% of responses included something
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Singer.pdf
April 01, 2003 - .* Excluding undeliverable
surveys, the total survey sample size in the 12 hospitals was 5,685 in 2001 … One advantage to this
design was that residents had intimate familiarity with the daily clinical activities