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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medicare-medication-use_research.pdf
April 01, 2014 - Medicare beneficiaries with both medical
and psychiatric conditions likely experi-
ences complexity in treatment … The Medicare drug benefit (Part D) and
treatment of heart failure in older adults. … Effects of Medicare Part D coverage gap on
medication and medical treatment among elderly beneficiaries … Partnerships/downloads/11522-P.pdf
Data Points • #19 • Medication Use in Medicare
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Appendix A: Part D therapeutic … Antiparkinson agents
Central nervous system agents Antianxiety agents Neuromuscular drugs Musculoskeletal therapy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - Medical Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma
KQ1a: Comparative Effectiveness of Medical
Treatments for … Reducing Visual Impairment
• No studies of medical therapy were identified
that directly addressed … Circadian Intraocular Pressure
• Our conclusions regarding the effect of topical
therapies in lowering … Given the slowly
progressive nature of glaucoma, the large trials of
glaucoma therapy have demonstrated … any significant conclusions about the
comparative effectiveness of most currently used therapies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure-surveillance-160412.pdf
October 08, 2025 - "Sleep'time"
blood"pressure"as"a"therapeutic"target"for"cardiovascular"risk"reduction"in"type"2"diabetes … Sleep'time"ambulatory"blood"pressure"as"a"novel"therapeutic"target"for"
cardiovascular"risk"reduction … Home"blood"pressure"and"cardiovascular"outcomes"in"patients"during"
antihypertensive"therapy:"primary"results"of"HONEST … Efficacy"
and"safety"of"aliskiren"and"amlodipine"combination"therapy"in"patients"with"hypertension:" … received$home$BP$telemonitors$and$transmitted$BP$data$to$pharmacists$who$adjusted$
antihypertensive$therapy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s16.pdf
October 01, 2007 - of
individual patients or weighing the implications of particular poli-
cies affecting medical therapies … clinical and policy
decisions at different levels of the health care system, as
illustrated in Table 1 for treatments … randomization provides against sources of bias and
confounding that often affect observational studies, where
treatments … Decisions Relevant to Medical Therapies
(Example: Therapy for Osteoporosis)
Drug approval—Is slow release … is equally
effective in patients with diabetes and nondiabetics on a relative
scale (roughly 25% reduction
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper4-bossuyt02262010-2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - may extend into the longer term.11 A randomized trial of
blood glucose self-monitoring among type 2 diabetes … perceptions or illness cognitions have been shown to affect adherence behavior
among patients with HIV, diabetes … Clinicians use tests to increase their diagnostic and therapeutic confidence. … Efficacy of self monitoring of blood
glucose in patients with newly diagnosed
type 2 diabetes (ESMON … How do
patients’ treatment preferences compare
with those of clinicians?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/outcomes-testing-evaluation_research.pdf
January 01, 2009 - may extend into the longer term.11 A randomized trial of
blood glucose self-monitoring among type 2 diabetes … perceptions or illness cognitions have been shown to affect adherence behavior
among patients with HIV, diabetes … Clinicians use tests to increase their diagnostic and therapeutic confidence. … Efficacy of self monitoring of blood
glucose in patients with newly diagnosed
type 2 diabetes (ESMON … How do
patients’ treatment preferences compare
with those of clinicians?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - By one estimate,
treatment costs may be as much as 2.5 times the cost of prevention.
1
A number of … impairment; body weight;
nutritional status; incontinence; or specific medical comorbidities, such as diabetes … age, race or skin tone, physical impairment, body weight, or specific medical comorbidities (e.g., diabetes … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: January 10, 2012
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comorbidities (e.g., diabetes … Waterlow pressure ulcer prevention/treatment policy card. Revised 2005.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-therapy-management_executive.pdf
November 01, 2014 - object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among treatment … Effectiveness Reviews,
the program supports systematic
appraisals of existing scientific
evidence regarding treatments … patient (i.e., a systematic process of collecting patient-specific information,
assessing medication therapies … substitution
issue; complex regimen that can be simplified with same therapeutic benefit; and potential … for
hypertension
and
dyslipidemia
Insufficient
for treatment
of patients
with diabetes,
depression
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-3-immunity-after-COVID-19-appendix-table-B-1.xlsx
January 24, 2022 - analysis Death within the first 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, active chemotherapy, previous therapy … were included in this analysis Death within the first 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, previous therapy … radiological suspicion of infection, cancer patients at high risk for infection and eligible for active therapy … Severe Obesity: 5 (3.1)*
Immunosuppresssed (e.g., HIV, autoimmune disease): 2 (1.3)*
Immune-weakening therapy … sample was taken)
Median (IQR) days from symptom onset to testing: 6 (3-9) Asymptomatic: 34* (19.2)* Treatment
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - JIA is an
important cause of chronic disease in
childhood, with prevalence similar to type I
diabetes … There is no cure for JIA, but over the past 25
years new therapies have provided great advances in
treatment … includes
multiple categories, which could potentially respond
differentially to therapy. … definitions for, and systematic
ascertainment and reporting of, adverse events
possibly associated with therapeutic … our ability to detect promising new treatments.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stone-prevention_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - stones also may be increased by medical
conditions such as primary hyperparathyroidism,18
obesity,19 diabetes … with placebo, usual care/no treatment, or other available
active treatments. … when added to this diet therapy. … important clinical
subgroups included (e.g., gender, single vs. multiple past
stone episodes, obesity, diabetes … Diabetes mellitus and the risk
of nephrolithiasis. Kidney International. 2005 Sep;68(3):1230-5.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - purposes for patient registries
include evaluating the safety, effectiveness, or quality of medical treatments … Examples of outcome measures
Title Definition Type
Response to rituximab
treatment
Reduction of … For example, an important
outcome measure in diabetes care is management of HbA1c. … Members 18 - 75
years of ages
with diabetes. … Patient French
AutoImmunity
and Rituximab
(AIR) Registry
Response to rituximab
treatment, as measured
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotics-children-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2012 - adolescents (10–17 years)
Bipolar disorder (depression)
Adults Bipolar disorder (maintenance)
Adjunctive therapy … with other therapies, there is a paucity of data
regarding the efficacy and effectiveness of 1st or … Large prospective cohort
designs that follow youth with a range of mental health disorders and treatments … adolescents (10–17 years)
Bipolar disorder (depression)
Adults Bipolar disorder (maintenance)
Adjunctive therapy … An RCT has to be large,
because the question
compares active treatments,
and the effect size may be
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-cholestorol-medicines-update_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2014 - baseline target from which to
go forward and randomize treatments. … What about harms associated with intensive
statin therapy such as diabetes or
rhabdomyolysis
What … For example, intensive statin therapy has been associated with an increased
risk of diabetes compared … Risk of incident diabetes with intensive-dose compared with
moderate-dose statin therapy: a meta-analysis.JAMA … In addition to therapeutic lifestyle changes, a
moderate or high dose of a statin therapy
should be
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/angina-heart-attack-treatments_research-protocol.pdf
December 11, 2012 - The cornerstone of short- and long-term treatment in all cases is medical
therapy with antiplatelet … )
○ Adverse effects of treatments
1. … Postdischarge treatment
KQ 1
KQs 1, 2, 3
Individual characteristics
• Age
• Sex
• Diabetes
• Weight … , anticoagulant
therapy, and combined therapies were published. … currently in use (such as
specific components of treatments considered to be “optimal medical therapy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_executive.pdf
October 01, 2010 - Effectiveness Reviews,
the program supports systematic
appraisals of existing scientific
evidence regarding treatments … outcomes, including frequency of required intravenous
antibiotic treatments, frequency of hospitalization … duration, baseline nutritional status,
and concurrent medical therapies? … (gender, age, ethnicity, nutritional status);
comorbidities; and use of concurrent standard medical
therapies … The usage of concurrent medical therapies in patients
enrolled in trials evaluating rhGH therapy was
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotic-medicine-cardiovascular-elderly_research.pdf
February 01, 2009 - Diabetes was defined by the presence of diagnoses plus use of
anti-diabetic medications. … Discussion
In this study of over 20,000 elderly patients initiating APM treatments, use of
conventional … Clin Therapeutics
2002;24(9):1466-76.
5. Chan YC, Pariser SF, Neufeld G. … arrhythmia 1.4 1.4
Cerebrovascular disease 29.1 30.9
CHF 32.6 31.1
Diabetes … *Controlled for calendar year, age, gender, race, prior arrhythmias, cerebrovascular disease, CHF, diabetes
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/presentations-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2012 - These eight reports were:
Prioritizing Research Needs in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Johns Hopkins … 20
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy for Premature Infants. … treatment to an
existing treatment
after treatment
failure
Initial treatment with
psychosocial … and/or
pharmacologic
treatments
or
Continuation of
existing treatment
without addition of
psychosocial … Future Research Needs for the Management of
Gestational Diabetes.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/grades-predictive-values_white-paper-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Psychosocial combined with agonist
maintenance treatments versus agonist
maintenance treatments alone … Intensive glucose control versus
conventional glucose control for type 1
diabetes mellitus. … Spinal
manipulative therapy for chronic low-back
pain. … Insulin detemir versus
insulin glargine for type 2 diabetes
mellitus. … Antiviral treatment
and other therapeutic interventions for
herpes simplex virus epithelial keratitis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/toc.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Improving Depiction of Benefits and Harms:
Analyses of Studies of Well-known Therapeutics and Review … Can Between-Physician Differences in Prescribing Patterns Be Used to
Estimate Treatment Effects? … Heterogeneity and Treatment Effect
Estimates from Risk-Adjustment and Instrumental Variable Methods … Constantine Frangakis Using Propensity
Scores Subclassification to Estimate Effects of Longitudinal Treatments … : An Example
Using a New Diabetes Medication.