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Abstract
This supplement describes how counterfactual theory is used to define causal effects and the conditions
in which observed data can be used to estimate counterfactual-based causal effects. Basic definitions
and language used in causal graph theory are then presented. The graphical separation rules linki…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cell-free-dna-executive-summary.pdf
May 01, 2025 - Pan-cancer
characterization of cell-free immune-related
miRNA identified as a robust biomarker for
cancer diagnosis … Multiplexed
nanomaterial-assisted laser
desorption/ionization for pan-cancer
diagnosis and classification … Integrative
modeling of tumor genomes and
epigenomes for enhanced cancer diagnosis
by cell-free DNA
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-youth-disposition-comments.pdf
April 10, 2025 - Specifically, treatments
are historically developed and therefore researched
specific to diagnoses … Relatedly, suicidality and NSSI
are not standalone diagnoses in the DSM. … Understandably, not everyone with suicidality and/or
NSSI meet criteria for a DSM diagnosis. … Published Online: April 10, 2025
13
Commentator
and Affiliation Section Comment Response
context of diagnosis … did not
have a diagnosed mental illness (i.e., had not received
adequate previous services where a diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-fatigue_research-protocol.pdf
May 01, 2014 - online: May 1, 2014
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Diagnosis … led to wide variations in the clinical management of patients, including uncertainty in
etiology, diagnosis … diagnostic methods and what conditions are required to
be ruled out or excluded before assigning a diagnosis … Exclude:
• Children and adolescents
• Patients with other underlying diagnosis
• Interventions … Analytic Framework for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-251-integrated-pain-management-evidence-summary.pdf
October 01, 2021 - Specifics of pain diagnoses or characteristics
and patient factors were not generally reported in studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rural-telehealth-disposition-comments.pdf
December 26, 2022 - patient may have been different as an effect of the virtual visits, including access to care or
speed to diagnoses-interventions
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May 29, 2025 - Minorities tend to receive less preventive services, and are at later stages
at diagnosis. … Regarding diagnosis, a recent paper showed what we have known now for decades
-- that African … cancer registries to survey large numbers of cancer patients
usually within 6 to 9 months of their diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - Generally,
ongoing substance abuse and major psychiatric
diagnoses are relatively strong contraindications … , and now patients may be
treated even in circumstances of ongoing substance abuse or
psychiatric diagnoses … Discussion The Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention,
Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment … KDOQI US Commentary on the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention,
Diagnosis, Evaluation
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/aggression_disposition-comments.pdf
July 14, 2016 - Regarding the inclusion of delirium: we
agree that delirium is a psychiatric
diagnosis distinct from … decision to include agitation due
to delirium alongside agitation due to more traditional
psychiatric diagnoses … We agree that delirium is a psychiatric
diagnosis distinct from what many
consider a “traditional” … provided data on the use of
pulse oximetry to reduce harm from, or
the moderating effect of specific
diagnoses … actively with
AHRQ, in particular by helping to identify and engage
commenters with mood disorder diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
November 19, 2009 - considering
improvements in accuracy, as well as potential shifts in the disease spectrum for positive
diagnoses … For example, in colon cancer diagnosis, both capsule endoscopy (index test)
and colonoscopy (reference … not necessarily undesirable as long as there are no
changes in the disease spectrum for the positive diagnoses … Home diagnosis of obstructive sleep
apnea-hypopnea syndrome. … Diagnostic test accuracy may vary with
prevalence: implications for evidence-
based diagnosis.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disruptive-behavior-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
January 30, 2014 - disruptive behaviors are also heterogeneous and are often present in the absence of a
specific DBD diagnosis … current review on studies in which the aim of treatment is a disruptive behavior, with or
without a DBD diagnosis … We will document diagnoses and consider whether the results can be
stratified by diagnostic categories … We will document diagnoses and consider whether the results can be
stratified by severity, comorbidity … We will assess how patient age, treatment
history, co-occurring diagnoses, and symptom severity are
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - of inattention and overactivity and confound the
diagnosis. … The controversy around accurate diagnosis is
particularly heightened with documented increases in
diagnosis … More children in the
Midwest and South receive diagnoses and ADHD
medications relative to the western … The differential cultural differences in beliefs and attitudes about the
changes over time in ADHD diagnoses … The way diagnoses and interventions are actually used
in daytoday clinical practice in the community
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-pancreas_research-protocol.pdf
August 09, 2013 - Advances in diagnosis, treatment and palliation
of pancreatic carcinoma: 1990–2010. … Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and staging of exocrine
pancreatic cancer. … exp pancreatic neoplasms/di or pancreatic cyst/di
19 Diagnos$.mp. or early diagnosis/ or diagnosis … , differential/ or diagnosis/ or
neuroendocrine tumor/di [Diagnosis] or
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … pancreatitis/di [Diagnosis]
22 pancreatitis, chronic/di, pa, us [Diagnosis, Pathology, Ultrasonography
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stroke-afib-update_research-protocol-amended.pdf
October 27, 2017 - o Diagnostic thinking efficacy (defined as how using
diagnostic technologies help or confirm the
diagnosis … OR “brain vascular accident”[tiab] OR “brain vascular accidents”[tiab]
#4 #1 AND #2 AND #3
#5 ("diagnosis … "[Mesh] OR "diagnosis"[Subheading] OR "diagnosis"[tiab] OR diagnose[tiab] OR
diagnoses[tiab] OR diagnostic … tiab] OR haemorrhages[tiab] OR haemorrhaging[tiab] OR
haemorrhagic[tiab]
#4 #1 AND #2 AND #3
#5 ("diagnosis … "[Mesh] OR "diagnosis"[Subheading] OR "diagnosis"[tiab] OR diagnose[tiab] OR
diagnoses[tiab] OR diagnostic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_disposition-comments.pdf
December 11, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer
Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=1355
Published Online: December 11, 2012
Comparative Effectivenes…
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October 30, 2012 - Candidates might include new diagnoses of
genital warts, or new diagnoses of the precancerous
conditions … outcomes
include: when investigators are not blinded to the
hypothesis of the study, and “rule-out” diagnoses … validate the occurrence of the outcome of
interest, including to exclude erroneous or “rule-
out” diagnoses … diagnosis code. … For some
complex diagnoses, such as unstable angina, a
standard clinical definition must be applied
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-infertility_research-protocol.pdf
September 02, 2016 - available treatment strategies for
couples with male factor infertility and no evidence of an underlying diagnosis … “Vasovasostomy”[MeSH] OR “Urofollitropin”[MeSH] OR
“electrocoagulation”[MeSH] OR “Preimplantation Diagnosis … OR “ovulation prediction”[tiab] OR “ovidrel”[tiab] OR
“assisted hatching”[tiab] OR “preimplantation diagnosis … ”[tiab] OR “preimplantation genetic
diagnosis”[tiab] OR “preimplantation screening”[tiab] OR “preimplantation … criteria/evaluation (e.g., WHO categories); insurance status
(particularly coverage of infertility diagnosis
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-217-management-of-infertility-comments.pdf
May 14, 2019 - Given the desire to organize the
treatment choices by diagnosis,
lack of specific details on
diagnosis-specific … treatment is an inherent
limitation, particularly since a
measure of association averaged
across all diagnoses … may over- or
underestimate the treatment effect
for specific diagnoses. … this report is very
broad and expansive in its goal of
evaluating the evidence across
infertility diagnoses … overall conclusions
("Although the risk of some cancers is increased in
women with some infertility diagnoses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/point-of-care_research.pdf
April 01, 2014 - Comparative Effectiveness of Core-Needle and
Open Surgical Biopsy for the Diagnosis of
Breast Lesions … Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention,
and Treatment of Clostridium difficile
Infection. … Diagnosis and treatment of
overactive bladder (non-neurogenic) in adults: AUA/SUFU guideline. … Comparative Effectiveness of Core-Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy
for the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions … Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium
difficile Infection.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/bar-cohen_-eccs2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Bar-Cohen_ ECCS2012
Slide 1: Addressing
Tensions
When Social/Family Support and Evidence-‐
Based Care Collide
Annette Bar-‐Cohen, M.A., M.P.H., Discussant
Executive Director, Center for NBCC Advocacy Training
National Breast Cancer
Coalition,
Washington,
DC
…