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161. Proposals for a Phased Evaluation of Medical Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 1969 - But studies of diagnostic-thinking efficacy or therapeutic efficacy are difficult to mount. … systematically in their assessment of whether a given test result contributed to management, that it may be difficult … Randomized trials of tests are more difficult to design than randomized studies of treatment. … way the test will ultimately be used in practice, and physician compliance with such protocols may be difficult

162. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - Disease course 1 = Readily available; 2 = Available with moderate effort; 3 = Difficult to extract … Treatments 1 = Readily available; 2 = Available with moderate effort; 3 = Difficult to extract … Outcome measures 1 = Readily available; 2 = Available with moderate effort; 3 = Difficult to extract … In PsychPRO, it is difficult currently to identify telehealth visits for mental health since there are … Implementation of new workflows and new technologies was extremely difficult during this period, even

163. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate … ambiguities  +/- inclusion on non-billable ICD codes  Lack of intensional rules makes comparison difficult

164. Research White Paper: Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - This variation reduces the utility of registries, making it difficult to compare, link, and aggregate … ambiguities  +/- inclusion on non-billable ICD codes  Lack of intensional rules makes comparison difficult

165. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 253: Maternal and Child Outcomes Associated With the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (pdf file)
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     April 19, 2022 - Strengths and Limitations section of the Discussion to say more about the lack of RCTs and how it is difficult … paragraph with the last sentence (“Teasing out what WIC participation alone means for this outcome is difficult

166. Question: What is the etiology of cryptorchidism? What are the environmental factors (maternal smoking, maternal diabetes mellitus etc.) that may contribute to the development of this condition? Question: What is the ideal diagnostic… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - This makes it difficult to classify, and there are considerable variations in presentation and treatment … Classification of cryptorchidism by anatomical position is often difficult, and although there are a

167. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2012 - apparently have used an economic model to specify the "base case," but I think this will be very difficult … These infections cause serious, difficult to treat infections that are often related to substantial … Despite all of the useful tables, it is a bit difficult to draw conclusions on first read, especially … The future research section is clear, but it is difficult to envision it actually being carried out … We understand that the research in this field is very difficult and our intent is to encourage toolkits

168. Computerized Clinical Decision Support To Prevent Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2024 - and harms was generally reported in different studies with varying contexts, making the net benefit difficult

169. Interventions for Preventing Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - and is highly variable. 9 Causes of Alzheimer's disease are unclear and causal relationships are difficult … The most basic, the search strategy is difficult to design given the wide range of interventions. … clear understanding of the knowledge based underlying the presence or absence of such linkages, it is difficult … The more difficult related challenge is how to distinguish between normal age-related cognitive decline

170. Introduction to N-of-1 Trials: Indications and Barriers (Chapter 1) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - Asymptomatic conditions make outcomes assessment difficult, unless a valid biomarker exists. 17 Examples … Randomization (along with blinding) makes it more difficult to guess which treatment has been assigned … and sequencing scheme Longer trial duration delivers greater precision, but completion can be difficult … Simple randomization (e.g., AABABBBA) optimizes blinding (more difficult to guess treatment), while balanced

171. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Phenylketonuria | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - deficits (mainly from a lack of natural protein) to result. 10,12 Compliance with the diet can be difficult … imperative to prevent negative fetal outcomes. 22 Management of the diet for some pregnant women is difficult … professionals with expertise in PKU. 4 Management of the diet in adolescent girls with PKU is also difficult … will meet to discuss the results and progress to date, to review cases that have been particularly difficult

172. Disposition of Comments for Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2013 - Comment Clarity and Usability: The report is well structured and organized although at 285 pages, difficult … Making practice decisions would be difficult given that the fall back position in patients who are … conformal radiotherapy modalities (e.g., 3DRT, IMRT, PBRT) in stage I NSCLC patients may be very difficult … (TEP) Methods The inclusion and exclusion criteria are very rigid which in the real world may be difficult … While it may be difficult to accomplish studies performed in alignment with our study selection criteria

173. Disposition of Comments for Child Exposure to Trauma: Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions Addressing Maltreatment (pdf file)
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     April 15, 2013 - reflect the real-world while at the same time addressing clinical heterogeneity was perhaps the most difficult … The authors do identify one of the major limitation of small sample sizes in that it is difficult to … of repetition when studies are referred to multiple times for the different key questions; this is difficult … The results are difficult to follow because they mix descriptions of interventions, the studies testing … Indeed, it is difficult to “truly” know the intervention from a publication.

174. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 240: Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     December 29, 2020 - Margaret Spiller / 1 NA Difficult to read Yes Noted. … Penny Volosin / 4 NA Difficult to read No Noted. … Anonymous / 5 NA Difficult to read No it wasn't difficult. It was downright sad. … Julie Killingworth / 6 NA Difficult to read It is extremely difficult to read because it’s nonsensical … The collars can be uncomfortable and difficult to wear.

175. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review 235_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     November 04, 2020 - Comments The report describes an important resource for researchers and clinicians; it is a bit difficult … presented in these tables: "Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult … can find more information: Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult … It is difficult to imagine how the public might leverage this report to inform treatment decisions … can find more information: Studies reported race and ethnicity data very inconsistently, making it difficult

176. Future Research Needs for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - studies and insufficient or low strength of evidence to support interventions in other settings made it difficult

177. Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2019 - Study design and presentation made it difficult to distinguish the effect of the app and the effect of

178. Assessing the Impact of Indexing Performance Measure Codes on the Perceived Value of EPC Reports to Health Systems | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2020 - EPC reports are lengthy and difficult for health systems to navigate which could impede their use by

179. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - We agree that it is difficult and that standards do not currently exist to do so uniformly, but we stand … While it may be difficult to describe a complex behavioral intervention in a journal article, we did … Nonetheless, we have revised this statement to read "extremely difficult" as you correctly note that … By excluding studies with this type of design, it would be difficult to adequately discuss effective … It is difficult to believe that this type of review could yield an unbiased comparative effectiveness

180. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - CM is often utilized when the coordination and integration of care is difficult for patients to accomplish … Age Most studies of CM included mainly elderly patients, making it difficult to determine impact of … not carefully measure the amount of effort case managers devoted to different functions, making it difficult … multiple strategies for fulfilling these roles, and CM programs are consequently complex and often difficult … appropriate target population, the published studies suggest that this type of careful case selection is difficult