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101. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - In such cases, determining the overall clinical utility of a genetic test is difficult. … It is difficult to find published information on various aspects of genetic tests, particularly analytic … In addition, it is often difficult to find published information on various aspects of genetic tests, … Genetic tests may also have an impact on decisions that are difficult to measure, yet very important, … Some sources more difficult to isolate DNA from (e.g., formalin-fixed tissue).

102. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - In such cases, determining the overall clinical utility of a genetic test is difficult. … It is difficult to find published information on various aspects of genetic tests, particularly analytic … In addition, it is often difficult to find published information on various aspects of genetic tests, … Genetic tests may also have an impact on decisions that are difficult to measure, yet very important, … Some sources more difficult to isolate DNA from (e.g., formalin-fixed tissue).

103. Study Eligibility Criteria (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2000 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11004423 Grey or “Fugitive “Literature Material that may be difficult … consideration: OAB is a fairly difficult condition to define. … First, overactive bladder is a difficult condition to define, making it challenging to put bounds around

104. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 31 Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - ways throughout the report (methodological quality “hinders interpretation of results” or “made it difficult … 26 under “Variation in usability scores” to make the point more direct that consumers may have a difficult … I would suggest instead "Of note this population had more difficult to control....8% may be good in … continuous glucose monitoring technology We changed “poorly controlled diabetes” to “diabetes that was difficult

105. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - I found the table to be unwieldy and difficult to follow and would have preferred a section specifically … replacement therapy and erythropoietic stimulating agents, thus rendering the review described herein difficult … impact practice and affect outcomes in patients - coming to a meaningful conclusion is bound to be difficult … Without outcomes data, it is difficult to ascertain.

106. Health Occupations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 17, 2012 - Investing in Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult

107. Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era (pdf file)
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     January 03, 2023 - Thank you for your comment Public Commenter #1 (AGS) General The AGS notes that it is extremely difficult … concern is that if the patient has behavioral disturbances or is fully dependent for care, it can be difficult … We recognize that it is likely difficult for them to bring the patient to the clinic setting for appointments

108. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - key to the development of Systematic Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … Statistical heterogeneity is difficult to infer when the total amount of information (sum of the precisions … • Statistical heterogeneity is more difficult to address, but can be handled better with Bayesian … Although ORs have mathematical advantages over RRs, they are more difficult to interpret because they … expressed in units of standard deviations, rather than in units of any measurement scales and can be difficult

109. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - The wide variety and inconsistency of tests used made it difficult to summarize the findings and prevented … Problems with study designs make strong conclusions difficult. … The scale and scope of the topic made identifying all relevant studies extremely difficult. … Searches were difficult because key words could only identify studies that assessed cognitive performance … Finding a balanced set of articles in cohort and add-on studies was difficult because the results were

110. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - The wide variety and inconsistency of tests used made it difficult to summarize the findings and prevented … Problems with study designs make strong conclusions difficult. … The scale and scope of the topic made identifying all relevant studies extremely difficult. … Searches were difficult because key words could only identify studies that assessed cognitive performance … Finding a balanced set of articles in cohort and add-on studies was difficult because the results were

111. Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Program (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Chronic pain is difficult to treat successfully, and a series of recent systematic reviews3-7 have found … Obtaining input from external experts, beyond those on our own team, was difficult because LSRs are … In our experience, making decisions about the SOE in quarterly updates (to date) has not been difficult … In general, it is difficult to predict when new studies will be published and whether they may influence

112. A Framework for "Best Evidence" Approaches in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2011 - This framework can improve transparency and also suggest alternatives to reviewers as they make difficult … study participants to which intervention they received • Number of studies that did this • How difficult … These include the addition or removal of studies wherein poor reporting made it difficult to determine … First, it may be difficult to identify clinical questions where different systematic reviews used different … This would make it difficult to determine whether different evidence prioritization strategies truly

113. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (pdf file)
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     July 08, 2014 - that this was done to better inform the comparison versus pharmacologic therapies, however it is difficult … It is difficult to read this without references for the original papers that were cited. … TEP Member #1 General Clarity and Usability: no, it was very difficult to follow, especially without … Within the US, mothers in poverty without access to care have a much more difficult battle versus those … think the real policy this report influences is the need for better research, registries, and how difficult

114. Chronic-Cough Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - Cough becomes chronic if it persists, often due to an underlying etiology that is difficult to diagnose … investigation.7 The management of nonspecific acute or chronic cough in young children can be especially difficult … determination of whether an individual’s chronic cough was truly unexplained or refractory was often difficult … studies, the instruments used were diverse and inconsistent, making comparison and interpretation difficult … established gold standard for assessing either frequency or severity/QOL of cough, thereby making it difficult

115. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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     August 16, 2016 - Thank you Peer Reviewer #1 General I find the paper to be too long and somewhat difficult to read … you TEP Reviewer #6 General The report is a very dense read, but the material is complex and difficult … The heterogeneity of these trials and patients makes reaching any conclusion very difficult. … Anatomic assessment of ARAS by measuring percent diameter stenosis is difficult and suffers from marked … Anatomic assessment of ARAS by measuring percent diameter stenosis is difficult and suffers from marked

116. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     June 01, 2011 - .* * It is difficult to separate epidemiological considerations of rectal cancer from those of colon

117. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … the presence of a universal health system, NICE conducts cost- effectiveness studies, which are more difficult

118. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - development of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews and describes recommended approaches for addressing difficult … the presence of a universal health system, NICE conducts cost- effectiveness studies, which are more difficult

119. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness Review 133 Transitional Care Interventions To Prevent Readmissions for People With Heart Failure (pdf file)
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     May 27, 2014 - Cost is a difficult outcome to include (and interpret) without doing a formal cost-effective analysis … It is difficult to know whether this is a major limitation, but it must be listed as one. … Thank you. 118 TEP Reviewer 5 Methods The categorization of complex interventions is difficult and … While valuable it remains confusing and too “listy/wordy” making it difficult to get a “bottom line” … Dissemination is difficult to speculate on.

120. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2013 - Although CBT is somewhat difficult to define, it is important to acknowledge that CBT is not one form … As such, even if it is difficult it still poses a risk of bias. … Given the tremendous overlap and unwillingness to separate the entities it is difficult to determine … We agree that the topic is complicated by co- morbidities and that it is difficult to parse out the … General Comments The first key question is difficult to understand and the utility of the question