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201. Best Practices for Conducting Economic Evaluations in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment Tools | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Background This report describes the strengths and weaknesses of checklists that have been used to evaluate

202. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - The overall goal of this project was to evaluate the utility of CT.gov for detecting selective reporting … The objectives of this SR are to evaluate the comparative safety and effectiveness of treatment strategies … , unknown reasons, or tubal or peritoneal factors; or b) couples with male factor infertility; and evaluate … At present, these results do not support the routine use of CT.gov to evaluate selective reporting.

203. TND-612-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - delineating a framework that characterizes the populations, comparisons, and methodologies needed to evaluate

204. Assessing-The-Risk-Of-Bias-In-Systematic-Reviews-Of-Health-Care-Interventions (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2005 - o When summarizing the evidence, consider conducting sensitivity analyses to evaluate whether including … Systematic reviews now routinely evaluate precision (through consideration of the optimal information … Nonetheless, biased presentation of results may serve as a flag to evaluate the potential for risk of … The primary study may have established a separate committee to evaluate association between the harm … Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses.

205. Disposition of Comments for Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
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     November 24, 2014 - Given the data supporting the importance of early, appropriate therapy, it is critical to evaluate … We did not evaluate the effect of early optimized therapy. … From policy perspective, it is more important to evaluate the impact of optimized doses schemes at … We did not evaluate the effect of early optimized therapy. … In addition, most studies did not systematically evaluate the development of bacterial resistance.

206. Obesity Prevention and Control (pdf file)
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     February 08, 2017 - epidemic, programs and policies targeting social determinants have been difficult to implement and evaluate … A recent systematic review examined the use of natural experiments to evaluate the efficacy of policy … Additionally, it illustrates what study designs and analytic methods have been used to evaluate the … The goal is to identify research gaps in studies designed to evaluate obesity prevention and control … Washington, DC: 2005. natural experiments to evaluate population http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs

207. Using the Principles of Randomized Controlled Trial Design to Guide Test Evaluation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - RCT offers a useful conceptual framework to identify what types of comparative evidence are needed to evaluate … Using the flow diagram in Figure 1a, consider the critical comparisons and types of evidence needed to evaluate … Various randomized designs can be used to evaluate medical tests. … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we … Decision-analytic modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of medical tests: uses and limitations.

208. Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in Management of Asthma - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - Purpose of Review To evaluate the effectiveness of indoor allergen reduction interventions on asthma … Research is also needed to evaluate multicomponent interventions more efficiently by standardizing

209. Bladder-Cancer-Muscle-Invasive Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - There was insufficient evidence from cohort studies and a nonrandomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate … We found limited evidence with which to evaluate the effectiveness of bladder-preserving therapies for … Recurrence Insufficient There was insufficient evidence from 3 cohort studies to evaluate effects of … be considered because it is less nephrotoxic than cisplatin, but there were insufficient data to evaluate … A Phase III Surgical Trial to Evaluate the Benefit of a Standard Versus an Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy

210. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2013 - alternative diagnostic approaches because they typically assess a single diagnostic modality, do not evaluate … We will evaluate the robustness of our findings in sensitivity analyses that exclude studies at high … Instead, we will qualitatively evaluate similarities and differences in study populations, diagnostic … Assessing Applicability We will follow the Methods Guide62 to evaluate the applicability of included … We will evaluate studies separately by important clinical subgroups: children, women of reproductive

211. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 07, 2010 - In this update also, we will evaluate the use of direct renin- inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension … Specifically for this project, the data abstraction forms will include data required to evaluate the … We will evaluate the quality of individual studies using the approach described in the Methods Guide … To evaluate methodological quality, we will apply criteria for each study type derived from core elements

212. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2013 - Comments: Structured Abstract (p. 6) Objectives: Suggested edit: “A review was undertaken to evaluate … Our mandate was to consider all possible treatments and to evaluate their comparative effectiveness

213. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 18, 2011 - KQ 1a and KQ 2a evaluate the effect of interventions on medication adherence. … We will also evaluate whether the intervention measured or accounted for any skills necessary to be … We will also evaluate whether studies vary by intervention arms on confounders and effect modifiers … For detection bias, we will evaluate the method of recording adherence. … We will evaluate the poolability of collected morbidity data.

214. DEcIDE 32: The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - Effective Health Care Program Research Report Number 32 11 One related challenge is to evaluate … For example, if investigators wanted to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of a fixed-dose asthma … Ray and colleagues compared incident users of statin medications to two control cohorts to evaluate … (2) Evaluate first-line, second-line, and third-line therapy defined as incident users and compare … their findings with continuing or prevalent users (3) Evaluate potential tradeoffs between including

215. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 26, 2013 - studies of OMBP will be synthesized (qualitatively and, if appropriate, quantitatively) to better evaluate … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Individual Outcomes We will follow the Methods Guide35 to evaluate … statistical tests to evaluate … Assessing Applicability We will follow the Methods Guide35 to evaluate the applicability of included … We will evaluate studies (or subgroups of studies) of elderly adults (operationally defined as patients

216. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - lack of access to care.26, 27 Given the challenges mentioned, we will conduct a systematic review to evaluate … Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will evaluate the risk of bias of the included … We will evaluate heterogeneity between studies using I2 indicator. … patients and caregivers), consistency of results (based on qualitative and statistical approaches to evaluate … We will use this information to evaluate applicability of the evidence to real-world clinical practice

217. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2025 - of access to care. 26 , 27 Given the challenges mentioned, we will conduct a systematic review to evaluate … Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will evaluate the risk of bias of the included … We will evaluate heterogeneity between studies using I 2 indicator. … patients and caregivers), consistency of results (based on qualitative and statistical approaches to evaluate … We will use this information to evaluate applicability of the evidence to real-world clinical practice

218. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2012 - It would be appropriate to evaluate the prescrotal orchiopexy (through a scrotal incision) also.

219. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Telehealth (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2023 - a resource for policymakers, practice leaders, and other stakeholders to inform future efforts to evaluate … • Studies to evaluate whether telehealth interventions should supplement or replace traditional … the disadvantages telehealth may pose in specific underserved populations • Future studies should evaluate

220. Best Practices for Conducting Economic Evaluations in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment Tools (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Objectives: This report describes the strengths and weaknesses of checklists that have been used to evaluate … have been streamlined in the United States and elsewhere. 8, 9 While much work is being done to evaluate … Adams, 1992. 26 To evaluate the completeness of economic analyses in randomized controlled trials … The PQAQ was developed specifically to evaluate the quality of economic appraisals in pediatrics. … Systems that have been used to evaluate best practices for conducting economic evaluations in health