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361. A Systematic Review of Methods for Health Care Technology Horizon Scanning | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2019 - nonelectronic—to identify potential target technologies and seeking input from experts to prioritize or evaluate

362. Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Data were insufficient to evaluate the impact of any other patient or disease characteristics on outcomes

363. Technical Brief Protocol: Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases (pdf file)
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     March 26, 2019 - • Studies that do not evaluate an aspect of CHW certification Comparison • States, health plans … Outcomes • CHW recruitment, retention, scope of practice, reimbursement, employer • Studies that do not evaluate … To evaluate the state of the evidence concerning the relationships between CHW certification, CHW service

364. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 35: Asthma Self-Management Education Packages (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2020 - introduction summaries the rationale for conducting this detailed evaluation and proposes 5 areas to evaluate … Stanley Szefler Methods The questions and methods to evaluate the questions are well described. … AS- ME programs take time to develop, test, implement and evaluate, which can take an entire three-

365. Calcineurin Inhibitors for Kidney Transplant | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - do not directly compare strategies or assess clinical validity or utility, and are insufficient to evaluate

366. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - The goals of a medical test review are: to identify and synthesize evidence to evaluate the impacts … The ultimate goal of a medical test review is to identify and synthesize evidence that will help evaluate … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do

367. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2022 - similarly to previous AHRQ reviews on this topic), providing future opportunities to more rigorously evaluate … To appropriately evaluate multicomponent interventions, describing the impact of these interventions … The goal of the review was to evaluate current literature recognizing that previous reviews have identified … While these were included in our protocol, many studies did not report or evaluate these outcomes and … The goal was not to evaluate the measure in the context of other frameworks, which may be considered

368. CER 218 Disposition of Comments: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
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     April 23, 2019 - We were charged to evaluate the literature to determine whether these harms were associated with long-term … We were charged to evaluate the literature to determine whether these harms were associated with long-term … Our review did not evaluate and does not include a section on the efficacy of short-term osteoporosis … The Research Needs presented on ES-16 are thoughtful and focus on the need to carefully evaluate the … We also revised the future research needs section to recommend that future trials evaluate the effects

369. Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence when Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - In formal meta-analyses, EPCs may choose to evaluate the influence of studies with differing risk of … If meta-analysis is appropriate, EPCs can evaluate consistency using statistical tests and measures of … requires an evidence base with independent replication of findings; therefore, EPCs cannot properly evaluate … If the results are reported separately for each center, EPCs may be able to evaluate consistency within … this Methods Guide , 3 use of an analytic framework is an important heuristic for determining how to evaluate

370. Assessment and Management of Chronic Cough | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - , excessive perspiration (42%), and urinary incontinence (39%). 4 The purpose of this review is to evaluate … the effectiveness of instruments to evaluate cough and the comparative effectiveness of treatments for … Several measurement methods exist to evaluate cough severity, including health-related quality of life … We will design the data abstraction forms for this project to collect the data required to evaluate the … We will use these data to evaluate the applicability to clinical practice, paying special attention to

371. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - It is important to evaluate the evidence to see if women do or do not benefit from the addition of … Because there are no available studies that directly evaluate whether women benefit from additional … In the updated report we attempted to evaluate the accuracy of PET/ CT, but only one study that met

372. The Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in Persons With Autoimmune Disease Treated With Biologics and Other Immunosuppressants: A Rapid Response Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2024 - Future studies to evaluate dental services other than non-surgical periodontal treatment, and studies

373. Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2024 - In this report, we seek to evaluate the accuracy of brief assessment tools to identify OCD in symptomatic

374. Blood-Clots-Hip-Knee-Surgery Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - The second search was used to identify studies which evaluate pharmacologic or 4 Figure A. … Studies had to evaluate only major orthopedic surgery or report results of major orthopedic surgery … Studies had to evaluate only patients undergoing knee arthroscopy, surgical repair of a lower extremity … However, in the majority of cases, the number of trials in a subgroup analysis was too low to evaluate … of humans (n=1) Outside of orthopedic surgeries of interest (n=24) Was not controlled (n=9) Did not evaluate

375. Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide, 3rd Edition | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

376. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - and exclusion criteria Population and conditions of interest We will include studies that evaluate … Diagnostic test of interest We will include all studies that evaluate the wireless motility capsule … types of studies (e.g., randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case series, case reports) that evaluate … Proposed search string for identifying studies that evaluate the wireless motility capsule Search

377. Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis Disposition of Comment Report (pdf file)
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     November 06, 2012 - We emphasized that our intention is not to evaluate the value of PT involvement as the OA in the PT … There is a critical need for studies that evaluate PT interventions as they are delivered clinically … We emphasize that our intention is not to evaluate the value of PT involvement as the population in … Metrics that evaluate these factors are not considered patient-centered outcomes in the current report … ; the authors only consider patient-centered outcomes to be patient self- reports that evaluate the

378. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - • Because there are too few studies, very little evidence exists to evaluate the effectiveness of … Very little evidence exists to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of medications for alcohol use

379. Work Plan for Methods Research on (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2010 - Even if evidence to evaluate the effectiveness or harm is lacking, nonrandomized studies may provide … A second round of testing was conducted to evaluate the modified tool (Appendix G). … Future research is needed to evaluate the tool within the context of a real systematic review; this … Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care. … A framework for classifying study designs to evaluate health care interventions.

380. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - in time and resources than other chronic illness management interventions, and it is important to evaluate … Our approach is consistent with the methods described by Owens et al.11 to evaluate the body of evidence … interest under “real- world” conditions.12 There is not currently an agreed- upon system or tool to evaluate … The measures used to evaluate QOL and functional status varied across studies, and overall, the improvements … The methods used to evaluate risk, however, varied substantially across studies.