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161. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - Effectiveness Reviews (CERs) are summaries of available scientific evidence in which investigators collect, evaluate … studies demonstrating that using enteral supplements improves healing (link #2), EPCs may need to evaluate … Challenges in systematic reviews that evaluate drug efficacy or effectiveness [review]. … Inappropriate use of randomised trials to evaluate complex phenomena: case study of vaginal breech

162. S50 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - many vari- ables can be considered simultaneously and covariates can be identified and neutralized to evaluate … treatment differences in the actual practice of care.5 Unlike an RCT, it does not alter the treatment to evaluate … Implement and evaluate findings from step 5 to determine whether the new or modified interventions replicate … PBE-CPI analyses can be used to evaluate current practices and de- Medical Care • Volume 45, Number

163. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 31 Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - Peeples attached a summary of eight completed studies and one ongoing study, titled “Evaluate the Value … Specifically, we did not evaluate primary and secondary outcomes as specified by study authors. … Specifically, we did not evaluate primary and secondary outcomes as specified by study authors. … • We did not evaluate whether apps gave real-time or delayed feedback; however, we do describe the

164. Disposition of Comments: CER 227 Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     April 16, 2020 - Given the chronic nature of the condition we felt that it was important to evaluate whether the effects … An important first step to evaluating the efficacy of a therapy is to evaluate it as an isolated therapy … Draft report statement: “To evaluate comparative effectiveness, exercise was chosen as a common active … There were insufficient data to formally evaluate the impact of any of the factors. … There were insufficient data to formally evaluate the impact of any of the factors.

165. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - associated with increased risk of overdose and suicide or suicidal ideation, but available studies did not evaluate … criteria, based on consultation with local experts and a scan of the literature, determined the need to evaluate … published subsequent to the systematic reviews evaluated buprenorphine-assisted tapering, but did not evaluate … that discontinuation of opioids was associated with increased risk of overdose or suicide but did not evaluate … Assessment of each criteria determined the need to evaluate the next one.

166. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - associated with increased risk of overdose and suicide or suicidal ideation, but available studies did not evaluate … criteria, based on consultation with local experts and a scan of the literature, determined the need to evaluate … published subsequent to the systematic reviews evaluated buprenorphine-assisted tapering, but did not evaluate … that discontinuation of opioids was associated with increased risk of overdose or suicide but did not evaluate … Assessment of each criteria determined the need to evaluate the next one.

167. Topic-Brief1-Care-Coordination (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - criteria, based on consultation with local experts and a scan of the literature, determined the need to evaluate … transitional care interventions are available; however, they do not focus on patients with pain or evaluate … transitional care interventions that have been evaluated for patients with non-pain conditions, but should evaluate … Assessment of each criteria determined the need to evaluate the next one.

168. Topic-Brief1-Care-Coordination (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - criteria, based on consultation with local experts and a scan of the literature, determined the need to evaluate … transitional care interventions are available; however, they do not focus on patients with pain or evaluate … transitional care interventions that have been evaluated for patients with non-pain conditions, but should evaluate … Assessment of each criteria determined the need to evaluate the next one.

169. 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

170. Hi Les, (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - 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 … Decision-analytic modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of medical tests: uses and limitations.

171. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2011 - The EPC will evaluate comparative effectiveness of preventive pharmacological treatments following … Assessment of Risk of Bias in Individual Studies We will evaluate the risk of bias in individual studies … 2011 Then, using the criteria from the Cochrane tool for bias in interventional studies, we will evaluate … For observational studies, we will evaluate strategies to reduce bias in study design and analysis, … We will evaluate the strength of the association, defining a priori a large effect when relative risk

172. Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (pdf file)
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     February 02, 2022 - Study Objective KQ1: Evaluate the impact of exposures prior to, during, and after pregnancy on outcomes … KQ2: Evaluate the impact of exposures immediately prior to, during, and after birthing on outcomes for … prospective cohort designs, secondary analysis of RCTs if exposures of interest are sufficient to evaluate … We will evaluate overall strength of evidence for outcomes for KQs 1-2 within each comparison, based … For outcomes found to have at least moderate or high strength of evidence, we will evaluate reporting

173. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2009 - 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 … 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

174. 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

175. Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 11, 2018 - Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies - We will evaluate the risk of bias of each included … We will evaluate heterogeneity between studies using I2 indicator. … We will conduct sensitivity analyses to evaluate robustness of our findings by excluding studies with … We will evaluate potential publication bias by evaluating funnel plots symmetry and using statistical … We will look for these characteristics, systematically abstract such factors and evaluate their impact

176. Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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177. 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

178. 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

179. 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.

180. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - Studies should evaluate the accuracy of commonly used or promoted brief cognitive tests for which we … accuracy of different individual and combined brief cognitive tests in the same study population and evaluate … Directly or through modeling, studies should evaluate whether brief cognitive testing of patients with … Future studies should evaluate the accuracy of biomarkers for which we identified no eligible studies … Lastly, directly or through modeling, studies should evaluate whether biomarker testing affects drug