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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief3-SUD.pdf
April 01, 2021 - • No study evaluated the effectiveness of technologies or models of care for treatment of
pain in … evaluate populations potentially eligible for Medicare (e.g., based on
younger age of the patients evaluated … • Four additional randomized trials evaluated non-pharmacological therapies in patients
with chronic … and co-occurring
substance use disorder is not available
• No systematic review or primary study evaluated … We evaluated the potential for the
evidence to (1) inform a policy or coverage action; (2) suitability
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief3-SUD.pdf
April 01, 2021 - • No study evaluated the effectiveness of technologies or models of care for treatment of
pain in … evaluate populations potentially eligible for Medicare (e.g., based on
younger age of the patients evaluated … • Four additional randomized trials evaluated non-pharmacological therapies in patients
with chronic … and co-occurring
substance use disorder is not available
• No systematic review or primary study evaluated … We evaluated the potential for the
evidence to (1) inform a policy or coverage action; (2) suitability
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-health-app-protocol-updated.pdf
January 01, 2018 - funding sources and future plans for growth and partnership
with health delivery providers will be evaluated … An
additional 18 apps will
be evaluated by two
team members during
public review.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/masks-surveillance-2-report.pdf
October 01, 2020 - not be considered current.
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Evidence Summary
No study in the original review evaluated … No new study evaluated the effects of mask use and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in
community settings
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hnhc-disposition-comments.pdf
October 29, 2021 - We added information describing the KQ1 qualitative
studies, including a summary table and that we evaluated … expanded our description of the realist review literature rigor assessment to better
explain how we evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/AI-tools-protocol.pdf
August 15, 2023 - fully automate
any aspect of evidence synthesis product (ESP) production have had their performance evaluated … • Include studies of any tool evaluated across multiple datasets (i.e., real or simulated search
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/masks-prevention-covid-surveillance-report.pdf
July 17, 2020 - respirators
No evidence No new evidence No evidence
Evidence Summary
No study in the original review evaluated … No new study evaluated the effects of mask use and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in
healthcare settings
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-247-interventional-treatments-acute-chronic-pain-evidence-summary_0.pdf
September 01, 2021 - These interventions were evaluated in
younger (non-Medicare-eligible) populations, but findings can … • No trial evaluated intradiscal oxygen-ozone injection without corticosteroid or
oxygen-ozone injection … For the other interventional procedures evaluated in this report, the major limitation
was the small
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_research-protocol.pdf
December 20, 2011 - , best combination, specific population) as well as the effect of
comorbidities in patients being evaluated … studies up to July 2009.
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Although these systematic reviews differed
in the eligible studies evaluated … Doust
et al.
14
evaluated studies in patients with HF but also in those with no overt disease. … Systematic reviews, meta-analyses will be
excluded but reference lists will be evaluated for potentially … For KQ7, evaluating biological
variation, SOE will not be evaluated.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_3-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
September 21, 2012 - Sex and
age should always be evaluated for interaction
with treatment, although it is not obvious how … To do this,
chance findings should be evaluated by testing for
interaction; biases should be avoided … effect of rosuvastatin on
cardiovascular events for individual patients using
data from an RCT.14 They evaluated … prior knowledge of
treatment effect modifiers and
reference sources
o
Prespecify subgroups to be
evaluated … Note if priority populations with limited effectiveness data
will be included in the study and evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/stroke-atrial-fibrillation_executive.pdf
August 01, 2013 - This summary table represents only those studies that
evaluated the risk discrimination abilities of … Figure C represents the treatment comparisons evaluated
for this KQ.
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Figure C. … Overview of treatment comparisons evaluated for KQ 3
Note: Numbers refer to numbers of comparisons. … Three studies
evaluated oral anticoagulation after PCI with stenting,
seven evaluated bridging therapies … , and three evaluated
dabigatran in the periprocedural setting.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/liver-cancer_research-protocol.pdf
July 24, 2013 - to imaging.6 Another HCC biomarker is des-gamma-carboxy
prothrombin; however, this marker has been evaluated … however, the test performance of these combinations and
sequences against a single test should be evaluated … For all KQs, potential modifiers of measures of test performance will be
evaluated, including the … Each study evaluated will be dual reviewed for risk of bias by two team members. … For all key
questions, potential modifiers of measures of test
performance will be evaluated, including
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_executive.pdf
June 01, 2012 - We evaluated the quality of
individual studies using the approach described in AHRQ’s
Methods Guide … In our primary analyses,
we evaluated these performance characteristics in the
population of women … Additionally, when appropriate, the studies were evaluated
for the presence of confounders that would … First,
women are thought to be at lower pretest probability of
CAD when evaluated in comparison with … Spectrum bias may be present
since the studies we evaluated had potentially varied
populations and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-centered-medical-home_executive.pdf
July 01, 2012 - are the study
designs, PCMH components, comparators, settings,
financial models, and outcomes to be evaluated … We
evaluated the quality of individual studies using the
approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide … Studies were evaluated initially in aggregate, and then
by PCMH versus functional PCMH studies and adult … Effects of PCMH Interventions
Only 6 studies explicitly evaluated PCMH; an additional 11
studies evaluated … Most studies evaluated
effects in older adults with multiple chronic illnesses;
few studies were conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-1.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this specific NSAID. … Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison. … Dexketoprofen
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison. … Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison. … Placebo
No study in the original report
evaluated this comparison.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/carbohydrate-intake-executive-summary.pdf
May 01, 2025 - Studies
were individually evaluated for risk of bias. … digestible carbohydrate intake or compare
different amounts of digestible carbohydrate consumed, and evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-2007_research-2007-1.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Characteristics and labeled indications of ACEIs and ARBs evaluated in this report ......4
Table 2. … Number of included studies (number of publications) that evaluated various
treatment comparisons ... … b ACEIs evaluated are benazepril (Lotensin®), captopril (Capoten®), enalapril (Vasotec®), fosinopril … Characteristics and labeled indications of ACEIs and ARBs evaluated in this report
Drug
(trade … Number of included studies (number of publications) that evaluated various treatment comparisons
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ced%20-appendix-2.xlsx
October 08, 2025 - As stated in the assessment,We propose that the impact of these requirements might be evaluated by assessment … The existing requirements have not been formally evaluated making it challenging to comment objectively … As stated in the assessment,We propose that the impact of these requirements might be evaluated by assessment … The existing requirements have not been formally evaluated making it challenging to comment objectively
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Rarely are medical tests evaluated in randomized controlled trials with
representative patient populations … Causal chain diagram
In rare but ideal cases, a test is evaluated in a comprehensive clinical … Ideally,
the entire chain should be considered and evidence regarding each link assembled, evaluated … clinical importance.2 One consequence of this indirect
relationship is that medical tests tend to be evaluated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-update_research-protocol.pdf
January 15, 2015 - The large majority of the evaluated studies were
single-group studies (without a comparison intervention … angioplasty in people randomized to medical therapy.6 Furthermore, none of
the comparative studies cleanly evaluated … This
decision will be re-evaluated if studies based on registry datasets are available. … We
evaluated mortality separately in figures and tables.