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221. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
     June 01, 2012 - First, the evaluation of a medical test must be linked to the context of its use. … This neglects the evaluation of their impact on overall health outcomes, which is the true priority. … When should decision analytic modeling be used in the economic evaluation of health care? … The evaluation of medical tests presents challenges not found when evaluating treatments. … When should decision analytic modeling be used in the economic evaluation of health care?

222. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-strength-evidence.ppt
     June 01, 2012 - The principle domains of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE … Domain Definition and Elements Application to Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Performance Directness … Domain Definition and Elements Application to Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Performance Publication … The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) system can be used for … Key Messages (1 of 3) The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation)

223. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-strength-evidence.ppt
     June 01, 2012 - The principle domains of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE … Domain Definition and Elements Application to Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Performance Directness … Domain Definition and Elements Application to Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Performance Publication … The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) system can be used for … Key Messages (1 of 3) The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation)

224. Transitions of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 24, 2013 - What is the length of followup in studies on the use and evaluation of transition care for children/adolescents … What outcomes are measured in studies on the use and evaluation of transition care for children/adolescents … We will allow evaluation studies that provide pre-post data but do not have a comparison group, because … The proposed inclusion/exclusion criteria for the evaluation studies are summarized in Table 1. … Inclusion/exclusion criteria for evaluation studies Category Criteria Study population Children

225. The Facilitation Primer: Strategies, Tools & Considerations to Get You Started (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - ....................................................................................... 7 Meeting Evaluation … Meeting Evaluation It is important that meetings are evaluated for effectiveness in process as well … Evaluation can be done in many ways, including setting aside a few minutes at the end of each meeting … , use of anonymous evaluation forums, employing follow up email or electronic evaluation tools, or other … Alternative methods to consider include: • • • • • • Web forums Surveys Feedback and evaluation

226. Stroke Prevention in Atr ial Fibr illation Patients: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 27, 2017 - Methods In developing this comprehensive review, we will apply the rules of evidence and evaluation … studies"[Publication Type] OR "evaluation studies as topic"[Mesh] OR "evaluation study"[tiab] OR evaluation … Studies"[Publication Type] OR "Evaluation Studies as Topic"[MeSH Terms] OR "evaluation study"[tiab] … OR "evaluation Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 22, 2017; reposted … Studies"[Publication Type] OR "Evaluation Studies as Topic"[MeSH Terms] OR "evaluation study"[tiab]

227. Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - is synonymous with internal validity, is relevant for individual studies, and is distinct from the evaluation … “Grading the Strength of Evidence”), the quality of the study and the type of design influence the evaluation … attributes described in later slides) Assess quality for each outcome of interest Base ratings on the evaluation … The evaluation of overall quality should not be based on a raw quantitative score that may equate grave … synonymous with internal validity Refers to individual studies Contributes to, but is separate from, the evaluation

228. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2007 - develop a handbook to serve as a guide to the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation … Considerations include an evaluation of completeness for most if not all important covariates and an … The results of such an evaluation should be considered in the context of the disease area(s), the type … To date, no standards have been developed by which to guide evaluation of registries, and the research … Feasibility assessment may include evaluation of factors such as means and likelihood of recruiting

229. Ced -Appendix-2 (xls file)
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     October 12, 2022 - evaluate the existing CED NCDs as well as an explanation as to why they were not used as part of the evaluation … The report does not represent a balanced assessment/evaluation of the issue: AHRQ indicates various stakeholders … evaluate the existing CED NCDs as well as an explanation as to why they were not used as part of the evaluation … technologies based on their device classification The report does not represent a balanced assessment/evaluation … Provides recommendations for AHRQ about analyses it could do with CMS for evaluation of CED process

230. Assessment Tools for Palliative Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 04, 2017 - of interventions, and (2) identify needs for future palliative care assessment tool development and evaluation

231. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - Data were limited on biomarkers added to clinical evaluation. … had lower sensitivity and higher specificity than clinical evaluation alone, but no studies directly … compared MRI plus clinical evaluation versus clinical evaluation alone … Brief cognitive test results may help clinicians decide who warrants further diagnostic evaluation, … when directly compared to accuracy of a clinical evaluation alone.

232. Telehealth-Protocol-150811 (pdf file)
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     August 11, 2015 - patients and consumers, clinicians, policymakers and payers, and their roles span implementation and evaluation … Prominent evaluation frameworks for telehealth (the Khoja-Durrani-Scott model14 and the unified approach … for the evaluation of telehealth implementations in Australia15) will inform the development of our … Conceptual framework for development of comprehensive e-health evaluation tool. … A unified approach for the evaluation of telehealth implementations in Australia University of Melbourne

233. Comparative Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities – An Update of a 2006 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 28, 2010 - Populations The population of interest is women who have been referred for further evaluation after … Studies that enrolled women who were referred for evaluation after discovery of a possible breast abnormality … Studies that enrolled subjects that were undergoing evaluation for any of the following purposes were … for a possible recurrence of breast cancer; monitoring response to treatment; evaluation of the axillary … lymph nodes; evaluation of metastatic or suspected metastatic disease; or diagnosis of types of cancer

234. Health-Care-Interventions-Review White-Paper (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2011 - and quasi-experimental design; observational, such as cohort evaluation, case evaluation and realist … evaluation; and action evaluation, which provides early feedback to implementers for adaptation or … Evaluation. 2010;16(2):137-52. 42. Campbell M, Fitzpatrick R, Haines A, et al. … It’s called Realistic Evaluation. … Best Practices “We’ve embraced more of a realistic evaluation approach versus a traditional evaluation

235. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - No AD in Long-Term Clinical Evaluation PET Suggestive of AD “True positive” “False positive” … Decision analytic modelling in the economic evaluation of health technologies. … Using the principles of randomized controlled trial design to guide test evaluation. … The MISCAN simulation program for the evaluation of screening for disease. … The MISCAN-COLON simulation model for the evaluation of colorectal cancer screening.

236. Evidence Summary-Comparative-Effectiveness-Review-213-Lower-Limb-Prostheses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - It is important to note that this review does cover all aspects of LLP evaluation. … Specifically, it excludes from evaluation biomechanical and other nonpatient-centered intermediate … Scale) • OPUS (Orthotics Prosthetics Users Survey) • Patient Activity Monitor • PEQ, PEQ-MS (Prosthetic Evaluation … subscales Quality of Life, Lower Limb Function, and Satisfaction Gen Reliable 2 PEQ (Prosthetic Evaluation … We found evidence to enable the evaluation of the psychometric properties of 50 instruments (many containing

237. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2011 - Quality assessment―the evaluation of systematic bias, nonsystematic bias, and inferential error 6 ― … Recent guidance on the evaluation of applicability by Atkins and colleagues states the importance of … Aid to the evaluation of therapeutic studies. Pediatrics. 1989 Nov;84(5):815-27. 7. … Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Completeness of safety reporting in randomized trials: an evaluation of 7 medical areas.

238. The purpose of our tool is to compile a comprehensive list of questions that may be used to evaluate the quality of non-randomized studies of interventions or exposures (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/reliability-testing-grading-evidence_research.pdf
     May 01, 2012 - A potential limitation of the risk of bias evaluation is that we did not give reviewers the specific … With respect to comments from reviewers who found the evaluation of RCT risk of bias to be difficult … The antidepressant harm outcome of nausea evaluation consisted of all fair-quality RCTs; each had a … The ACR70 evaluation is a good example of the complexity of the decision faced by reviewers in an evaluation … Reviewers bring to an evaluation varying levels of experience in making these decisions.

239. Coronary-Artery-Stenting Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - During evaluation of the presence/extent of CAD and the potential necessity of coronary intervention … During evaluation of the presence/extent of CAD and the potential need for coronary intervention? … However, the overall strength of evidence evaluation was based on patient-centered clinical outcomes … After full-text evaluation, 37 studies, published in 42 articles, met the inclusion criteria. … This review also indicates that the use of FFR needs further evaluation in patients with more severe

240. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - myocardial infarction, and stroke similar to the pooled results from the HOPE (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation … However, for the evaluation of ACE inhibitors or ARBs vs. calcium channel blockers and the evaluation