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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_slutsky_comparing_medical_interventions.pdf
November 01, 2008 - Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive
Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness
Reviews
Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the
Effective Health Care Program
Comparative Effectivenes…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-interventions-comparing_methods.pdf
November 01, 2008 - Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive
Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness
Reviews
Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the
Effective Health Care Program
Comparative Effectivenes…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/observational-research-scores_research.pdf
May 01, 2012 - have a
Effective Health Care Program Research Report Number 33
11
diagnosis of diabetes were examined … Effective Health Care Program Research Report Number 33
17
disease risk score model is re-examined … investigated for propensity scores.7 Specifically, bias, variability,
and mean squared error had been examined
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-adolescents_disposition-comments.pdf
August 27, 2012 - Neither replication nor methodologic rigor was
present in many of the interventions examined in
this … age grouping (e.g. with subjects before and after the
age of full consent to participate)
We re-examined … Of these, 887 were
excluded and 31 trials were examined for quality. … We re-
examined the study and elected to remove it as
the intervention is not replicable.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atrial-fibrillation_research-protocol.pdf
May 22, 2012 - Previous studies have examined the role of clinical
factors (such as age, existence of congestive heart … thickness, left atrial dimension, left atrial appendage flow, and left ventricular function—have
been examined … Previous
studies have examined the role
of clinical factors (such as age,
existence of congestive … thickness, left atrial
dimension, left atrial appendage
flow, and left ventricular
function—have been examined
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - While several studies have
examined these agents for the control of
acute episodes of preterm labor, … tachyphylaxis.4
The effectiveness and safety of the SQ terbutaline pump
for maintenance tocolytic therapy was examined … However, none of the included
studies examined incidence of delivery < 28 weeks
(strength of evidence … Outcomes to be examined should go beyond those of
prolongation of pregnancy and birth weight to hard
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-surveillance_executive.pdf
December 01, 2011 - Prostate Urologic Research Endeavor
(CaPSURE) database, 5 the National Cancer Database
(NCDB), and 3 examined … Number of cores
One study examined trends in the number of biopsy cores
obtained during diagnostic workup … Of note, the
outcomes of many of the examined studies were either
treatment with an observational strategy … Only two studies specifically examined factors related to
men who were enrolled in an active monitoring
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0263_12-28-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0003
Document Completion Date: 6-2-09
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Recombinant human growth hormone in patients with cystic fibrosis will go forward for refinement as a
comparative effectiveness or effectiveness review. The scope o…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/outcomes-testing-evaluation_research.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Effects of Testing
Patients’ emotional response to medical testing is probably the most commonly
examined … One study examined the unintended effects of
colorectal cancer screening on health behaviors and found
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper4-bossuyt02262010-2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Effects of Testing
Patients’ emotional response to medical testing is probably the most commonly
examined … One study examined the unintended effects of
colorectal cancer screening on health behaviors and found
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_disposition-comments.pdf
December 14, 2015 - It
remains unclear why the RCT by Morino et
al. was excluded Ref.No. 2650 as it
examined exactly the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Article Selection Process
We examined abstracts of articles to determine whether
studies met our criteria … Psychosocial Support
We identified seven studies that examined the effect of
psychosocial support strategies … All examined different
strategies. Results across these studies are inconsistent.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-child-interventions_disposition-comments.pdf
February 11, 2013 - Introduction Limitations of the review process (page 160, lines 21-37): I am not clear on
why studies that examined … Those studies, which examined outcomes
other than traumatic stress symptoms, were
outside of the scope … Those studies, which examined outcomes
other than traumatic stress symptoms, were
outside of the scope
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-young-people-amendement.pdf
February 05, 2025 - The majority of the available studies have examined psychosocial interventions to
reduce suicidal outcomes … in youth, and a considerably smaller number of studies have examined
the effectiveness of medications
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/coronary-artery-disease-testing_disposition-comments.pdf
March 29, 2016 - Since cost was
not an explicit goal of this document and was not examined
carefully, any mention of … Testing technologies examined included functional tests (i.e. … diagnostic accuracy are described in the
background section for contextual
purposes only and were not examined … diagnostic accuracy are described in the
background section for contextual
purposes only and were not examined … diagnostic accuracy are described in the
background section for contextual
purposes only and were not examined
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain-surveillance-151130.pdf
July 10, 2015 - Signal Assessment: The signals examined in this surveillance
assessment suggest that the some conclusions … The remaining 5 studies 4-8 were examined for
potential to change the results of the original review … Two studies identified by one our expert reviewers examined long-
term outcomes. … No new literature was identified
Few studies of surgical approaches examined the same approach;
none … Few studies of surgical
approaches examined the same
approach; none used a placebo
control.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_executive.pdf
May 01, 2011 - reviewing abstracts, 106 articles were retained for possible
inclusions and full text of the articles was examined … still
attempted somewhat comprehensive breathing retraining
approaches.28,30,42 One additional study examined … One
trial examined the use of biofeedback targeting heart
rate variability (HRV), as well as training … Seven trials reported on adverse events, including
five trials that examined a hyperventilation reduction … No trials examined harms of treatment within subgroups
or compared subgroups on likelihood of harms
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0129_07-13-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number: 0168
Document Completion Date: 6-9-10
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Cesarean birth in low-risk women will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of
this topic, including populations, interventions, comparato…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia_hi_impact.pdf
January 01, 2012 - The study examined flutemetamol imaging data from
clinically diagnosed AD in patients, healthy volunteers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bipolar-disorder-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2014 - SES to address one commenters request for the addition of cultural
factors and likely to have been examined … Key Questions 1- 3 will be examined within the context of Key Question 3. … detail for intersections of different patient characteristics will be
determined as the literature is examined