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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/linking-evidence-reviews-methods_0.pdf
October 01, 2018 - Interviews with our key partners revealed that the most critical factor in selecting the EPC
report … Most
notably in this pilot, one external factor that created a “burning platform” for Kaiser
Permanente … requisite, developing and
investing in a relationship with the health care organization is a critical factor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
August 26, 2011 - In the RAND Health report,
Shekelle et al.
20
noted that context may be the distinguishing factor … Infection rate and risk factor analysis in an orthopaedic ambulatory
surgical center.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fecal-incontinence_research-protocol.pdf
November 30, 2014 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Treatments for Fecal Incontinence
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Fecal incontinence (FI) involves recurrent involuntary loss of fecal material.1,2 FI is defined
by the frequency of episodes (such as daily or weekly e…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_research-protocol.pdf
February 04, 2014 - etiologies have also been
established, with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection appearing to be a risk factor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0278_03-10-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0041
Document Completion Date: 6-2-09
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) will go forward for refinement as a comparative
effectiveness or effectiveness review. The scope of this topic, includi…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-research-methods_research-protocol.pdf
February 08, 2017 - unexposed (or treatment and
control) groups that are nearly identical on all factors except for the factor … screeners):
Fruit & Vegetable Intake Screeners in the Eating at America’s Table Study (EATS)
Five-Factor … Diet Quality Index
24-hour dietary recall using common Food frequency questionnaires:
Behavioral Risk Factor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-prognostic.ppt
June 01, 2012 - A key factor to consider is what followup times are important to patients, clinicians, or policymakers … Selective reporting biases in cancer prognostic factor studies. … Selective reporting biases in cancer prognostic factor studies. … Selective reporting biases in cancer prognostic factor studies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-prognostic.ppt
June 01, 2012 - A key factor to consider is what followup times are important to patients, clinicians, or policymakers … Selective reporting biases in cancer prognostic factor studies. … Selective reporting biases in cancer prognostic factor studies. … Selective reporting biases in cancer prognostic factor studies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-screening_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - are not currently a significant source of *incident* cases of chronic HCV, this risk factor
accounts … We revised the
Introduction to state:
"Transfusions prior to 1992 are a
risk factor for HCV infection … Again the bullets are helpful-is cirrhosis or
fibrosis the key factor in making treatment decisions.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fatty-acids-cardiovascular-disease_clinician.pdf
July 01, 2017 - Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease:
Current State of the Evidence
Focus of This Summary
This is a summary of a systematic review that evaluated the recent evidence regarding the effects of omega-3 fatty acids
(FAs), primaril…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-omega-3_research-protocol.pdf
September 02, 2016 - Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: September 2, 2016
Evidence-based Practice Center Methodology Repor t Protocol
Project Title: Transparency of Repor ting Requirements
Repor t Topic: Omega-3 Fa…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c_executive.pdf
November 01, 2012 - or
repeated percutaneous exposures to
blood, with injection drug use being
the strongest risk factor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-13121.pdf
December 05, 2013 - Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential
High-Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 01: Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint
Disease
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/nursing-home-safety_disposition-comments.pdf
May 27, 2016 - Avoidable decline in ADLS may
be viewed as harm not a potentially contributing factor to an adverse … well-trained) staff supervision of
residents with dementia is commonly reported as a major contributing
factor … It is not necessarily a potential
contributing factor. … the report
extensively and this information no
longer appears as a safety issue but a
potential factor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_6-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
October 30, 2012 - 71
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of considerations for the development of outcome measures
for observational comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies, describes implications of the
proposed outcomes for study design, and enumerates issues of bias that may arise in incorporating the
ascertainme…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s158.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Adjustments for Unmeasured Confounders in
Pharmacoepidemiologic Database Studies Using External
Information
Til Stürmer, MD,*† Robert J. Glynn, PhD,*†‡ Kenneth J. Rothman, DrPH,*§¶ Jerry Avorn, MD,*
and Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD*�
Background: Nonexperimental studies of drug effects in large
automa…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - 83.0% to 90.6%) for
patients with a circumferential area of Barrett’s esophagus of 3 cm or more, a factor … Cytosponge testing combined with immunohistochemical
3
staining for the biomarker trefoil factor … Evaluation of a minimally
invasive cell sampling device coupled with
assessment of trefoil factor
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/kravitz_eccs2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Kravitz_ECCS2012
Slide 1: Media, Messages, and Medication: Strategies
To Reconcile What
Patients
Hear, What TheyWant, andWhat They Need FromMedications
Richard
L.
Kravitz,
M.D.,
M.S.P.H.
University of California, Davis, Department of…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Overall, no
distinct pattern emerged to establish a particular factor as
a modifier of test performance
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections-surveillance-140925.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The original report also included risk factor studies if the reviewers determined they
were of good … One study found that a prior room
occupant with CDI is a significant risk
factor for CDI acquisition … The effect of room on CDI acquisition
remained a significant risk factor (P=0.008) when
Kaplan-Meier … The authors concluded that a prior room occupant
with CDI is a significant risk factor for CDI acquisition … presumed that preservation of the normal intestinal
flora during fidaxomicin treatment is a major factor