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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s3.pdf
October 01, 2007 - EDITORIAL
The Comparative Effectiveness and Safety Emerging
Methods Symposium
A Tribute to Harry A. Guess: Father and Consummate Leader of
Pharmacoepidemiology
David J. Ballard, MD, PhD
This symposium and supplement dedicated to Harry Guess provides us with an
opportunity to celebrate Harry’s life and his myriad co…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s44.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Designed Delays Versus Rigorous Pragmatic Trials
Lower Carat Gold Standards Can Produce Relevant Drug Evaluations
Malcolm Maclure, ScD,* Bruce Carleton, PharmD,† and Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, ScD‡§¶
Background: Centralized administrative databases enable low-cost
pragmatic randomized trials (PRTs) …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s108.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
A Simulation-Based Evaluation of Methods to Estimate
the Impact of an Adverse Event on Hospital Length of Stay
Matthew H. Samore, MD,*†‡ Shuying Shen, MS,*†‡ Tom Greene, PhD,*†‡ Greg Stoddard, MPH,*†‡
Brian Sauer, PhD,*†‡ Judith Shinogle, PhD,¶ Jonathan Nebeker, MD, MS,*†‡
and Stephan Harbarth, MD, …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s1.pdf
October 01, 2007 - EDITORIAL
Preface
Scott R. Smith, MSPH, PhD
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) launched a new era in national health
policy in the United States. In addition to increasing access to outpatient prescription
medications through a new federal program, this landmark legislation creates new
opportunities and a…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s29.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Cluster Randomized Trials
Opportunities and Barriers Identified by Leaders of Eight Health Plans
Kathleen M. Mazor, MS, EdD,* James E. Sabin, MD,†‡§ Denise Boudreau, PhD,¶
Michael J. Goodman, PhD,� Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD,* Lisa J. Herrinton, PhD,**
Marsha A. Raebel, PharmD,††‡‡ Douglas Roblin, PhD,§§ …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s103.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Using Inverse Probability-Weighted Estimators in
Comparative Effectiveness Analyses With Observational
Databases
Lesley H. Curtis, PhD,*† Bradley G. Hammill, MS,* Eric L. Eisenstein, DBA,*†
Judith M. Kramer, MD, MS,* and Kevin J. Anstrom, PhD*‡
Abstract: Inverse probability-weighted estimation is a…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s149.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Using Propensity Scores Subclassification to Estimate Effects
of Longitudinal Treatments
An Example Using a New Diabetes Medication
Jodi B. Segal, MD, MPH,* Michael Griswold, PhD,† Aristide Achy-Brou, MS,† Robert Herbert, BS,‡
Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH,*‡ Sydney M. Dy, MD,*‡ Anne E. Millman, MS,‡
Alber…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s23.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Improving Depiction of Benefits and Harms
Analyses of Studies of Well-Known Therapeutics and Review of
High-Impact Medical Journals
Artyom Sedrakyan, MD, PhD,*†‡ and Chuck Shih, MHS*
Abstract: The issues of weighing benefits and harms and of shared
decision-making have become increasingly important…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s116.pdf
October 01, 2007 - The AMA files
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January 01, 2011 - Llewellyn-Thomas
Slide
1: Eliciting
Patients’ Values and Preferences in Decision Making
Hilary Llewellyn-‐Thomas, PhD
Emeritus Professor
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
R. Trafford Crump, PhD
Post-‐Doctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Health
Servic…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/thompson_eccs2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Thompson_ECCS2012
Slide 1: Evidential Preferences
andWhoWe Trust: Health
Education
and
Decision Making
Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, PhD, MA
Associate Professor
Washington
University,
Brown
School,
St. Louis,
MO
Slide 2: In…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/introduction.ppt
January 01, 2010 - AHRQ Slide Template 2004
The AHRQ Training Modules for
the Systematic Reviews Methods Guide:
An Introduction
Prepared for:
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide
www.ahrq.gov
The AHRQ Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide: An Introd…
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Menopausal Symptoms: Comparative
Effectiveness of Therapies
Executive Summary
Background
Menopause is defined as the permanent
cessation of menstruation and ovulation
due to ovarian failure. “Spontaneous”
menopause occurs after 12 months of
amenorrhea as ovarian hormone secretion
diminishes, on average aroun…
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April 01, 2016 - Total Worker Health® (TWH)
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Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 175
Total Worker Health®
Effective Health Care Program
Executive Summary
Background
The American worksite has been a
venue for both health protection and
health promotion programs. Health
protection programs are interventions
aimed specifi…
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February 01, 2016 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 167
Management of Renal Masses
and Localized Renal Cancer
Executive Summary
Background
Renal masses are a biologically
heterogeneous group of tumors
ranging from benign masses to cancers
that can be indolent or aggressive.1,2
The true incidence of renal masses
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/14_substanceabuse_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 14: Substance Abuse
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Rockville, MD 20850
www.a…
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January 01, 2012 - Obesity
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 10: Obesity
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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January 01, 2012 - Siminoff_ECCS2012
Slide 1: Making
Decisions
When You DisagreeWith the Doctor:
The
Social/Family
Context
Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hunt_panel_1.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Hunt_Panel_1
Slide
1: Helping
People
Make
Better Health Care
Choices: Why
Web 2.0?
Yvonne Hunt, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Cancer Prevention Fellow
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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2: Untitled
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