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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-de-novo-processes_methods.pdf
September 01, 2009 - This would be possible if the
search strategy was consistent with the chapter on finding evidence of … In these cases, the methods used in the SR
would have to be consistent with the chapters on finding … This should be consistent with the chapter on
finding evidence in the Methods Guide for Comparative
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_disposition-comments.pdf
February 24, 2016 - ES6 The strength of evidence was moderate for the finding of
equivalent cancer-specific survival for … The OR of 1.3 is a relative finding, which
presumes the continuous spectrum of tumor size
is uniform … Consistency is interpreted
on the direction of a finding across studies (for
example, if no study comparing … When a MID was not met and it
was a consistent finding, we made the
assessment that an outcome was … Any specific instances of
individual studies that diverged from this finding
(and perhaps state a statistically
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/progestogens-preterm-birth-disposition-121205.pdf
September 07, 2012 - Reviewer #4 Executive
Summary
Page 7, Line 41: I am concerned with the “with the largest trial
finding … evidence of low strength, based on numbers of
small trials using progestogens, with the largest trial finding … Evidence quality is rated as “low” in Table 22, but no
finding is given. … Is there a finding that we can associate with this
rating? … #6 General I am concerned that the safety signals discovered by the FDA
and now strengthened by the finding
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_executive.pdf
April 01, 2013 - This finding pertaining to the impact of the
motivational intervention on treatment engagement and … Rather, the central finding of this
review for policymakers and payers is the relative scarcity
of … Power
analyses were seldom presented; this finding speaks to a
serious issue in the field that contributes … Relying on
p-values to assess whether a research finding is true may
be subject to inherent error associated … Consequently, our main finding was that the
literature in this field is strikingly limited due to numerous
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_surveillance.pdf
December 01, 2012 - No Signal
Key question #4
DVT : Consistent to the original CER finding, one RCT demonstrated that … (%)
was 2/942 (0.2) versus 4/951 (0.4); p=0.69. 7 1 Signal
DVT: Consistent to the original CER finding … The finding from
one RCT identified through update search did not demonstrate any significant difference … Few characteristics were evaluated in
multiple studies, and oftentimes when a significant
finding was … Few characteristics were evaluated in multiple studies, and
oftentimes when a significant finding was
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-nerve-blocks-disposition-comments.pdf
August 15, 2025 - There was only one RCT finding a statistically
significant difference in opioid consumption, and it … outcomes, so we cannot for
sure say it was not ever reported, but anecdotally our team
does not recall finding
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2016 - Studies
Strength of Evidence
Finding
Tumor Size 12 Moderate
Increasing tumor size consistently is … Studies
Strength of Evidence
Finding
Diagnostic
Accuracy
18 Moderate
Renal mass biopsy has a high … The
strength of evidence was moderate for the finding of
equivalent cancer-specific survival for radical … The strength of evidence was moderate for the finding of
equivalent cancer-specific survival for thermal … Studies
Strength of Evidence
Finding
Cancer-specific
survival
19 Low
Most data was derived from
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - experts agreed that the
conclusion is still valid. 1
said s/he did not know. 1
cited the Stalvey 2011
finding … in >80%
of cases
Not reported Retrospective cohort
study
Mean dose GH at the
end of the dose-
finding … Do Not Know
stronger, with the majority of studies finding
an association between percent predicted … The link between
walk testing and mortality is weak, with
some studies finding no association, some … finding only a univariate association, and
very few finding a multivariate association.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
September 29, 2014 - When discussing the finding of lower risk of methadone-associated mortality
in the VA system, the authors … risk of serious
harms that appears to be dose-dependent” (Page 52, Line 39) as the only reported
finding … 44-47), and low quality evidence characterizes many findings from this review,
why is this the only finding … Peer Reviewer 9 Discussion/Conclu
sion
The discussion, study limitations, and study finding implications … What is the biological plausibility of this finding?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
March 11, 2010 - recommended against population-based screening for
thyroid disease, though they did advocate aggressive case-finding … (screening OR casefinding OR case finding) [tiab]
4. 1 OR 2 OR 3
TR-ER Treatment for
hyperthyroidism
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/deliberative-methods_research.pdf
February 01, 2013 - researchers examined
the public’s ethical principles regarding
technologies that extend human life,
finding
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/organization-cancer-care-disposition-comments.pdf
June 20, 2023 - another framework does not mean it should be added to the
Integrated Framework does not seem like a Finding … This would give the authors the
evidence necessary to explain their finding: “We noted that studies … This finding
speaks to the lack of theory in extant studies of organizational
characteristics that
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-family-engagement-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2019 - Finding common ground: patient-centeredness and evidence-
based chronic illness care. … Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for
Systematic Reviews.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-informed-care-protocol.pdf
April 19, 2023 - investigators will independently assess strength of evidence for each
intervention/comparison/outcome finding … imprecise based on the degree of certainty surrounding each effect estimate or
8
aggregated finding
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-iv-patient-safety-practices-year-2.pdf
May 01, 2025 - Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings on Patient Safety Practices and Ratings by a Technical Expert Panel, 2024-2025
Making Healthcare Safer IV
Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings
on Patient Safety Practices and Ratings by a
Technical Expert Panel, 2024-2025
Prepared for:
Agen…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-257-antenatal-care-evidence-summary.pdf
June 01, 2022 - versus satisfaction with in-person visits
(among patients receiving hybrid visits) was inconsistent, finding
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hemorrhage-postpartum_disposition-comments.pdf
April 28, 2015 - The finding of no significant
differences in a study is a finding,
thus the direction of effects differed … We have clarified that
the SOE finding is for each
individual agent.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/incident-user-design_research.pdf
May 01, 2012 - ................................................................................................10
Finding … the 365-day definition may produce a less biased estimate
of comparative effectiveness, but that finding … Finding the Right Comparison Cohort
The identification and justification of the most appropriate comparison
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/suppl-1-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Objective 1 involves finding the average treatment
effect estimate across the entire population of … Objective 2 requires finding the average effect of
T relative to A for the subset of patients who were … Alternatively, objective 3 requires finding the
average effect of T relative to A for the subset of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_11-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 03, 2012 - terms of
understanding the robustness of the association
and reducing the likelihood of a chance finding … observed
association, the ranges of unmeasured confounder
characteristics that would result in a null finding … approach quantifies,
given assumptions, how strong a measured
confounder would need to be to result in a finding