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461. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Medical homes can be established in specialty settings, but for the purposes of this review we chose to focus … Nominations included a brief background and context, the importance of and/or rationale for the topic, the focus … these findings are encouraging and build on prior reviews showing that CCM-based interventions that focus … Developing a policy-relevant research agenda for the patient-centered medical home: a focus on outcomes

462. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2014 - Perhaps too much of a focus on the lack of evidence for PSA screening in this document which is meant … to focus on treatment of those already with a prostate cancer diagnosis. … After discussions and recommendations from TEP members, we decided to include and focus only on men … After discussions and recommendations from TEP members, we decided to include and focus only on men … TEP Reviewer 7 General Generally clearly written with appropriate focus on PICO of interest.

463. Topic 0527 Fertility Treatment in Women NSD SJ clean (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2014 - Topic 0527 Fertility Treatment in Women NSD SJ clean Fertility Treatment in Women Nomination Summary Document Results of Topic Selection Process & Next St…

464. TND-612-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - TND-612-09-03-2013 Topic Number(s): 0520 Document Completion Date: 02-06-2013 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  The topic, Interventions to Transition Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) from Pediatric to Adult Care, is not feasible for a full systematic review due…

465. Dementia-Nursing-Home-Characteristics Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - We limited the electronic searches to English language (consistent with our focus on characteristics

466. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2014 - Therefore, for accurate staging, colon cancer imaging should focus more on identifying metastases as … However, since the focus of the report is on comparative effectiveness, we chose to focus our efforts … Our focus was on the comparative data, which we did analyze. … Because this report is about staging rather than diagnosis, we decided to focus on the types of staging … Peer Reviewer 4 Results Page 41, the second paragraph after Table 21 – would focus on “no statistically

467. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Evidence hierarchies traditionally focus only on study design, with systematic reviews of randomized … Reviewers need not score strength of evidence for every comparison or outcome; rather, they should focus … , or life-threatening adverse events to common but bothersome effects) For both benefits and harms: Focus … For both benefits and harms, EPC reviewers should focus on the outcomes most relevant to patients, clinicians … different from those used by the GRADE Working Group (as of 2008); the definitions used by EPC reviewers focus

468. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Focus groups, for example, with representatives of patients, families, and payers – in separate focus … Several patient and family focus groups would be necessary due to the wide range of impairment types … These reviews are rigorous systematic reviews, but focus more on explaining how, when, and why certain … Focus groups, for example, with representatives of patients, families, and payers—in separate focus … Several patient and family focus groups would be necessary due to the wide range of impairment types

469. Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2015 - risks of severe hypoglycemia.18 People with T2DM are often managed progressively, with an initial focus … Because knowledge acquisition alone is insufficient for behavioral changes,26,31 the focus of many … Our focus for T1DM was to determine the effectiveness of behavioral programs and for T2DM was to identify … Because of our focus on moderation of effectiveness for T2DM, we did not examine harms, as we did for … KQ 2, we assessed SOE for HbA1c, which was the outcome reported by the most studies and thus the focus

470. Asthma-Provider-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - To focus our synthesis, we selected outcomes we considered the most commonly used in practice; those … There is a need to further evaluate health care provider- targeted interventions with a focus on standardized … Focusing the focus group: impact of the awareness of major factors contributing to non-adherence to

471. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 02, 2011 - We will focus the review on studies published in English; included studies may include non- U.S. populations … Search strategies in each of these databases will focus specifically on terms related to treatment … The dimensions (i.e., areas of special focus, or the columns) of each evidence table may vary by KQ

472. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Analysis Option 1: Focus on Prediction of Patient Outcomes Trikalinos TA, Balion TA. … Analysis Option 1: Focus on Prediction of Patient Outcomes Option one assesses the index test’s ability … Analysis Option 2: Focus on the Agreement of Index and Reference Tests (1 of 2) Trikalinos TA, Balion … Analysis Option 2: Focus on the Agreement of Index and Reference Tests (1 of 2) The second option, also … Analysis Option 2: Focus on the Agreement of Index and Reference Tests (2 of 2) When continuous test

473. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Analysis Option 1: Focus on Prediction of Patient Outcomes Trikalinos TA, Balion TA. … Analysis Option 1: Focus on Prediction of Patient Outcomes Option one assesses the index test’s ability … Analysis Option 2: Focus on the Agreement of Index and Reference Tests (1 of 2) Trikalinos TA, Balion … Analysis Option 2: Focus on the Agreement of Index and Reference Tests (1 of 2) The second option, also … Analysis Option 2: Focus on the Agreement of Index and Reference Tests (2 of 2) When continuous test

474. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Our focus will be on diagnostic tests, meaning tests that are used in the diagnostic and management … Common Challenges Diagnostic test studies commonly focus on the accuracy of the test in making a disease … The focus should be on providing an overall grade for the relevant key question link in the analytic

475. Microsoft Word - Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Review_Disposition_of_Comments_Report_Final_120710_refs_delinked1.docx (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2010 - editor in making a decision regarding publication of the paper, the remainder of the review will focus … We understand the argument that the review should focus solely on ‘autistic disorder,’ but the data … The focus of this report was to be able to provide information that could be potentially utilized in … In theory and practice, however, most ABA interventions do not focus on challenging behavior. … This manuscript didn't seem to focus on future research.

476. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis—An Update of the 2006 Report. (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - This is because the focus of the review is on comparative benefits and harms. … The purpose of the review was to focus on comparative benefits and harms. … Given the focus of this review, we focused on comparative tolerability, not tolerability versus placebo … Given the focus of this review, we focused on comparative efficacy and safety of acetaminophen versus … It should try to pull out and focus on a few of the major points and put them in clinically relevant

477. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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     December 23, 2014 - Use of the term CDI indicates the major focus of this review is on the presence of clinical disease, … Some minor modifications to the key questions were made to focus the update on current clinical concerns … We will use tested search strings to focus the search algorithms for randomized controlled trials (RCTs … This selection strategy, with its focus on strong study design, means we do not expect a significant … contrasts on the type of reference standard and respective operating characteristics.35,36 We will focus

478. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Further consultation with the nominator narrowed the nominator’s questions to focus on issues such … necessary for some topics, such as those related to well-established interventions that have not been the focus … Comparative Effectiveness or Effectiveness Review Comparative effectiveness and effectiveness reviews focus … A limited update may focus on a specific sub- population, comparison, or outcome/harm.

479. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2008 - Layout 1 Background and Key Questions Prostate cancer is the most common nondermatologic cancer in men. In 2007 an estimated 218,890 men were diagnosed with, and 27,050 deaths were attributed to, prostate cancer in the United States. Approximately 90 percent of men with prostate cancer have disease considered confine…

480. Disposition of Comments for CER 157 Appendicitis (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2015 - Peer Reviewer #1 Introduction I miss an explanation for your focus on screening and early stage … TEP Reviewer #2 Introduction I was surprised by the lack of focus on the pediatric population in … We respectfully disagree with the assertion that the report lacks focus on the pediatric population. … For KQ1, I would prefer that the authors focus on the recent literature. … The decision to solely focus on the high risk rules, in my opinion, is a mistake.