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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/study-design-framework_research.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Therefore, it may be difficult to know whether this proposed gap has already been filled. … Conversely, if an identified gap could be filled by RCTs, for example, but trials have
been unable … why, for
example, a cross-sectional study design is inappropriate as a means of filling an evidence gap … In assessing this topic, it was deemed that an important gap pertained to
the comparative effectiveness … However, if the proposed
evidence gap is conceptually quite far from the original key questions covered
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/presentations-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2012 - Research
in some areas may have sufficiently developed to the point where the gap can be precisely … issue, the FRN should address elements and level of detail and explain
how this fills the evidence gap … An example of a methodological gap identified in an FRN relates to treatments for localized
prostate … Research in some
areas may have sufficiently developed to the point where the gap can be precisely
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/evidence-gaps-for-mhealth-tools-in-diabetes
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/restless-legs-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2013 - Stakeholder prioritization of research gap questions ................................................ … Research Gap Questions for Prioritization
Appendix B. … Based upon these conversations, we refined and added to our initial list
of research gap questions. … the natural breakpoints in these rankings, we determined high, moderate, and low priority
research gap … Research Gap Questions
Table 1.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pelvic-pain-therapies-future_research.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Summary of steps for developing future research needs
Approach to Evidence Gap Identification
1. … Research Quality (AHRQ) Future Research Needs Methods
Report, Robinson et al.34 define a research gap … The
report further notes that a research gap may not be a research need if filling the gap would not … Summary of steps for developing future research needs
Approach to Evidence Gap Identification
1. … AHRQ published guidance,35 we describe key considerations and study design to address an
evidence gap
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ongoing-studies-evidence_research.pdf
December 01, 2010 - It is also important that caveats regarding the potential of ongoing studies to fill the
research gap … posting of results (as is now required by law) and not
automatically relied upon to fill a research gap … may help to
determine the degree of reliance on a particular study to fill the identified research gap … The true potential these studies
have to fill a particular research gap rests with the quality of the … relevant information sources and screening those results
for relevance to an identified research gap
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Weights are based on the rank numbers (1–12) of each gap multiplied by how many stakeholders assigned … For the initial round, we weighted the scores based on how many
stakeholders endorsed the gap multiplied … Initial prioritization of evidence gaps
Research Gap
Number of
“High-Priority”
Endorsements
Number … Initial prioritization of evidence gaps (continued)
Research Gap
Number of
“High-Priority”
Endorsements … a Weights are based on the rank numbers (1-12) of each gap multiplied by how many stakeholders assigned
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-mental-health_research-protocol.pdf
September 01, 2016 - Given the
gap between observed and achievable processes and outcomes, the next critical step is the … and the development of strategies to implement or disseminate these
interventions.1-3 Closing the gap … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of
Quality Improvement Strategies, Vol. 1: Series
Overview
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/child-obesity-future_research.pdf
March 31, 2010 - Future Research Needs for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 31
Future Research Needs
for Childhood Obesity
Prevention Programs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 31
Future Research Needs for Childhood Obesity
Prevention Programs
Identification of Future Resea…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/primary-research-design_research.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies
Research White Paper
A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic
Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design
of Primary Research Studies
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0193_08-12-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - If little or no evidence exists, can new research be designed to address the gap?
4.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-centered-medical-home_research-protocol.pdf
February 23, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Closing the Quality Gap … As part of the Closing the Quality Gap series of Evidence-
based Practice Center (EPC) reviews, the purpose … The key questions were refined via
discussions with the EPC coordinating the “Closing the Quality Gap … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis
of Quality Improvement Strategies. … Closing the Quality Gap: A
Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation-future_research.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Stakeholder prioritization of research gap questions ................................................ … developed a Web-based survey using SurveyMonkey to collect stakeholder prioritization
of the research gap … questions)
Step 5: Revise preliminary
research gap
questions/consider ongoing
research
Step … Additional evidence gaps
• Additional research questions
• Additional ongoing research
• Reduce gap … Stakeholder prioritization of research gap questions (continued)
Question Ranking* Total
(Points)
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pqmp-disposition-comments.pdf
April 07, 2025 - Affiliation Section Comment Response
3.2.4.2 and 3.3.4.5, description was provided on this
evidence gap … This gap in care policies is a major
oversight. … In sections 3.2.4.2 and 3.3.4.5, description was provided on this evidence gap related to measuring practice
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis-future_research_1.pdf
February 01, 2013 - characteristics to men are getting tested or
development of a new observational study to explore this gap … Likelihood
• Likelihood that the study would fill an identified evidence gap
• Likelihood that the … study would fill an implementation gap (likely to improve translation
of research findings or existing … the NITs
Maybe: if RCT is not
feasible, then an
observational study
could explore the
evidence gap … characteristics to men are getting
tested or development of a new observational study to explore this gap
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
August 26, 2011 - 26, 2011
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Closing the Quality Gap … Successful strategies will help to close the quality gap
regarding health care–associated infections … The first step in designing a quality improvement project is to identify a quality gap. … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality
Improvement Strategies. … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality
Improvement Strategies.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-interventions-future_research.pdf
September 01, 2012 - Methods for developing future research needs
Approach to Evidence Gap
Identification
1. … Methods for developing future research needs
Approach to Evidence Gap
Identification
1.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguidenorris_060420101.pdf
June 01, 2010 - ideally were framed a priori in a review protocol, but rather a change in focus such that
the (RCT) gap … Assess the risk of bias of observational studies to answer the gap review questions. … should proceed to assess the
potential risk of bias in a body of observational studies used to answer gap
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-observational-studies_methods.pdf
June 01, 2010 - ideally were framed a priori in a review protocol, but rather a change in focus such that
the (RCT) gap … Assess the risk of bias of observational studies to answer the gap review questions. … should proceed to assess the
potential risk of bias in a body of observational studies used to answer gap
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cesarean-birth_research.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Evidence gaps identified in the Comparative Effectiveness Review
Evidence Gap Relevant PICOTS
Elements … Evidence gaps identified in the Comparative Effectiveness Review
Evidence Gap
Relevant
PICOTS
Element … For example, the research gap “determinants
of cesarean” appears early in the framework because it applies … anticipated that no more than nine non-Federal stakeholders would participate in each step of
research gap … Prior to the call, we emailed each stakeholder the draft CER, slides describing the evidence gap
identification