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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/marketing_evidence_evans.ppt
September 13, 2006 - Slide 1
Marketing “evidence” to healthcare consumers: Applying social marketing to evidence about the harms and benefits of pharmaceuticals
Presented by
W. Douglas Evans, Ph.D.
Lauren McCormack, Ph.D., M.S.P.H
Presented at
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Conference:
Communicating Harms and Benefits of
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/uterine-fibroids_research-protocol.pdf
March 01, 2016 - uterine-fibroids-protocol-160301
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published online: March 1, 2016
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Management of Uter ine Fibroids
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Topic background
Most women will dev…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_surveillance.pdf
January 15, 2013 - PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low
CER #56:
Adjuvant Treatment for Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Original release date:
February 2012
Surveillance Report:
January 2013
Key Findings:
• All conclusions for KQ1-7 are still considered
valid
• No new significant safety concerns were
identified.
• Sever…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/psoriasis-chronic_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phottherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=1325
Published Online: November 27, 2012
Comparative…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-agitation-aggression_research-protocol.pdf
November 13, 2014 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Non-pharmacologic Interventions for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Dementia refers to impairments in cognitive and intellectual ability, memory, language,
reasoning, and judgment …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/labor-nitrous-oxide_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 67
Nitrous Oxide for the Management of
Labor Pain
Executive Summary
Background
More than 4 million births occur in
the United States each year; in 2008,
there were 4,247,694 births.1 The most
commonly used labor pain management
method in the United States is epidural…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - Evidence-Based
Practice
Evidence-based Practice
Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-
based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors
the development of evidence reports and
technology assessments to assist public-
and private-sector organizations in their
efforts to imp…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s123.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Heterogeneity and the Interpretation of Treatment Effect
Estimates From Risk Adjustment and Instrumental
Variable Methods
John M. Brooks, PhD,* and Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, PhD†
Objectives: To contrast the interpretations of treatment effect esti-
mates using risk adjustment and instrumental vari…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-research-steps-framework_research.pdf
June 01, 2011 - A decision tree was generated to
decide about the need for a new
systematic review or the need for … or areas with poor-quality and out of date studies and
guidelines/guidance.2 De Vet et al. (2001) generated … Two lists of research gaps/needs were generated (one for systematic reviews and one for RCTs)
and then … Impact on patient outcomes;
• Likelihood that meaningful progress on
the research topic could be generated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rotator-cuff-tears-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2013 - The document was generated by content and
methodological experts at the MN EPC to summarize the rotator … by using a web-based
prioritization software through which a suggested prioritization list will be generated … A final
report will be generated by the MN EPC in September, which will later be posted on AHRQ’s
Effective
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2011 - that cost-effectiveness
analysis may be a future recommendation if
and when conclusive findings are generated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_disposition-comments.pdf
October 07, 2011 - the
value of this and future reports for all relevant stakeholders,
especially as new evidence is generated
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/indirect-comparisons_research-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment Comparisons
Methods Research Report
A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple
Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment Comparisons
Methods Research Report
A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple
Co…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 01, 2014 - This report is generated twice a year. … The first trial will assess trained users’ responses to alarms generated by the system
during its use
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Preterm birth is defined as delivery before
the completion of the 37th week of
gestation, and it affects 13 percent of live
births in the United States.1 According to
the 2010 National Vital Statistics report,
there were 542,893 preterm births in the
United States in 2006.2 Rates of preterm
birth…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/multiple-sclerosis_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 150
Decisional Dilemmas in Discontinuing
Prolonged Disease-Modifying Treatment for
Multiple Sclerosis
Executive Summary
Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a variably
debilitating disease characterized by
demyelination (deterioration of the
protective myelin sheat…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/off-label-use-research-priorities_research.pdf
May 01, 2009 - Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ’s Effective Health Care program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapid development of new scientific information and analytic tools. The DEcIDE
netw…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_executive.pdf
December 01, 2014 - 1
Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer:
Update of a 2008 Systematic Review
Executive Summary
Background
Prostate cancer is the most common
nondermatologic cancer in men.1,2 The
American Cancer Society has estimated
that 241,740 men were expected to receive
a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2012,
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews
Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in
Systematic Reviews
This report is based on research conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Rese…
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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…