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  1. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fecal-incontinence_clinician.pdf
    July 01, 2016 - Treatment goals are to decrease the frequency and severity of fecal incontinence episodes.
  2. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/impact-healthcare-algorithms-racial-ethnic-disparities-March-3.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - Shaped around 6 core goals: accountability, standard, v2: general transparency, fairness, reliability … the choice of training data, features, objective function, and tra ining algorithm, to pursue the goals … including the choice of training data, features, objective function, and training algorithm, to pursue the goal
  3. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/measuring-blood-pressure-future_research.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Population Unclear if treatments or treatment goals differ if a patient has uncontrolled hypertension … with comorbidities, and minorities (1P2) Intervention/ Comparator Unclear what the BP treatment goals … Population Unclear if treatments or treatment goals differ if a patient has uncontrolled hypertension … Our predetermined goal was to assemble a representative panel of 11 stakeholders across the first 6 … Behavioral: home health/primary care collaboration 56 NCT01300338 Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Goal
  4. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ems-911-workforce-mental-health-protocol.pdf
    September 13, 2023 - The goal of such interventions is to enable the person faced with adversity to maintain a relatively … products/distillersr-systematic-review-software 10 abstracts and discuss conflicts, with the goal
  5. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_disposition-comments.pdf
    February 13, 2012 - Since cancer detection is the primary goal, specificity becomes secondary, especially in the diagnostic … The goal of decreasing biopsies that prove to be benign is an admirable one but it should be recognized … 19 Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response Public Reviewer #5 Conclusion The goal
  6. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-pancreas_disposition-comments.pdf
    September 23, 2014 - Our goal was to uncover evidence to support clinical actions such as the ones you listed. … Reviewer 3 (Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) General Comments The authors state that “Our goal … The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network strongly believes that our nation’s research goal must be to focus
  7. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/menopause/research-protocol
    April 03, 2012 - potential benefits distant in time (prevention of osteoporosis and fractures) that may not be the primary goal … Because the goal of any pooling is to estimate unconditional effects, 51 random-effects models will … For KQ2 our original goal was to: 1) identify SRs of randomized controlled trials, and 2) review those
  8. S131 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s131.pdf
    October 01, 2007 - Glynn, PhD, ScD* Background: The goal of restricting study populations is to make patients more homogeneous … RCTs are often seen as the gold standard method that comes closest to this goal. … This study’s primary goal was to demonstrate quanti- tatively the effects of 5 subsequent restrictions
  9. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_research-protocol.pdf
    March 09, 2010 - Second, these instruments may not reflect the goals of treatment. … Even the ACR-70, which evaluates for a 70 percent improvement may not be enough since the goal of treatment
  10. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_clinician.pdf
    February 01, 2016 - Disulfiram may be recommended to individuals who have a goal of abstinence but for whom acamprosate
  11. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-dispositIon-comments-2022.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - Peer Reviewer #5 Results The level of detail is probably useful for the goal of the manuscript. … Nevertheless, this has accomplished the goal of coordinating the available literature.
  12. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/telehealth-acute-chronic/research-protocol
    February 16, 2017 - The overarching goal of this project is to maximize the utility of available information by presenting … To accomplish this goal the project will combine two evidence synthesis methods, systematic review and
  13. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/quality-gap-palliative-hospice/research-protocol
    June 27, 2011 - insurance benefit for patients in the last months of life who have chosen quality of life as the primary goal … When the treatment goal is not cure: are cancer patients equipped to make informed decisions?
  14. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quality-gap-palliative-hospice_research-protocol.pdf
    June 27, 2011 - insurance benefit for patients in the last months of life who have chosen quality of life as the primary goal … When the treatment goal is not cure: are cancer patients equipped to make informed decisions?
  15. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mental-illness-disparities_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 26, 2016 - Briefs generally focus on interventions with limited published data or few completed studies, the goal … The purpose would then say “The primary goal of this Technical Brief is to describe and review the effectiveness
  16. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/postpartum-care-one-year/draft-comments
    August 12, 2021 - The goal of this review is to identify and describe studies and strategies which seek to improve utilization
  17. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-1/research
    March 30, 2009 - information on RA treated in the community is limited. 2-4 Moreover, pain control is an important goal
  18. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-therapies-update/consumer
    January 21, 2016 - The goal is to aim the beams only at the cancer cells and not to hurt the healthy tissues around the
  19. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy/research-protocol
    April 26, 2013 - percent of those with AUDs are able to achieve long periods of nonproblematic drinking. 26-30 Thus, the goal … However, controlled drinking and harm reduction are often goals of treatment in parts of Europe. 12, … consider offering disulfiram in combination with a psychological intervention to service users who have a goal
  20. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
    January 27, 2012 - percent of those with AUDs are able to achieve long periods of nonproblematic drinking.26-30 Thus, the goal … However, controlled drinking and harm reduction are often goals of treatment in parts of Europe. 12,29 … consider offering disulfiram in combination with a psychological intervention to service users who have a goal

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