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  1. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - It is NOT the goal of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System to make predictions on the future
  2. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/fibromyalgia/research-protocol
    April 03, 2014 - them with a patient-generated summary score derived from three self-reported symptom domains. 11 The goal … The general goals of treatment are to mitigate diffuse musculoskeletal pain, maximize physical and cognitive … The goal of treatment for select subgroups of fibromyalgia patients is to balance the benefits and harms
  3. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch-7-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
    March 29, 2012 - Treatment Effects The goal of comparative effectiveness research (CER) is to determine if a treatment … When the goal of CER is to estimate the total causal effect of the treatment on the outcome, adjustment … The goal is to use the graph to identify a sufficient set of variables to achieve unconfoundedness,
  4. 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
  5. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-centered-medical-home_executive.pdf
    July 01, 2012 - health care system, and components of the Department of Defense military health care system.25-28 The goal … completed studies was expected to be small, the identification of ongoing studies was an important goal … retention and greater attractiveness of primary care practice, then PCMH will have met one of its goals
  6. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/comparator-selection-in-observational-chapter-5.pptx
    January 01, 2013 - The goal of employing active comparators who are likely to have similar characteristics with the exposure … How to take adherence and device failure or removal into account depends on the goal of each study and
  7. 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
  8. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-quality-indicator-testing/research
    May 19, 2010 - The goal was to determine a common robust quality indicator set for future comparative studies and quality … Study inclusion criteria differed somewhat between the sites, based on local populations and study goals
  9. 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?
  10. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-case-130621.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - identify solutions to a particular problem, or rewards contestants for accomplishing a particular goal … Specific challenge components must be customized to meet the needs of the host, the primary goals of
  11. 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?
  12. 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
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    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/thromboembolism-update_research-protocol.pdf
    February 17, 2016 - Furthermore, avoiding DVT is a clinically worthwhile goal to reduce the incidence of lower extremity … Intervention within the same class •   KQ 3 Same intervention, different (lower) dose (or anticoagulation goal
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    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_executive.pdf
    October 01, 2006 - Most authorities consider the goals of therapy to be improvement in uncontrolled hypertension, preservation … receptor blockers (ARBs), calcium channel blockers, and/or beta blockers, is frequently prescribed with a goal
  15. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-disparities_research-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2015 - Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief The goal of this Technical Brief is to describe the … What are the goals of the interventions? b. What are the components of the interventions? c.
  16. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-information-exchange_executive.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - have and are continuing to make the significant investment of time and resources to achieve the goals … establish HIE: the Lack of Necessary Components, such as physician engagement;72 the Fit between the goals
  17. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asd-medical-executive-170505.pdf
    May 01, 2017 - The goals of treatment for ASD typically focus on improving core deficits in communication, social … Individual goals for treatment vary for different children and may include combinations of approaches
  18. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/binge-eating-disposition-160504.pdf
    December 09, 2015 - Deal, ASCP 2014-formerly NCDEU: The primary goal or this study was to validate the use of the YBOCS … One of the goals of the review is to summarize any evidence of whether LOC eating is related to weight … A related goal is to examine the evidence of outcomes among BED patients. … information would help patients and providers optimize their plans to address both short- and long-term goals … expensive as it is less specialized; (2) it raises the important question of the patient's primary goal
  19. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - The goals, scope, and key questions are stated clearly. Thank you for your comments. … The goals, scope, and key questions are stated clearly. Thank you for your comments. … that the authors clearly excluded studies that did not have reduction of cesarean as primary stated goal … research on reducing cesarean and willing to participate in a study about how best to accomplish that goal … HP goals from 2000-2020) relevant to the topics addressed here.
  20. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lysosomal-storage-diseases-therapies_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Public Shire Preface Page iii, Para 2 The goals of the Technical Brief are to provide . . . … One useful approach, however, is the concept of establishing therapeutic goals and individualizing … dose to enable patients to reach and maintain those goals. 2. … One useful approach may be the concept of establishing therapeutic goals and individualizing dose to … enable patients to reach and maintain those goals.” 2.

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