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181. Systematic Review on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 3 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - placebo, short-term function Opioids associated with small improvement in short-term function • … system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … systematic reviews to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality … of healthcare in the United States.

182. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0404_01-14-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0340 Document Completion Date: 3-23-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparator…

183. Cannabis-2022-Surv-Rep-3-Table-F5 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2022 - C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 8.2 (4.5) vs. 8.7 (5.1) vs. 9.5 (4.9) 6 months … C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 17.8 (8.2) vs. 16.4 (9.1) vs. 33.1 (20.2) … B Pain intensity index (VAS 0-100 scale) mean relative change (improvement) rates at week 24 83.4% vs … B Physical quality of life (VR12-PCS; NRS 100 scale) mean relative change (improvement) rates at week … Anxiety (DASS-A; NRS21) mean relative change (improvement) rates at week 24 78.4% vs. 52.3%, p<0.001

184. Cannabis-2022-Update-Surv-Rep-1-App-F-5 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2022 - C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 8.2 (4.5) vs. 8.7 (5.1) vs. 9.5 (4.9) 6 months … C Absolute improvement in VAS since initiation (mean [SD]): 17.8 (8.2) vs. 16.4 (9.1) vs. 33.1 (20.2) … B Pain intensity index (VAS 0-100 scale) mean relative change (improvement) rates at week 24 83.4% vs … B Physical quality of life (VR12-PCS; NRS 100 scale) mean relative change (improvement) rates at week … Anxiety (DASS-A; NRS21) mean relative change (improvement) rates at week 24 78.4% vs. 52.3%, p<0.001

185. Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - of health care in the United States. … care quality. … in quality of care or service delivery. … Studies of quality of care found that physicians providing preventive services who used HIE performed … Health information exchange and ambulatory quality of care. Appl Clin Inform. 2012;3(2):197-209.

186. Rapid Response_Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2024 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Improvement in HbA1c characterized by study type .................................................... … Improvement in HbA1c characterized by study type ....................................................

187. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - PFMT-BF alone* 2 109 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in improvement in the … compared with the sham group (1.7 days, SD 3.5). ��� Severity There was no significant difference in improvement … 12.5] vs. sham group: 3.0 episode reduction [IQR 0.0–8.9]). ��� Quality of life Percent change (improvement … electrostimulation 1 126 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in Vaizey score** improvement … mg/ day) vs. placebo 1 44 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in FICA score improvement

188. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Numbers: 0215 & 0078 Document Completion Date: 6-8-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Physical therapy for knee pain secondary to osteoarthritis of the knee will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, includin…

189. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nursing-home-safety_research-protocol.pdf
     July 22, 2015 - Examples include efforts to provide incentives for NH to improve care quality, to NH staff training … Does litigation increase or decrease health care quality? … Nursing Home Caregiver Staffing Levels and Quality of Care: A Literature Review. … The Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) quality improvement program: an overview … Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.

190. Closing the Quality Gap Series: End-of-Life and Hospice Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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191. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People Receiving Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2025 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Anti-Infective Periodontal Therapy Promoting Improvement in Systemic Markers of HIV Infection.

192. Ankyloglossia Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - of the three RCTs, the independent blinded observers did not detect a difference in breastfeeding improvement … Outcomes that failed to show a difference in these two RCTs included percent improvement (50% vs. 40% … Mothers reported significant improvement in bottle-feeding in all eight infants who received the frenotomy … Two poor-quality cohort studies16,18 reported an improvement in articulation and intelligibility with … Two poor-quality cohort studies16,18 reported an improvement in articulation and intelligibility with

193. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Anxiety symptoms 141 Insufficient All groups in the study demonstrated improvement, but adding a noise … The strength of evidence is insufficient to conclude whether TRT or relaxation showed improvement in … The strength of evidence is insufficient to conclude whether relaxation showed improvement in subjective … The strength of evidence is insufficient to conclude whether relaxation or TRT showed improvement in … Despite this diversity, the overall SOE was low that CBT and coping approaches showed an improvement

194. Rapid Response_The Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in Persons With Autoimmune Disease Treated With Biologics and Other Immunosuppressants: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2024 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Director, Technology Assessment Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for … Similarly, Kaushal 2019, a non-RCT, found statistically significantly greater improvement in disease

195. Topic 0613 Tympanostomy Tubes NSD FINAL (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0765-150129.pdf
     November 03, 2014 - non-surgical treatments or no intervention Outcome(s): Reduction in the prevalence of middle ear effusion; improvement … of hearing levels (HLs); speech and language improvement; health-related quality of life (HRQoL) … considered for tympanostomy tubes Intervention(s): Hearing testing Comparator(s): No test Outcome(s): Improvement

196. CER 226: Evidence summary_Labor Dystocia (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - Improvement with continuous emotional support: Continuous emotional support lowered risk of cesarean … with Doula support: Doula support reduced risk of instrumental vaginal delivery Improvement with … Adverse Events Maternal Outcomes – Trauma to the Pelvic Floor 1 RCT74 (271) Improvement with … Adverse Events Maternal Outcomes – Trauma to the Pelvic Floor 1 RCT74 (271) Improvement with … Low (one study) Maternal Outcomes – Chorioamnionitis 1 RCT167 (2,404) Improvement with immediate

197. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2025 - Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons Systematic Review Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons Executive Summary Main Points • Only a small body of evidence has evaluated the effects of screening approaches. There was insufficien…

198. Disposition of Comments for CER 181 Mental Health Care (pdf file)
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     December 19, 2016 - Peer Reviewer 7 Introduction It is not clear that implementation, dissemination, and quality improvement … Peer Reviewer 8 Methods The authors treat implementation, dissemination and quality improvement as distinct … detail Peer Reviewer 1 Discussion/ Conclusion Part of the reason is the wide variety of quality improvement … Peer Reviewer 7 General In KQ1, the authors focus on quality improvement, implementation, and dissemination … here are details related to editing and sometimes a point of clarification or recommendation for improvement

199. Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Undergoing Insertion of Implantable Cardiovascular Devices (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Acting Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … of Readmission E3: Improved Clinical Outcomes and Success of Medical Procedure E4: Improvement

200. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Other studies have seen specific improvement in children with PDD- NOS vs. … Home Situations Questionnaire predicted greater improvement, regardless of tx groups. … Parent's showed significant improvement in the CSBQ scale. … In addition, repetitive behavior showed improvement with both risperidone and aripiprazole. … Other studies have seen specific improvement in children with PDD-NOS vs.