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461. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Director, Evidence-based Practice Center Program Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for

462. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 27, 2010 - field edges to conform to the targets, without an intention to spare any organ. 3D represents an improvement … This technical improvement is not expected to yield measurable differences in tumor control, unless … We agree with the reviewers that there are trends for improvement in other domains of QOL in IMRT compared … This technical improvement is not expected to yield measurable differences in tumor control, unless … We agree with the reviewers that there are trends for improvement in other domains of QOL in IMRT compared

463. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/abnormal-uterine-bleeding_executive.pdf
     March 01, 2013 - This group experienced a meaningful improvement in their menstrual frequency (42% increase from baseline … in cycle regularity while those who exercised only had a 42 percent improvement. … surgical referral and hysterectomy.65 However this treatment choice cannot necessarily be linked to improvement … controlled trial with 201 participants, documented effectiveness.51 The treatment effect was large with improvement … been shown to have additional positive effects, typically including shorter duration of bleeding and improvement

464. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews - Editorial (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews - Editorial E-1 Editorial Methods Guide for Authors of Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: A Collaboration Between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Journal of General Internal Medicine Gerald W. Smetana, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess…

465. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - Director Acting Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Intervention Treatment for IBS focuses on responding to symptoms through changes in diet and lifestyle, improvement

466. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
     December 01, 2013 - Since expert comments, the program has received funding from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement … Patients treated with ivacaftor also demonstrated a significant improvement in quality of life (p<0.001

467. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/measuring-blood-pressure-future_research.pdf
     August 01, 2012 - of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … purchasers as well as the health care system as a whole by providing important information to help improve health … care quality.

468. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/sleep-apnea_executive.pdf
     July 01, 2011 - A statistically significant improvement in AHI was observed in the MAD group compared with the surgery … • By meta-analysis, CPAP results in a statistically and clinically significant improvement in sleepiness … By meta-analysis there was statistically significant, but clinically nonsignificant better improvement … • By meta-analysis, MAD results in a statistically and clinically significant improvement in sleepiness … By meta-analysis, CPAP results in a statistically significant greater improvement in AHI than MAD (

469. Ptsd-Adult-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - of diagnosis 65% vs. 55% of subjects, p=NS, 1 trial, N=34 Insufficient Depression symptoms BDI (mean improvement … EMDR PTSD symptoms 1 trial (N=140) reported more rapid improvement with EMDR but no difference after … completion of treatment Insufficient Loss of diagnosis 1 trial (N=140) reported more rapid improvement … bMean CAPS improvement: 38 (95% CI, 26 to 50) vs. 14 (95% CI, 4 to 25) in 1 triale between-group effect … 538 subjects with a variety of index trauma types.25 While the point estimate suggested a greater improvement

470. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - For both treatment groups, investigators reported that symptom improvement was greater in plasma uric … The median duration of the clinical improvement provided by PRP for knee OA was 9 months. 52 In … Researchers reported, “ACR response rates showed a trend for improvement over time (month 1-24) with … similar ACR20 [American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement in a number of different measures] … One clinical expert stated that even a 20% improvement in the condition would be a significant improvement

471. Gibbons (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Gibbons Slide  1: Social Media  and Health Care  Disparities M. Chris Gibbons, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Baltimore, MD Slide  2: Can Social Media  Help Address Health Care  Disparities? • Are there determinants of disparities…

472. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/06_devdelays_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 06: Developmental Delays, ADHD, and Autism Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 G…

473. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - Patients treated with ivacaftor also demonstrated a significant improvement in quality of life (p<0.001

474. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/13_pulmonary_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Patients treated with ivacaftor also demonstrated a significant improvement in quality of life (p<0.001 … Patients (n=228) with PAH receiving oral treprostinil (0.25 mg) demonstrated an improvement in median

475. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - what is the effect of nonsurgical interventions on pain status, functional status, satisfaction with care … , quality of life, and harms? … .34 One good-quality RCT evaluated laparoscopic lysis of intraabdominal adhesions32 and reported no improvement … One fair-quality RCT of a pelvic physiotherapy technique reported improvement in pain scores in the treatment

476. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
     December 29, 2015 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for … Symptoms worsen over time, with periods of improvement or remission. … In phase III trials, patients treated with secukinumab yielded a significant improvement in American … This improvement was observed in both TNF-naïve and TNF-refractory populations.

477. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - Director Acting Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … available for treating BPD and MDD, half or more of patients with BPD or MDD fail to experience symptom improvement … Course of improvement in depressive symptoms to a single intravenous infusion of ketamine vs add-on

478. Knowledge Brief #1 Public Deliberation on Health Topics (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/deliberative-methods_research.pdf
     February 01, 2013 - consumer engagement in health care research prioritization, care service delivery, and safety and quality improvement

479. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/long-term-care-adults-future_research.pdf
     July 01, 2013 - of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … 3 (4) How is training of the workforce related to quality of care in HCBS? … How does NH environment and design affect quality of care and health outcomes 1 (2) of residents?

480. Single-arm studies in comparative effectiveness reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/single-group-studies_white-paper.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality … of health care in the United States. … care quality.