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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Draft review available for public comment from Marc…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lifecycle-assessment-protocol.pdf
August 23, 2023 - Healthcare Industry Waste and Lifecycle Assessment
Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol
Project Title: Healthcare Industry Waste and Lifecycle Assessment
I. Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief
Clinicians are increasingly aware of the environmental impacts of healthcare pr…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Division Annual Report 2019: Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making
AHRQ’s Evidence-based
Practice Center Divison
Annual Report 2019
Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based
Decision Making
e
Evidence-based Practice Center Program 2019 Year in Review
EPC Missi…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/infectiousdisease_hi_impact.pdf
December 01, 2013 - Fecal Microbiota Therapy for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection
Key Facts: More than 300,000 hospitalizations … Fecal microbiota therapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
In 2006, an estimated 300,000 hospitalizations
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0491-140827.pdf
February 19, 2014 - often involves a combination of imaging modalities and biopsies
Outcome(s): Morbidity, mortality, hospitalizations
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-205-predictors-trauma-care-disposition-comments.pdf
April 01, 2018 - CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title:
Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review
Draft review available for public comment from August 16, 2017 to Se…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-appendix-e-1.xlsx
January 01, 2009 - Appendix E-1
Appendix E-1. Data Abstraction of Study Characteristics
Table E-1-1
Table E-1-1. Study characteristics of RCTs addressing Key Questions 1 and 2
Key Question Author, Year
Country
Quality Rating Demographics and Baseline Characteristics Other Population Characteristics Reason fo…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-3.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Mixed
mechanism vs. opioid
agonist and mortality,
falls/fracture,
hospitalization for
adverse event … versus opioid agonists; there was
no difference in risk of mortality,
falls/fracture, or safety event
hospitalizations … Slower tapering associated with
decreased risk of opioid-related
emergency department visit or
hospitalization … faster taper)
ED visit or
hospitalization,
overdose, mental
health events,
suicide event
3 (2
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/making-healthcare-safer-IV.pdf
August 04, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Response Protocol
Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection
Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug
Resistant Organisms: Methic…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/field-triage-glascow-disposition-170415.pdf
January 12, 2017 - Deaths occurring pre- or post-hospitalization could
significantly influence assessments of precision
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-review-masks-prevention-covid-version-2.pdf
December 01, 2021 - Rapid Evidence Product: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Version 2
Rapid Evidence Product
Version 2.0 (June 24, 2020)
Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in
Community and Healthcare Settings
Background and Purpose
Currently, no proven treatments are available for coronavirus d…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-review-masks-prevention-covid-version-1.pdf
December 01, 2021 - Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings
Rapid Evidence Product
Version 1.0 (June 18, 2020)
Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in
Community and Healthcare Settings
Background and Purpose
Currently, no proven treatments are available for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the
dise…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/technical-brief-36-patient-engagement-comments.pdf
August 26, 2020 - Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 36: Strategies for Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement
Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report
Title: Strategies for Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement
Draft report available for public comment from February 04, 2020 to March 06, 2020. …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_appendixes.pdf
January 01, 2009 - B-9
rhGH group Control group
Sample size (n)
Categorical outcomes below :
Hospitalizations … 1.63
(0.60 to
4.38)
12% Risk
Increase
INSUFFICIENT IMPORTANT
Change from Baseline in Rate of Hospitalizations
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_disposition-comments.pdf
December 11, 2012 - appropriate patient population (i.e., number and size of lesions),
procedure methodology, avg duration of hospitalization
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
March 01, 2013 - For example, if an
intervention results in a reduced risk for the composite of hospitalization and … death, the
intervention may have decreased hospitalizations while having no effect or a negative effect
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/headaches-pregnancy-topic-brief.pdf
January 01, 2019 - unresponsive to pain medications, and can
interfere with maternal-newborn bonding and increase the length of hospitalization
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
September 10, 2012 - Meta-analysis, the authors stated that “Providing
pediatric asthma education reduces mean number of
hospitalizations … emergency department visits and the odds
of an emergency department visit for asthma, but not the odds of
hospitalization
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - • Clinical outcomes:
o Health care utilization (focusing on emergency
department use and hospitalizations
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/public-reporting-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
August 17, 2011 - Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: August 17, 2011
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy:
A systematic review of the multiple pathways public reporting may influence quality of
health care
…