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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/deliberative-methods-facilitation-transcript.pdf
May 29, 2025 - How do you feel about this? How can doctors better communicate with
patients? … That tells us
the how we’re going to do it. … This was one of the
case studies we actually used in the Community Forum. … We used two things,
there a show of two examples of how you can do this. … Obesity was one of the case studies, and we thought how
do we really ground this, and because we held
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ced-appendix-3.xlsx
June 24, 2022 - Duke-M Expert Sponsors need to characterize how well a given RWD source may be able to contribute to … NAM2019 Design After matching or weighting for balance, do the analytic cohorts appear to represent … NAM2019 Replication How can reporting be structured to enable replication by a regulator or another research … CMS Design Masking (blinding) to ensure patients and investigators do not know to that group patients … CMS Design Masking (blinding) to ensure patients and investigators do not know to that group patients
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
May 20, 2013 - One of the challenges of this systematic review is to
determine how cancer stages can be translated … If we do this, we will describe the indirect chain of evidence in a qualitative
fashion. … Case study of the comparison of data from conference abstracts and
full-text articles in health technology … Marx WF, Cloft HJ, Do HM, et al. … or case
reports/ or note/ or conference paper/ or (letter or editorial or news or comment
or case
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - case study or case series
basis, although more investigation is ongoing
with metagenomic surveys. … Does it differ
from other infectious agents such as S.Aureus, yet we do not do
similar research to … studies/series, that may become standard
treatments over time should they prove
efficacious and effective … regarding: (1) how to control, both infections and outbreak’. … , it is not clear how it can inform policy and/or
practice.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2014 - MTM
program sponsors can also offer MTM services to beneficiaries who do not meet the CMS Part D
criteria … Second, given how and the extent to which MTM
services have evolved in the past two decades (e.g., before … reports
• Nonsystematic reviews
• Studies rated high risk of bias during
quality assessment
• Studies … Technical
Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have … not
reviewed the report, except as given the opportunity to do so through the peer or public review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer78_procalcitonin_disposition_20121210.pdf
October 05, 2012 - The sentence is referring to how this CER will serve as a roadmap
for determining future research needs … Fatal meaning that this is how a study ends up in the poor
category? … do the investigators conclude
the evidence to be precise in this case (Table 7)? … One of the key reasons to do a meta-analysis is to overcome the
imprecision in smaller studies. … The ability of a study to detect an increase in
mortality or morbidity depends on how much Abx overuse
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plant-based-treatments-revised-protocol.pdf
March 29, 2023 - For all KQs, we will
exclude uncontrolled observational studies, case series, and case reports, but … 5 to 10 points on a
0- to 100-point visual analog scale (VAS), 0.5 to 1.0 points on a 0- to 10-point … a note of when and how conclusions will be
changed. … Introduction-the why, what, when, and
how. … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor do
they contribute to the writing of the report
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-221-copd-comments_0.pdf
October 11, 2019 - Throughout the report
and KQs, we conducted meta-analyses only when it’s
reasonable to do so. … The purpose of the qualitative
synthesis is to develop and convey a deeper understanding
of how an … Please do a global find and
replace. … Peer reviewer #5 Results Would it be appropriate to do a meta-analysis of systemic
vs inhaled CS? … Would it be appropriate to do a meta-analysis of systemic
vs IV CS?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-topic-nomination_methods.pdf
November 01, 2012 - do those reviews. … If so, how
does it impact the topic?
a. … How do existing systematic reviews impact current clinical practice (e.g., widely used,
available, … What type of data is available (e.g., RCTs, case studies)?
c. … useful and how a technical brief could be used to influence research,
diffusion, etc.
2.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-screening_research-protocol.pdf
October 20, 2011 - How effective is counseling or immunizations of patients with HCV infection at
improving intermediate … We will exclude case studies and
small case series. … do so. … Technical Experts do not do
analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have … not reviewed the report,
except as given the opportunity to do so through the peer or public review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antidepressants-update_research-protocol.pdf
July 13, 2011 - KQ2a: For adults with a depressive syndrome that has responded to antidepressant
treatment, do second … KQ4a: For adults with a depressive syndrome, do second-generation antidepressants
differ in safety, … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: July 13, 2011
KQ5: How do the efficacy … Because we do not have access to individual patient data, we will not conduct any
subgroup analyses. … The TEP does not do analysis of any kind nor
contribute to the writing of the report.
X.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-196-disposition-comments-immunotherapy-asthma.pdf
March 23, 2018 - It might be beneficial to mention this as
a possible reason why these studies do not exist and cannot … A
diversity of study types, including case reports was appropriately
included. … I have mentioned a couple that came to mind they
seemed to have been missed, but I did not do a systematic … , insufficient
evidence), 3 case reports suggest that rare
cases may occur with SLIT treatment. … do, or
do not, have sufficient evidence, nor how to
prioritize them.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/children-special-needs-transition_research-protocol.pdf
October 01, 2013 - How do currently used approaches to transitioning health care address the complexity of
health issues … How widely available are programs or approaches to transition care within the health care
setting for … We do not intend to limit by clinical condition, as a primary goal of this review is to identify
common … into
the clinical context of the technology/intervention, how it works, how it is currently used or … Key Informants do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and
have not
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/study-design-considerations-chapter-2.pptx
January 01, 2013 - However, lack of efficiency is rarely a reason not to implement a cohort study if all data have been … To do so, the design uses controls as in a case-control design but estimates a case-crossover odds ratio … One way to reduce the potential for confounding is to compare the treatment of interest with a different … Case-cohort study proposals should include how the sampling scheme will be accounted for during analysis … study proposals should discuss the potential for confounding by time-varying factors and clearly state how
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoporosis-vibration-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2020 - What medical claims about effectiveness have been made, and how do they
compare to what is available … What outcomes do payers take into consideration for coverage decisions? … What information do clinicians and patients need to know to make informed
decisions about whole-body … What information do clinicians and patients need to know when to use alternative
therapeutic options … (english language and humans and yr="2000 -Current") (127)
19 limit 18 to (case reports or editorial
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s16.pdf
October 01, 2007 - In clinical practice, however, the important question is
how a new treatment compares to available alternatives … surgical intervention, to illustrate how this approach can add
to the information from a single large … A final approach is to examine how baseline risks, for
both benefits and harms, of the individual patient … of
a greater array of evidence, to be likely to do more harm than
good for the specific patient in question … Evidence to Answer Population Policy: How Should a Health Plan Implement Findings of a Randomized Trial
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tech-brief-31-mobile-applications-self-mgmt-disposition-comments.pdf
May 08, 2018 - do justice to the field. … We added a more detailed description of the
limitations of how we administered the SUS in the
“limitations … Key Informant #2 Methods I was a little unclear about how usability was determined. … We changed the language in the “app features and
usability testing” section to make it clearer how we … We added more detail to make it clear where there
are research gaps and how they should be filled,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-cancer_research-protocol.pdf
April 20, 2015 - To help guide such decisions, we plan to perform a systematic
review of the evidence on how well malignancy … of chronic kidney disease related to
surgical and medical disease has emerged that could change how … interest
OR
do not give an adequate description
(clavien grading ) of how
complications and peri-operative … Aziz, A., et al., Do young patients with renal cell carcinoma feature a distinct outcome
after surgery … Technical Experts do not do analysis of
any kind nor do they contribute to the writing of the report
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/clifford.pdf
May 29, 2025 - And how do I get there? … So how did we do that? Well, one, we started by breaking down the
question, what is my status? … It's a five point scale with sort of a Twitter feed attached to it, 140
characters, and we can do natural … So this is what we do, these are the choices we made as a community, and
this is how we're gathering … We do -- we're still learning
how to do research better.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-childhood-protocol.pdf
August 06, 2018 - How do these benefits and harms vary by subpopulation (e.g., patient characteristics,
parent/caregiver … KQ 4b: How do the benefits and harms vary by subpopulation (e.g., patient characteristics,
disorder … We do not plan to impose a limit on publication date. … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor do
they contribute to the writing of the report … Type:
Case Study, Editorial, Letter
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