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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-resistant-depression_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Change in 39 Low 1 fair trial: ECT had significantly greater
pharmacotherapy depressive severity improvement … rTMS vs. sham Health-related 60 Low 1 fair trail: low rTMS had significantly
outcomes greater improvement … 1 study compared ECT with a combination of
ECT and rTMS and found no differences between
groups in improvement … In one fair trial, low
rTMS had significantly greater improvement in health
status and daily functioning
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management-1_research-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Effective Health Care Research Report Number 1
Abstract
Purpose: The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement … Effective Health Care Research Report Number 1
Introduction
In 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement … The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003. HR1. … Sustained improvement in drug
documentation, compliance, and disease control.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/depression-brain-injury_research-protocol.pdf
December 09, 2009 - may be associated with a realization of the level of impairment and low likelihood of
substantial improvement … screening – and conversely, may miss later depression that is situational or associated with
plateaus in improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief3-SUD.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP)
Series No. 54. Report No.: (SMA) 12-4671. … Acting Director
Evidence-based Practice Center Program
Center for Evidence and Practice
Improvement … Director
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer
Evidence-based Practice Center Program
Center for Evidence and Practice
Improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief3-SUD.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP)
Series No. 54. Report No.: (SMA) 12-4671. … Acting Director
Evidence-based Practice Center Program
Center for Evidence and Practice
Improvement … Director
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer
Evidence-based Practice Center Program
Center for Evidence and Practice
Improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_surveillance.pdf
June 01, 2012 - p=0 .016
8
Baseline LVM: RR= 1.21; p= 0.07
Independent factors associated with SBP and DBP improvement … 1.29; p=0 .016
Baseline LVM: RR= 1.21; p= 0.07
Independent factors associated
with SBP and DBP improvement … change:
33±12 mL · min-1 · 1.73 m-2 (mean ± SD)
to 37 ±19 mL · min-1 · 1.73m-2 at 6 months
;P= .10
Improvement … in GFR ((>10% increase ) or
stabilization of renal function:
67% of treated patients
Not improvement … Findings
Baseline LVM: RR= 1.21; p= .07
Independent factors associated with SBP
and DBP improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-executive-170523.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Early (1 to 3 months) decrease (improvement) in mean hearing thresholds compared
with watchful waiting … Late (12 to 24 months) decrease (improvement) in mean hearing thresholds
compared with watchful waiting … The improvement by early
(mean age 3 months) compared to delayed (mean age
40.8 months or not at all … All studies reported additional intermediate
outcomes (e.g., cessation, improvement or duration of … Our network meta-analysis of hearing thresholds suggests
the possibility of a more sustained improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - Severity Index (PSSI) and the Nail Psoriasis
Severity Index (NAPSI) scores as outcomes, patient-reported improvement … when evaluating intermediate (plaque BSA measurement, PASI score, Patient’s Assessment of
Global Improvement … , PGA, and individual symptom improvement) and final health outcomes
(mortality, HRQoL [e.g., DLQI, … Intermediate outcomes
Plaque BSA
measurement
PASI score
Patient’s Assessment
of Global Improvement … PGA
Individual symptom
improvement
(KQ 2)
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_policymaker.pdf
August 01, 2016 - discharge
üü Evaluating 30-day readmission rates is important to hospitals, patients,
payers, and quality improvement
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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
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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 (
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-237-evidence-summary-palliative-care-ambulatory.pdf
February 01, 2021 - systems and payment mechanisms, use of interdisciplinary care,
and integrating quality measurement and improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wheelchair-users-amended-protocol.pdf
June 21, 2019 - Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? Amended Protocol
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users?
A Systematic Review
Initial publication date: April 12, 2019
Amendment Date: June 21, 2019…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rural-telehealth-disposition-comments.pdf
December 26, 2022 - Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided
Provider-to-Provider Communication
Draft report available for public c…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_executive.pdf
May 01, 2011 - improvements
in a Juniper symptom subscale well beyond the level of
clinical significance (i.e., improvement … Quality of life was only reported in three of the trials,
but did show improvement in two of them (standardized … intervention
groups were small (e.g., improvements of 20 milliliters
or less in FEV1 or less than 2% improvement … Three of the four trials reporting pulmonary function
found greater improvement in FEV1 or PEF in participants … Hyperventilation reduction techniques
provided the strongest evidence for improvement in
asthma symptoms
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/genitourinary-symptoms-protocol_0.pdf
July 10, 2023 - Which treatments show improvement
for which symptoms? … 3
• Key Question 4: What is the appropriate follow-up interval to assess improvement,
sustained … improvement, or regression of symptoms of GSM in women treated with
hormonal, non-hormonal, and energy-based
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - and dissemination (supported by seven reports and manuscripts and a symposium), as well as to
the improvement … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - Center for Quality Improvement and Patient
Safety … Underperformance of contemporary phase iii oncology trials and
strategies for improvement.
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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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update_research-protocol.pdf
May 15, 2017 - Response, or improvement, is defined using the DAS28 from one patient on two different
time points. … EULAR Response Criteria
Present
DAS28a
DAS28
improvement >1.2
DAS28 improvement
>0.6 and ≤1.2 … DAS28 improvement
≤0.6
≤ 3.2 Good response Moderate response No response
> 3.2 and ≤ 5.1 Moderate
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Surgery practice, Parkstad Heerlen, reported
that “EndoBarrier treatment offered rapid and long-lasting improvement … Long-
term weight loss and improvement in glycemic
parameters with low-dose, controlled-release … Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). … Bloomington (MN):
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI);
2009 Jan. 101 p.
12.