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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 157
Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain
and Suspected Acute Appendicitis
Executive Summary
Background
Abdominal pain is a common presenting
symptom for patients seeking care
at emergency departments, with
approximately 3.4 million expected cases
per year in the U…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-bias-individual-studies_methods.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions
Methods Guide
for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews are syste…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
March 24, 2017 - Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia
Source: https://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/
?pageaction=displayproduct&productid=2417
Published Online: March 24, 2017
Comparative Effect…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
March 24, 2017 - Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia
Source: https://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/
?pageaction=displayproduct&productid=2417
Published Online: March 24, 2017
Comparative Effect…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/restless-legs_executive.pdf
November 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 86
Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome
Executive Summary
Introduction
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a
neurological disorder characterized
by unpleasant sensations in the legs
and a distressing, irresistible urge to
move them. RLS can result in reduced
quality o…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-221-copd-comments_0.pdf
October 11, 2019 - CER 221 Disposition of Comments: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients
With Exacerbation of COPD: A Systematic Rev…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/structured-handoff-rapid-research.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Error reports from clinicians and formal incident reports were solicited
daily. … Each suspected incident was reviewed by physician investigators blinded to
intervention status.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dental-post-transplant-complications-rapid-research.pdf
May 01, 2025 - Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People at Risk of Post-Transplant Complications: A Rapid Response Review
Rapid Evidence Product
Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services
in People at Risk of Post-Transplant Complications: A
Rapid Response Review
Prepared for:
Agency for Health…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 80
Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth
in Low-Risk Women
Executive Summary
Background
Thirty-two percent of pregnancies
in the United States conclude with a
cesarean birth.1 This record high rate
reflects a relative increase of 53 percent
in use of cesarean from …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy_surveillance.pdf
July 01, 2012 - CER # 19:
Comparative Effectiveness of Core Needle Biopsy and Open
Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions
Original release date: December, 2009
Surveillance Report 1st Assessment: December, 2011
Surveillance Report 2nd Assessment: July, 2012
Key Findings, 1st Assessment:
• For Key Question …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
March 01, 2013 - Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics
Methods Guide
for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative
Synthesis Topics
ii
This report is based on research conducted by the Tufts…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Annual Report 2023
1
AHRQ’s Evidence-based
Practice Center Program
Annual Report 2023
e
Program Goals Achieved
Vision, Mission, and Goals
The vision of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC)
Program is that all …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/impact-healthcare-algorithms-racial-ethnic-disparities-March-3.pdf
July 01, 2023 - peer review
4) Consider real-world harm in the audit process, including through standardized harm incident
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diverticulitis-comments.pdf
October 12, 2020 - Disposition of Comments: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis
Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis
Draft report available for public comment from June 2, 2020 to June 29, 2020.
Research Review Citation: Balk EM,…
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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/pdf/dementia-databases-methods_research.pdf
May 01, 2008 - Predictors
of nursing home admission and/or death in
incident Alzheimer's disease and other dementia
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/future05-breastcancer-10-5-2010final.pdf
September 01, 2010 - CERs Report cover
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 5
Future Research Needs
To Reduce the Risk of
Primary Breast Cancer
in Women
This report is based on research conducted by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC)
under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockv…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
September 26, 2014 - Diabetes Mellitus
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential
High-Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 07: Diabetes Mellitus
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.ahrq.gov
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/undescended-testicle_disposition-comments.pdf
December 11, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism
Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=1353
Published Online: December 11, 2012
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Repor…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/nursing-home-safety_disposition-comments.pdf
May 27, 2016 - Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 24 Resident Safety Practices
Source: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productid=2224
Published Online: May 27, 2016
Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Resident Saf…