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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2011 - The
definition of ―bundled payment‖ used in this review will include several related concepts
that … Specific payment models may include some or multiples of these
aggregation methods. … For example, a single payment could include a
surgical procedure and followup care. … Other mechanisms could include a blend of payment methods. … Study outcomes include:
o Health care spending (allowed charges) per episode.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/abnormal-uterine-bleeding_research-protocol.pdf
November 21, 2011 - Common
problems include worry about the cause, embarrassment if the bleeding includes flooding type … Interventions of interest
for this review include medical, complementary and alternative medicine ( … Eligible studies must, however, establish and include a sufficient number of
study participants to … Ideally, studies
will include an explanation of the sample size analysis (e.g., power
calculation … Studies may also include mixed populations and/or poorly defined
inclusion/exclusion criteria.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/transitions-care-pediatric-to-adult-services-disposition-comments.pdf
May 31, 2022 - Consider
clarifying the thought a bit to include language
from page 62. … Multidisciplinary Care Providers - Think RNs and
Social workers would be important to include
here. … We
include these now as one group of intervention type:
Transition program or clinic. … We do
include the strategy as a column to help the reader
distinguish between these approaches for … Other reviews may use their own criteria
that would necessarily include a distinct literature set.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hemorrhage-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
June 11, 2014 - birth frequently exceeds 500 or 1000 mL.4 Proposed alternate metrics for defining and
diagnosing PPH include … Interventions for acute blood loss anemia include
red blood cell transfusion and iron supplementation … After PPH has been
controlled, followup management varies and may include laboratory testing (e.g., … We will include studies published in English only. … We will also include case series reporting on at least 50 cases of PPH
treatment for KQ3.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/accountable-care-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper-2018-5.pdf
January 01, 2018 - hospitals, primary
care providers, and specialists to physician-led organizations that only include … These registries
sometimes include financial information on patients, specifically; payer claims data … Follow-up efforts include
care coordinators making home visits for patients recently discharged from … Examples may include daily reports
on patients discharged from a hospital within the past week with … This could include a list of patients currently part of a
given cohort by provider.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/home-based-care_research-protocol.pdf
November 19, 2014 - care provides a usual source of care, encourages relationships
with a provider, is more likely to include … Potential benefits of HBPC
include: 1) increased access to care for people who have difficulty traveling … It can include adult
homes or senior housing. … Interventions:
For this review, home-based primary care interventions must include all four of the … Harms include negative effects of
HPBC in any of the outcome categories.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ace-inhibitor-arb-update_disposition-comments.pdf
October 07, 2011 - The tables below include the responses by the authors of the review to each comment
that was submitted … To include a
broad range of studies reporting on our
multiple outcomes, we opted to include
studies … As suggested we now include Appendix H,
which discusses the potential for publication
bias for the … We now include a definition of gray literature
for the reader. … simplified and no longer include z or p values
Results Page 57: when using SMDs for meta-analysis,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
December 19, 2013 - Risk mitigation strategies that have been suggested in patients prescribed
opioids include use of opioid … Challenges in conducting a systematic literature review on long-term opioid therapy
include the breadth … We will include
randomized controlled trials (RCTs), cohort studies, and case-control studies
for all … Information that will be abstracted that is relevant
for assessing applicability will include the number … In the
evidence tables, we will include relevant studies from the prior American Pain
Society review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nursing-home-safety_research-protocol.pdf
July 22, 2015 - safety issues identified in multiple sources, and of particular interest in this Technical
Brief, include … Examples include efforts to provide incentives for NH to improve care quality, to
NH staff training … Considerations include:
a. Staffing – type, education, numbers, turnover
b. … Examples include: expansion of and increasing acuity in the assisted living environment,
increasing … We will include any grey literature reports of
evaluations of interventions in our tabulation of new
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/home-based-care_disposition-comments.pdf
February 16, 2016 - We did include what was available in
the Discussion section of the review. … We have revised the Discussion section
to include the early results released
about IAH and to include … We have revised the
Introduction to include this idea. … Yet
the studies they review include all adults. … We have revised the text to
include this suggestion.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/care-adults-down-syndrome-protocol-amendment.pdf
February 05, 2025 - This review will include the nine clinical
areas previously examined and expand to additional clinical … These
may include, but not limited, to cross-sectional studies, case
reports and case series, etc. … The searches will include controlled
vocabulary terms (e.g., MeSH, Emtree), along with free-text words … The
search will include a filter to remove nonhuman studies. … If available in the literature, the data fields to be
extracted will include insurance status, living
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/back-pain-treatment_consumer.pdf
November 01, 2016 - * Your health care professional may include your primary care doctor, nurse practitioner,
physician … Muscle Relaxants
Examples include baclofen (Lioresal®),
carisoprodol (Soma®), and cyclobenzaprine
( … Opioids
Examples include tramadol,
hydrocodone, hydromorphone,
morphine, and oxycodone
��A type of … Symptoms include shivering, diarrhea, fever, seizures, and stiff muscles. … Symptoms include shivering, diarrhea, fever, seizures, and stiff muscles.
7
DRAFT: CONFIDENTIAL - For
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acute-pain-protocol-amended.pdf
June 10, 2018 - Examples include the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS),
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Faces Pain Scale … Our assessment of sufficient quality will be guided by
AMSTAR II.25 The review must include a systematic … Likely variables include acute pain category,
acute pain condition, population, number of systematic … AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews
that include randomised or non-randomised … They may include clinical experts, patients, manufacturers,
researchers, payers, or other perspectives
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/considerations-for-statistical-chapter-10.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Guidance and considerations include information on how to describe the key variables of interest with … These strategies can include standard analytic strategies (e.g., traditional multivariable regression … Examples of correlated data include repeated measures on study subjects over time, patients selected … They include covariates that are true confounders or at least related to study outcome. … Guidance and considerations include information on how to describe the key variables of interest with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_executive.pdf
February 01, 2014 - anemia, preterm birth, chronic hypertension,
and placenta previa.7-10 Health risks to the
fetus include … Interventions include any behavioral,
psychosocial, pharmacologic, or educational intervention
intended … The review does not include
public health initiatives or system-level smoking cessation
research. … Studies were required to include a minimum of 20
participants with data in each study arm. … Methodologic and study design considerations for future
research include—
• Clear characterization
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dietary-protein-intake-disposition-comments.pdf
November 22, 2024 - The
introduction does not include reference to the Acceptable
Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR … We
have revised the Introduction section
"Protein and Amino Acid Dietary
Reference Intakes" to include … imprecise defined as
“An imprecise estimate is one for which the confidence interval is wide
enough to include … We
have revised our conclusion to
include older adults.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/people-with-disabilities-protocol.pdf
January 16, 2024 - This
may include choices to be referred to in person-first language verses identity-first language, … a Categories of barriers and facilitators may include but are not limited to:
• Environment-level ( … We will include trials, observational studies, surveys, descriptive studies, and
qualitative studies … We will exclude descriptive studies with no
outcomes data or studies that include only data from one … Key Questions 2, 3, and 4, the tables will include risk of bias
ratings.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rural-telehealth-amended-protocol.pdf
February 25, 2021 - Health disparities for people
living in rural areas are well studied1 and include higher mortality2- … We will include observational cohort studies, as well as before-after
designs (i.e., the comparison … We will exclude descriptive studies with
no outcomes data or studies that include only data from one … We will access existing systematic
reviews, and include their results if appropriate. … “Low risk of bias” studies include clear descriptions of the population,
setting, interventions, and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-216-telehealth-disposition-comments.pdf
April 24, 2019 - The tables below include the responses by the authors of the review to each comment
that was submitted … We did not include all p-values in the
summary tables w ithin the report in an effort to
summarize … I have listed key references below and
recommend you include them in your synthesis of the community … Also, w hen the authors
update and f inalize their report, w e recommend that they include the study … The authors did not
include any systematic review s by design.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disruptive-behavior-disorders-protocol-amendment.pdf
March 22, 2023 - Treatment of DBDs include psychosocial interventions (e.g., psychotherapy, psychosocial education)
for … a
component involving the parent are more effective than interventions that include only the child.14 … The
present review is an update of AHRQ’s 2015 review to include more recently published evidence for … In response to public comments, we also adjusted the PICOTS table to include selective
norepinephrine … We will include treatment studies in
children with a formal diagnosis of a DBD, as well as, studies