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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/erythropoiesis-stimulating-agents-utilization_research.pdf
February 01, 2011 - Trends in the utilization of erythropoiesis-stimulating
agents among Medicare beneficiaries with kidney disease
Erythropoietins Data Points #4
The findings described herein
were presented by Thomas
MaCurdy, Ph.D., at the Medicare
Evidence Development &
Coverage Advisory Committee
meeting held on March 24, 2010,…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain-disposition-120516.pdf
October 01, 2011 - acetaminophen entry) accordingly:
“Some observational studies found acetaminophen associated
with modest increases
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-2-risk-of-reinfection-from-SARSCoV2_0.pdf
December 31, 2022 - Additional data are needed to
determine how vaccination increases the magnitude or duration of protection
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/primary-healthcare-spending-disposition-comments.pdf
May 17, 2024 - Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 44: Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending
Technical Brief Disposition of Comments Report
Title: Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending
Draft report available for public comment from September 29, 2023, to October 27, 2023.
Citation: Cohen DJ, Totten…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/misuse-adhd-prescription-rapid-research.pdf
July 01, 2025 - Rapid Evidence Product: Misuse of ADHD Prescription Stimulants in Adults
Rapid Evidence Product
June 2025
Misuse of ADHD Prescription
Stimulants in Adults
Background and Purpose
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned a rapid review, through the
Agency for Healthcare Research an…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_surveillance.pdf
October 01, 2012 - antipsychotics reported that
pharmcoepidemiologic work
indicates that antipsychotic
polypharmacy in children
increases … An
additional analysis
showed greater
increases in generalized
turn-taking and
initiating joint … Significant
increases were found for
expressive and receptive
language skills raw scores. … An
additional analysis showed greater increases
in generalized turn-taking and initiating
joint attention
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
December 01, 2013 - Long-term PN can lead to serious side effects
such as liver damage, the risk of which increases the … narrowing of the esophagus).1 GERD prevalence has increased during the past two
decades, and continued increases … parenteral nutrition (PN) can lead to serious
side effects such as liver damage, the risk of which increases … enhance the surface
area of the intestine or lengthen the time food spends in the intestines, which increases
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
January 31, 2013 - patients with PAD, and patients
with CLI have a 25-percent mortality at 1 year.2
The prevalence of PAD increases … infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular
death), such that as the ABI decreases, the risk of ischemic events increases … .12,13 Similarly,
mortality increases with an ABI >1.30. … and is, therefore, considered a
Class I therapy in the 2005 ACC/AHA practice guidelines.2 Cilostazol increases
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pain-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
July 28, 2010 - Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: July 28, 2010
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol
Project Title: Technical Brief - Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic
Non-Cancer Pain
I. Background an…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholder-engagement_research.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Stakeholder Involvement in Improving Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
Research White Paper
Stakeholder Involvement in Improving Comparative
Effectiveness Reviews: AHRQ and the Effective Health
Care Program
Res…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/selection-of-data-sources-chapter-8.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Slide 1
Selection of Data Sources for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov
Selection of Data Sources for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
This slide set is based on a user guide titled Developing a Protocol for…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-surveillance.pdf
September 01, 2017 - The one new study (n=265)
greatly increases the number of patients studied, and results (placebo better … drinking days than those on placebo.
1.Unsure
2.Yes
May not be
current
(The new study
greatly
increases … studies from a national poison registry
that reported high rates of baclofen poisoning after
national increases
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-protocol-amendment.pdf
April 20, 2022 - A Systematic Review of Postpartum Home Blood Pressure Monitoring, Postpartum Treatment of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, and Peripartum Magnesium Sulfate Regimens for Preeclampsia With Severe Features
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: A Systematic Review of Postpa…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/congestive-heart-failure-medicines_research.pdf
March 01, 2010 - MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE AND HYDRALAZINE
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapi…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
December 16, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
1
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: December 16, 2011
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Screening and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
I. Background and Objectives for th…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gout-management-disposition-160721.pdf
March 15, 2016 - is left un-intervened (e.g., with risk factor management or medications), the flare
frequency often increases
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-257-antenatal-care-evidence-summary.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 257: Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 257
Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine
Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review
Evidence Summary
Main Points
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND__0250_05-20-2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0268a-b-c
Document Completion Date: 02-25-11
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke prevention in AF will go forward for refinement as
systematic reviews. Primary prevention of AF will not go f…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-endocrine-therapy_research.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Data Points 14: Use of Endocrine Therapy
Use of Endocrine Therapy Data Points # 14
Use of endocrine therapy following diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in
situ or early invasive breast cancer
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ
(DCIS) were more likely to be treated with
tamoxifen than an aromatase inhibitor (AI).
F…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/covariate-selection-chapter-7.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov
Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
This slide set is b…