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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/topic-brief-hospital-length-of-stay.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay
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Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of
Stay
Date: 8/6/2019
Nomination Number: 866
Purpose: This document summarizes the information addressing a nomination submitted on
6/28/2019 through the Effective Health Care Web…
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-2.pdf
April 01, 2022 - chronic pain, what is the comparative effectiveness of
different tapering protocols and strategies on measures … Predictors of long-term use of
prescription opioids in the community-
dwelling population of adults … Prolonged Opioid Use After
Lumbar Fusion and the Effects of Opioid
Use on Patient-Reported Outcome
Measures … A systematic
review of the evidence for the efficacy of
opioids for chronic non-cancer pain in
community-dwelling … Opioid-Related Risk Screening Measures for
the Emergency Care Setting.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic outcome
measures can additionally be studied to understand
inter-individual … observational studies are susceptible to the effects
of confounding, future observational studies
should measure
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - We categorized the harms assessed as “individual” or “composite
harms;” composite harms included measures … given that the principles
underlying the prioritization of outcomes are similar, whether they are to measure … Anticipated harms: (specific vs non-specific)
o Unanticipated harms: difficult to say how you would measure … There is
a weakness in composite measures. … Number of patients who stop treatment because
of side effects is a homogeneous measure, otherwise, lumping
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of an individual’s weight relative to his or her height
(kg/m2). … BMI is significantly correlated to an individual’s body-fat percentage and is used as a
measure to … Key Expert Comments: Most experts acknowledged that a treatment gap exists between
conservative measures … other obesity drugs are available, several experts cited liraglutide’s potential to
improve some measures … Quality of life measures improved in the
REDUCE pivotal trial.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/adhd_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - showed clinically significant symptoms, defined by
referral to treatment or high scores on screening
measures … reported as standardized mean differences (SMDs)
whereby the difference in outcome (using continuous
measures … SMD is used as a summary statistic
in metaanalysis when the studies use different
instruments to measure … Only recently have investigations
of PBT included direct measures of ADHD symptoms
and associated functional … of justifying health
services, the lack of quality control regarding reliability
and validity of measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cell-free-dna-appendix-c.xlsx
September 01, 2024 - Table C-1. KQ 3,5 Char.
Table C-1 Characteristics of included studies KQ 3 and KQ 5
First Author Last Name Year of Publication Citation Study Cohort Name Study Registration Number Related Publications Study Funder Country Study Design Population Narrative Age (years) Eligible Minimum Age Actual Minimum Age Eligible M…
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/interventions-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
June 01, 2013 - by 1 cm) that records the information sent from the ingestible sensor and that can also be used to
measure … with the names
of hospital and clinical staff to reduce risk of patient delirium; fall prevention measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholders-engagement-others_research-2012-1.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Overall, the key informants
highlighted the importance of measures such as selecting stakeholders that … prioritized are important
Ensure that money and resources are not wasted
Ensure that outcome measures … A final way to measure or evaluate stakeholder engagement, especially if it occurs online, is via
usage
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/coronary-artery-disease-testing/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - flow reserve (FFR), which relies on the use of specialized catheters placed in the coronary artery to measure … Information on traditional measures of accuracy (e.g., sensitivity and specificity) of noninvasive tests … angiography with or without FFR and for comparison between noninvasive tests on traditional diagnostic test measures … reference standard
Brief summary of the diagnostic accuracy, in terms of traditional test performance measures … diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive tests compared with each other, in terms of traditional test performance measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis_hi_impact.pdf
January 01, 2014 - plasma (PRP), and fat matrix, injected into the intra-articular space, improvements in several disease
measures … receiving placebo.”
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The study authors had defined the minimum
clinically important change on this measure … )
with similar ACR20 [American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement in a number of different
measures … The SLE
responder index, the primary endpoint measure and a novel evaluation survey created for use
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rotator-cuff-tears-future_research.pdf
February 01, 2013 - The criteria did
not have weights assigned to them; stakeholder responses were thus based on an inductive … symptomatic plasma augmentation for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a state (PASS) for visual analog scales … on outcomes measures that are most
important both to clinicians and patients. … ultrasound, MRI, CT arthrogram)
Tear classification/ cuff integrity: which modality and
As outcome measure … additional measures based on specific patient populations and
research questions
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - colleagues reported that bariatric surgery in
adolescents was generally safe and improved several health measures … colleagues reported that bariatric surgery in adolescents was
generally safe and improved several health measures … Patients treated with Afrezza had a
40 mL (95% CI, -80 to -1) greater decline from baseline in a measure
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Methods I believe the inclusion & exclusion criteria are appropriate,
the search strategies, statistical measures … & outcome
measures are appropriate. … The outcome measures are listed but not
individually defined in the methods. … KQ3 results which we feel
addressed the reviewer’s comment:
“While many studies have attempted to measure … and diagnostic criteria, the
Academy has encouraged the National Quality Forum to
develop quality measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-244-safety-of-vaccines.pdf
May 25, 2021 - For
example, when the effect measure of
interests is RR, it first computes
log(RR) and its standard … Vaccine
safety and surveillance measures are
also included as well as the purpose
and scope of the … The definitions, outcome
measures and statistical methods are
appropriate. … The
definitions, outcome measures and
statistical methods are appropriate. … The definitions for the outcome
measures appropriate.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/future05-breastcancer-10-5-2010final.pdf
September 01, 2010 - Determinants of percentage and area
measures of mammographic density. … Ultrasound protocols to measure carotid
intima-media thickness: a post-hoc analysis
of the OPAL study … The
use of preventive measures among healthy
women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2
mutation.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/primary-healthcare-spending-disposition-comments.pdf
May 17, 2024 - of
primary care spending, not just more standardized
measures. … and different
measure features with outcomes. … It might be worth explicitly calling out the
possibility of gaming different measures, and which
measure … and extent of variation in the decisions made for
each of those dimensions in existing measures. … Different measures simply reflect that primary
care means different things to different people
Our
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/epilepsy-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Peer Reviewer #2
Methods “We also considered measures of heterogeneity from our meta-
analyses in … some instances the order in
which the performance of PB, LEV and LTG are listed on various
cognitive measures … some instances the order in
which the performance of PB, LEV and LTG are listed on various
cognitive measures … those taking concomitant medications); additional studies are
indicated examining pharmacokinetic measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/healthcare-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
August 10, 2015 - It provides a similarly thorough
discussion of methods to measure cleanliness. … These are
actually the only studies which objectively document an
outcome measure in an endemic setting … We have noted that some
disinfectants interfere with the ATP measure. … Given paucity of clinical outcomes and the
numerous factors leading to infection, I don’t how
measures … raises an important fact and perhaps we
should also name the stakeholders needed to commonly
agree on measures
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-high-risk-drugs-rapid-response.pdf
January 01, 2024 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm
associated with anticoagulant … Contextual information
• Rationale for PSPs
• Patient safety measures or indicators
• Toolkits and … What Patient Safety Measures or
Indicators Have Been Used To Examine the Harm
Associated With Anticoagulant … The most important patient safety measure to assess the harm associated with
anticoagulant use is the … Different authors used
different scales for assessing risk of bias; therefore, the same study may have