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2621. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2022 - and short duration of most RCTs, they are frequently underpowered to detect differences on several measures … differential effects in different subgroups • Can provide only event rates or changes in continuous measures … estimates from individual NRSIs will generally be more precise and therefore will be assigned greater weights … in a meta-analysis that weights studies using the inverse variance method.95 As an initial step, … Prognostic score-based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in

2622. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - and short duration of most RCTs, they are frequently underpowered to detect differences on several measures … differential effects in different subgroups • Can provide only event rates or changes in continuous measures … estimates from individual NRSIs will generally be more precise and therefore will be assigned greater weights … in a meta-analysis that weights studies using the inverse variance method.95 As an initial step, … Prognostic score-based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in

2623. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/1/16768/ovarian-cancer-final-evid-review/pdf
      February 01, 2018 - 125 (CA-125) testing, and CA-125 screening alone— either with a single measurement threshold value or measures … Main Outcomes and Measures: Ovarian cancer mortality and incidence (defined as ovarian, fallopian tube … The algorithm uses sequential CA-125 measures taken at annual screening visits to evaluate the trajectory … randomization procedures and allocation concealment, blinded outcome assessment, reliable outcome measures … Adherence to treatment guidelines for ovarian cancer as a measure of quality care.

2624. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - 125 (CA-125) testing, and CA-125 screening alone— either with a single measurement threshold value or measures … Main Outcomes and Measures: Ovarian cancer mortality and incidence (defined as ovarian, fallopian tube … The algorithm uses sequential CA-125 measures taken at annual screening visits to evaluate the trajectory … randomization procedures and allocation concealment, blinded outcome assessment, reliable outcome measures … Adherence to treatment guidelines for ovarian cancer as a measure of quality care.

2625. Screening for Breast Cancer: An Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2009 - Most were cohort studies, and 24 used validated psychological measurement scales to assess the effects … Association between mammography timing and measures of screening performance in the United States.

2626. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - (a) Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics? … address an important source of health-care worker hand contamination and provide a useful adjunctive measure … (a) Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics? … address an important source of health-care worker hand contamination and provide a useful adjunctive measure … (a) Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics?

2627. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - (a) Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics? … address an important source of health-care worker hand contamination and provide a useful adjunctive measure … (a) Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics? … address an important source of health-care worker hand contamination and provide a useful adjunctive measure … (a) Do the differences in performance measures vary with sample characteristics?

2628. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2629. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2630. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.monahrq.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2631. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2632. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2633. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
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      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2634. Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
      December 31, 2015 - Measure Description Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures … Please identify the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable). … A composite is a measure with a score that is an aggregate of scores from other measures. … measures. … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Section 4. Measure Categories Section 5.

2635. Chapter 4. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - The Safety Officer will monitor safety conditions and develop measures for assuring the safety of all … Mitigation measures may be implemented prior to, during, or after an incident. … Mitigation measures are often informed by lessons learned from prior incidents. … Measures may include zoning and building codes, floodplain buyouts, and analysis of hazard- related data … Mitigation can include efforts to educate governments, businesses, and the public on measures they can

2636. CEDAR Option Period Outreach Report (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2023 - The project must develop, implement, and track quantitative and qualitative measures to determine if … Moving forward, AHRQ should adopt measures to track how frequently outreach efforts connected with … While the team did not develop or implement measures to evaluate the strategy’s effectiveness (e.g., … One improvement for future outreach would be to design measures to track how well the outreach efforts … components provides critical information to help prioritize work, determine appropriate resources, and measure

2637. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy Diet in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - (eg, weight, proportion of body fat) with no direct measure of dietary behavior. … of fat intake, including grams of saturated or total fat consumed or study-specific outcome scales.10 … Second, identifying the appropriate measure of dietary change is difficult. … Our main outcome measure, self-reported change in dietary behavior, relies on individual self-report, … usually from validated food frequency questionnaires that have limited ability to measure small changes

2638. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary43/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
      October 07, 2011 - outcomes, 8 cohort studies that evaluated urinary and sexual function outcomes by using continuous scales … be associated with worse sexual function compared with watchful waiting on the basis of continuous scales … , although no clear differences were seen in sexual bother scores and measures of urinary function ( … Prostatectomy and radiation therapy were not associated with worse outcomes on most measures related … 55% (41⁄75) T2: 37% (28⁄75)  T3: 4% (3⁄75) No adjustment for variables; adjustment made for repeat measures

2639. Final Evidence Summary: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 09, 2020 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Sensitivity, specificity, drug use and other health, social, and legal outcomes … Drug use severity was analyzed as a standardized mean difference, given heterogeneity in measurement scales … Only 3 trials reported on a measure of global function or well-being with no clear effect. … Drug use during pregnancy: validating the Drug Abuse Screening Test against physiological measures. … Outcomes: No measure of drug use reported (KQs 1, 3, 4, 5); no measure related to sensitivity and specificity

2640. Stories of Success: Using CUSP To Improve Safety (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2012 - aware that, “Physicians resist being told what to do by quality people, the government, or core measures—especially … only 30 minutes from Nashville and its choice of hospitals, he was acutely aware that “we have to measure … CUSP, both pushed by Raynes. 14 “I set a target of zero with CLABSI, VAP, falls and every other measure … The teams used the AHRQ Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture for everyone in the hospital to measure … Hospital (DGH), described how she experienced the value of CUSP: “We had successfully implemented many measures