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201. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Hypertension is an important public health issue. … One additional crosscutting methodological issue outside of the scope of the SMBP CER relates to the … One additional cross-cutting methodological issue merits discussion, namely the challenge of translating … This issue was identified as a limitation of the evidence base in the CER, and was also brought up by

202. Disposition of Comments for CER 161 Major Depressive Disorder (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2015 - We addressed this issue in the Discussion chapter. … The current report needs to acknowledge the issue of acceptance of St. … We address this issue in the Discussion. … Thank you, we agree that generalizability may be an issue. … Quality, however, is a more challenging issue.

203. Emergency Medical Service/911 Workforce Infection Control and Prevention Issues | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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204. Wheelchair-Service Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: July 01, 2010 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Technical Brief – Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery I. Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief Wheeled mobility or wheelchair use is …

205. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Other Residential Long-Term Care Settings for People With Dementia (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2012 - This definitional issue is not particularly important for the review, but it may as well be stated … This definitional issue is not particularly important for the review, but it may as well be stated … There is some discussion of this issue in the "Research Gaps" section, but more discussion of how to … 20 Commentator & Affiliationa Section Comment Response TEP Reviewer #5 General A common issue … TEP Reviewer #1 Clarity and Usability KQ5 is the big issue.

206. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - NCQA also addresses the issue of patient attribution; that is, showing results of only patients covered … This issue has been explored at length with regard to quality improvement registries. … for a successful care management program. http://www.commonwealthfund.or g/~/media/files/publications/issue … www.pcpcc.org/case-studies/bon-secours http://www.commonwealthfund.org/%7E/media/files/publications/issue-brief … hong_caring_for_high_need_high_cost_patients_ccm_ib.pdf http://www.commonwealthfund.org/%7E/media/files/publications/issue-brief

207. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 224 Omega-3 Fatty Acids (pdf file)
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     October 12, 2016 - They are the most appropriate for the issue of omega-3. Thank you. … We now address this issue as a limitation. … Peer Reviewer #2 General comments Page 27 – mentioning the issue of confounding for observational … We have now added the issue of confounding for observational studies to the Limitations sections. … Peer Reviewer #2 General comments Publication bias has been demonstrated to be a major issue in omega

208. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2014 - The latter issue is a major reason why we decided to include only direct comparative studies that … It is a more important QOL issue than xerostomia (see Hunter, Ku, et al., IJROBP 2013). … We address the chemotherapy issue specifically in the Methods section of the CER. … The level of detail was to my eye appropriate though again the issue of assimilation by lay readers … Reimbursement is an issue that is outside the scope of a CER of this type.

209. psychiatric-readmissions-protocols-140904 (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2014 - search strategy in our planned databases based on our earlier work on the topic development for this issue

210. Disposition of Comments for CER 158 Diagnosis of Gout (pdf file)
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     February 24, 2016 - We realize differential diagnosis is an important issue. … We address the issue of new classification criteria in the introduction and discussion. … We also now address the issue of differential diagnosis in the Discussion, summarizing the findings … We also now address the issue of differential diagnosis in the Discussion, summarizing the findings … Differentiating gout-related tophi from other nodules isn’t an issue for differentiating from other

211. Disposition of Comments for CER 176 Management of Gout (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2016 - grading of the evidence is reasonable based on the typical hierarchy, many gout experts will take issue … Some will take issue with the statement that evidence does not support the fact that febuxostat reduces … Peer Reviewer #1 Introduction Another issue that readers may wonder about is the related issue regarding … I also take issue with ULT discontinuation without the full details as outlined above, and take issue … This issue of co-interventions such as dietary advice is not relevant for acute gout treatment.

212. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia With Concomitant Lip-Tie (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2015 - We did not expand upon this issue specifically because we had no empirical data to do so. … 2073 Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response TEP reviewer #2 General Comment One issue … When evidence of efficacy is weak, or uncertain, the issue of harms and adverse events assumes overriding … While we agree that the issue of harms is extremely important, we are cautious about making stronger … The issue of lip-tie or maxillary labial frenum and its potential relationship to any feeding difficulty

213. Thompson_ECCS2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov) � Slide 22: Communicating  Evidence • The Issue

214. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - from taking advantage of the system and overuse their “fair” share of resources; this was an issue … In sum, deliberation required people to consider a variety of tensions and factors in a complex issue

215. Future Research Needs for the Comparative Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Variation: Addressing this issue would contribute to solving important variation in research or clinical … Uncertainty: Addressing the issue would contribute to solving important uncertainty for decision makers … The feasibility of conducting RCTs may be also an issue, specifically in finding a sufficiently large

216. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - important citing that some medications are available for this purpose, although adherence is an important issue … treatment as moderate because some medications are available, although adherence is an important issue … treatment of alcohol dependence, was associated with serious injection site reactions, prompting FDA to issue

217. Disposition of Comments Report for Otitis Media With Effusion (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2013 - However, regarding the issue that is the most fundamental and of greatest clinical and societal concern … Some of the results could be eliminated, or presented more succinctly if word count is an issue. … Suggested change: The issue of harms/adverse events of tubes vs. … nontreatments make no difference in the long run doesn’t adequately address the important issue. … The issue of the developmental importance of the time-to-improvement is not directly discussed.

218. nnovative Methods in Stakeholder Engagement: An Environmental Scan (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - , who may or may not be formally involved in decisionmaking about the issue. … particular decision, and (c) individuals or organizations that aimed to raise awareness about an issue … Focus on stakeholders that are most interested and affected by the issue. … highlighted the importance of focusing on stakeholders who are interested in and affected by the issue … To ensure that the activities result in active engagement, the issue should be recognized as a priority

219. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 28 MAT Models (pdf file)
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     December 06, 2016 - The issue of buprenorphine diversion is noted in the Ethical, Equity, and Costs section (pg 37) and … while this is not well studied it is a major issue as pain is so common in patients with OUDs and a … I appreciate that this review identifies that issue. … Overall lack of societal funding for treatment of OUDs remains an issue. … Reimbursement/financing is noted as an issue in the Ethical, Equity, and Cost section (pg 44).

220. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     June 22, 2017 - in underlying VTE rates between existing studies and clinical practice, we remain silent on the issue … Comments This report was a Herculean effort to analyze the extant literature on the important issue … We agreed that this was an important issue in regards to deriving conclusions from the network meta … Thank you TEP Reviewer #4 Discussion /Conclusio n The authors should discuss the issue raised … TEP Reviewer #4 Discussion /Conclusio n Furthermore, this issue of heterogeneity of the surgery