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461. For the disabled and elderly with multiple comorbidities, what is the comparative effectiveness of physician housecalls on outcomes and total cost? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 21, 2012 - Alzheimer's disease Depression and other mental health disorders Diabetes mellitus Functional limitations

462. Epstein (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Incremental change, periodic reassessment • Awareness of affect and gut feelings • Attending to context • Limitations

463. What is the comparative effectiveness of genetic and other diagnostic tests to identify and treat intellectual and developmental disabilities caused by genetic mutations in post-natal to early childhood populations? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 26, 2012 - disorders Developmental delays, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism Functional limitations

464. Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities for Priority Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 08, 2014 - risk of bias inherent in each domain and confidence that the results are believable given the study’s limitations … outcomes of KQ2-5 within each comparison will be evaluated based on four required domains: (1) study limitations … Uncertain   Overall Risk of Bias Assessment Low Results are believable taking study limitations … into consideration   Moderate Results are probably believable taking study limitations into consideration … High Results are uncertain taking study limitations into consideration

465. bipolar-disorder-treatment-protocol-140623 (pdf file)
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     June 23, 2014 - risk of bias inherent in each domain and confidence that the results are believable given the study’s limitations … outcomes of KQ1 within each comparison will be evaluated based on four required domains: (1) study limitations … Overall Risk of Bias assessment Low Results are believable taking study limitations into consideration … Moderate Results are probably believable taking study limitations into consideration High Results … are uncertain taking study limitations into consideration Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov

466. Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord 1 Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord Draft Key Questions (KQs) KQ1: What is the accuracy of radiographic and other diagnostic criteria in diagnosing tethered spinal cord? KQ2: What are the benefits and harms of prophylactic surgery for asymptom…

467. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2014 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … validity of the evaluation, the grades will be reviewed by the entire team of investigators for: Study limitations … (low, medium, or high level of study limitations) Consistency (consistent, inconsistent, or unknown

468. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2012 - CP) is “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations … (level 1) to severe head and trunk control limitations that require extensive use of assisted technology … • GMFCS Level I: walks without limitations. • GMFCS Level II: walks with limitations. … Limitations include walking long distances and balancing, but not as able as Level I to run or jump … • GMFCS Level V: severe head and trunk control limitations.

469. Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 03, 2011 - Current Page Topic Timeline Jun. 2, 2011 Topic Initiated Nov. 3, 2011 Research Protocol Jun. 3, 2013 Topic Overview Jun. 11, 2013 Systematic Review Aug. 8, 2013 Disposition of Comments Report Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine Research Protocol Archived November 3, 2011…

470. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Effectiveness of public reporting of health care quality as a quality improvement strategy (continued) 10 Limitations … and Research Needs The major limitations of this review are related to the nature of public reporting … • The research on public reporting also has limitations. … Future research on public reporting could address these limitations and be more relevant and useful

471. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE AND HYDRALAZINE (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2010 - .................................................................................................5 Limitations … Limitations Although ascertainment of death was virtually complete, we were able to include only data … Strengths Despite these limitations, this study has important strengths. … However, we suspect that the limitations noted above, most of which bias our results against the exposure

472. S96 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - at- tributes provides evidence that 6 attributes are strengths of NEISS-CADES, and 3 are relative limitations … Strengths and Limitations of Surveillance Attributes, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative … changing needs Timeliness Speed between reporting steps Sensitivity Proportion of true cases detected Limitations … NEISS-CADES has several limitations.

473. S16 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Objectives: To demonstrate the limitations of RCTs in providing the information needed by medical decision … Methods: Qualitative description of the limitations of RCTs in providing the information needed by medical … Limitations of Randomized Trials The strength of randomized trials lies in the protection that randomization … Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect Trials face a second set of limitations for informing individual patient

474. Evaluation of Effectiveness and Safety of Antiepileptic Medications in Patients with Epilepsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2010 - The study may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems … The risk of bias will be assessed through the evaluation of both design and study limitations. … To assess study design, we will rank studies as having no limitations, serious limitations, or very serious … limitations.

475. Ch 1-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2012 - Some research questions are easier to operationalize than others, and study limitations should be recognized … stakeholders to understand the scientific process, including considerations of bioethics and the limitations … understand other tradeoffs that were made in the design of the study, in terms of methodological limitations … need to have knowledge of the instruments that are used to measure differences and the accuracy, limitations … o Delineate study limitations that stakeholders and investigators are willing to accept a priori. o

476. S58 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Studying Prescription Drug Use and Outcomes With Medicaid Claims Data Strengths, Limitations … This article reviews strengths, limitations, challenges, and recommended strategies in using Medicaid … LIMITATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND STRATEGIES Selecting optimal strategies for research using Medic- aid claims … involves assessing data quality, understanding limitations, identifying potential sources of error, … Instrumental variables: application and limitations. Epidemiology. 2006;17:260–267. 37.

477. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     June 15, 2010 - The classification of individual studies into categories of study limitations (high or low), will then … sample size, settings, funding sources, treatments (type, dose, duration, and provider), methodological limitations … Finally, we will attempt to explore the impact of key methodological study limitations, in particular … approach.14 There are several factors that may decrease the overall strength of the evidence: 1) Study limitations … publication bias for primary outcomes with 10 or more studies using funnel plots, recognizing the limitations

478. Methods Research Report - Framework for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Review: Evaluation (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - ................................................................................................11 Limitations … B2 – This reason should be selected if there are major methodological limitations to the available studies … Limitations We chose to apply the framework to 50 systematic reviews to have a number that could be … B2 – This reason should be selected if there are major methodological limitations to the available studies … B2 – This reason should be selected if there are major methodological limitations to the available studies

479. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - The evidence grade is usually based on five required domains: • Study limitations were assessed based … Limitations of the Comparative Effectiveness Review Process Assessing the comparative validity of … Limitations of the Evidence Base The literature that addresses the diagnosis of gout has numerous limitations … These limitations can be divided into three categories: study volume, design, and reporting quality. … As we suggested in describing limitations of the research base, promising algorithms for diagnosis

480. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review 128 Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery (pdf file)
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     April 30, 2014 - Peer Reviewer #1 General Given the limitations of the underlying literature, and the lack of definitive … Peer Reviewer #4 Discussion The limitations of the review studies are indeed adequately described. … TEP #1 General Addresses the practicalities, broad implications and limitations very well. … TEP #5 Discussion I think the key findings and strengths/limitations are clearly stated. Thank you. … TEP #7 Conclusion The limitations are also properly discussed. Thank you.