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2461. S123 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - Geographic variation in health care and the problem of measuring racial disparities. … Measuring and predicting surgeon’s practice styles for breast cancer treatment in older women.

2462. Back-Pain-Imaging Clinician (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - Early Imaging for Back Pain and Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults: A Brief Summary of Findings and Key Points for Clinician-Patient Discussions KEY CLINICAL ISSUE What were the clinical outcomes and use of health care resources among older adults who received early imaging when compared with those who did not re…

2463. Minimal Modeling Approaches to Value of Information Analysis for Health Research (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2011 - Measuring the Gains from Medical Research: An Economic Approach.

2464. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 24, 2013 - 1 Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: July 24, 2013 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Imaging Techniques for the Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review H…

2465. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - In a quality improvement framework that includes measuring, influencing, and improving quality, public

2466. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - relative to those of a placebo control group; improper randomization would increase the risk of bias for measuring … Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ 2003 Sep 6;327(7414):557-60. PMID: 12958120. 62. … The merits of measuring the quality of clinical trials: is it becoming a Byzantine discussion?

2467. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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      December 23, 2014 - Measuring cure can also be challenging, as no specific consensus exists regarding symptom resolution … Community-acquired and community-onset CDI, where CDI occurs outside the institutional setting, complicates measuring

2468. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - Outcome Measures Standards for Measuring Outcomes The valid and reliable measurement of outcomes is … There is a need to develop standards for measuring healing rates as a valid intermediate outcome. … A-4 9 …for allocating patients to treatment groups. 10 …for measuring outcomes. 11 … … …for measuring outcomes. …for analyzing data. … Reporting Research on the Treatment of Clinically Noninfected Chronic Venous Ulcers 1 Conducting…for measuring

2469. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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      August 27, 2012 - employed "valid outcome measures," questions remain about the appropriateness of some measures to really measuring … appropriate and meaningful outcome measures for use in this population to make sure that we are actually measuring

2470. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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      May 20, 2013 - Wireless Capsule Motility: Comparison of the SmartPill GI Monitoring System with Scintigraphy for Measuring … At this point it is likely measuring T90 not T50. … There should be a paragraph addressing the meaning of measuring emptying of a large object versus the

2471. Future Research Needs for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - However, this does not mean that facility- based PSG is an error-free “gold standard” for measuring ( … Technology Assessment analyzed whether laboratory-based polysomnography (PSG) is a “gold standard” for measuring … However, this does not mean that facility-based PSG is an error-free “gold standard” for measuring abnormal

2472. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Little continuity exists in approaches to measuring outcomes and use of unvalidated measures is common

2473. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based Practice Program The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to imp…

2474. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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      March 01, 2010 - We found out that experts did not want us to combine studies measuring absolute changes in FEV1 with … those measuring percent predicted FEV1.

2475. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - MRSA surveillance in a UK district hospital: measuring clinical isolates with MRSA is more useful than … measuring MRSA bacteraemias.

2476. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 13, 2012 - Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: March 13, 2012 Evidence-based Practice Center Protocol for Technical Brief Project Title: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer I. Background Stage II Colon Cancer Colon cancer …

2477. Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment Source: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and- reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productid=809 Published Online: January 2012 Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comment…

2478. FRN 35 - Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - needs demonstrate the importance of an enhanced understanding the timing of preventive treatments and measuring … contrast to randomization and applicability, observational studies face feasibility issues related to measuring … CDE) Project recently released recommendations from the Headache Preventive Therapies Subgroup for measuring … needs demonstrate the importance of an enhanced understanding the timing of preventive treatments and measuring

2479. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - Studies measuring patient satisfaction typically reported overall satisfaction with care, rather than

2480. heart-failure-readmission-protocol-130611 (pdf file)
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      June 10, 2013 - Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ. 2003 Sep 6;327(7414):557-60. PMID: 12958120. 47.