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41. Use of Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in the Management of Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 20, 2011 - Were those measuring the main outcome blind to exposure status? … Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status? … Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status? … Were those measuring the main outcome blind to exposure status? … Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status?

42. Assessment Tools for Palliative Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 14, 2016 - assessed through patient and/or caregiver reports, patient and caregiver assessment tools are essential to measuring … quality of life and burden); and processes of care (e.g., communication and continuity). 2 Moreover, measuring … care. 16 Given that these tools are frequently used together or overlap in the concepts that they are measuring … Measuring Experience With End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Literature Review.

43. palliative-care-protocol (pdf file)
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    April 14, 2016 - through patient and/or caregiver reports, patient and caregiver assessment tools are essential to measuring … quality of life and burden); and processes of care (e.g., communication and continuity).2 Moreover, measuring … care.16 Given that these tools are frequently used together or overlap in the concepts that they are measuring … Measuring Experience With End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Literature Review.

44. Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients With Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 11, 2014 - Future research should compare various management strategies that incorporate measuring cardiac troponins

45. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    December 20, 2011 - Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status? Statistical analysis 10. … Were those measuring the main outcome blind to exposure status? 6. … Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status? Statistical analysis 11. … Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status? Statistical analysis 12. … Were those measuring the exposure blind to outcome status? Statistical analysis 8.

46. A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - Measuring health-related quality of life. Ann Intern Med 1993 Apr 15;118(8):622-9. 7. … Measuring health- related quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers. … Methods for measuring levels of well-being for a health status index. … Measuring health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires. … Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires.

47. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 13, 2010 - process (the method by which health care is provided), and outcome (the consequences of health care). 4 Measuring … example, the population of focus might include all patients from the time of cancer diagnosis when measuring … those with widely metastatic disease and poor function or no longer eligible for chemotherapy) when measuring … Medicine (IOM) report. 14 We also added a domain, Delivery of Care , to capture issues relevant to measuring … supporting evidence are needed to advance the field and make end-of-life indicators an accepted part of measuring

48. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 13, 2010 - process (the method by which health care is provided), and outcome (the consequences of health care). 4 Measuring … example, the population of focus might include all patients from the time of cancer diagnosis when measuring … those with widely metastatic disease and poor function or no longer eligible for chemotherapy) when measuring … Medicine (IOM) report. 14 We also added a domain, Delivery of Care , to capture issues relevant to measuring … supporting evidence are needed to advance the field and make end-of-life indicators an accepted part of measuring

49. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Evaluation of Public Deliberation Measuring the outcomes of public deliberation can be challenging. … participants has been assessed through surveys or interviews before and after a deliberative event, measuring

50. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Evaluation of Public Deliberation Measuring the outcomes of public deliberation can be challenging. … participants has been assessed through surveys or interviews before and after a deliberative event, measuring

51. Rehabilitation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 15, 2011 - Systematic Review Archived September 11, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring

52. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    December 07, 2009 - Change in scores on standardized neuropsychological tests measuring areas of cognitive function, patient

53. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - What are the economic implications of routinely measuring serum FLC in conjunction with serum electrophoresis

54. Outcome Definition and Measurement in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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    January 01, 2013 - indirect costs Health resource utilization Often used as efficient and easily interpretable proxies for measuring … treated with intravenous antibiotics are often used as efficient and easily interpretable proxies for measuring … 1 of 3) The material in this presentation included guidance and key considerations for defining and measuring … Describe plan for use of a validated, standard instrument for measuring patient-reported outcomes Should … 2 of 3) The material in this presentation included guidance and key considerations for defining and measuring

55. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - process (the method by which health care is provided), and outcome (the consequences of health care).4 Measuring … example, the population of focus might include all patients from the time of cancer diagnosis when measuring … those with widely metastatic disease and poor function or no longer eligible for chemotherapy) when measuring … , to 3 Effective Health Care Program Research Report Number 23 capture issues relevant to measuring … supporting evidence are needed to advance the field and make end-of-life indicators an accepted part of measuring

56. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - process (the method by which health care is provided), and outcome (the consequences of health care).4 Measuring … example, the population of focus might include all patients from the time of cancer diagnosis when measuring … those with widely metastatic disease and poor function or no longer eligible for chemotherapy) when measuring … , to 3 Effective Health Care Program Research Report Number 23 capture issues relevant to measuring … supporting evidence are needed to advance the field and make end-of-life indicators an accepted part of measuring

57. Disposition of Comments Report for Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients Wtih Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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    August 11, 2014 - Conclusion From this review, are there any recommendations as to what is considered standard of care for measuring … hopefully this report will bring strong attention to the research gaps and the need for data to show how measuring … US cannot measure troponin in normal individuals or can measure it only at levels below the LoQ or measuring … commercially available assays cannot detect troponin at all or cannot quantify it at levels below the measuring … support the current Food and Drug Administration and National Kidney Foundation recommendations that measuring

58. Health Facilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 15, 2011 - Technical Brief Archived June 17, 2014 The Empirical Evidence of Bias in Trials Measuring

59. Slide 1
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    January 01, 2013 - Pharmacological or other longer term exposures (educational interventions) involve measuring intensity … the accuracy of the classification can be improved by using an alternative approach to scaling (e.g., measuring … Exposure Definition Dosage and Dose-Response The concept of dose is an important consideration for measuring … from failure to account for changes in exposure to medication, using a short exposure time window, measuring

60. Ch 6-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    October 30, 2012 - Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) represents an area of innovation in measuring PROs. … An inventory for measuring depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;4:561-71. 29. … Measuring health status in arthritis. The arthritis impact measurement scales. … A six-item short-form survey for measuring headache impact: the HIT-6. … Utility approach to measuring health-related quality of life.