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121. Supporting Patient and Consumer Involvement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2011 - Slide 4 Community Forum Project § Part One: Explore the use of public deliberation as a method for … known about public deliberation § Conduct a large randomized controlled experiment of alternative methods

122. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” Reference Standard (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Method Description or Comment Does It Have the Desired Characteristics? … Method Description or Comment Does It Have the Desired Characteristics? … This third method is more complicated but is preferred. … Comparative diagnostic performance of three radiological procedures for the detection of lumbar disk … Comparative diagnostic performance of three radiological procedures for the detection of lumbar disk

123. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” Reference Standard (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Method Description or Comment Does It Have the Desired Characteristics? … Method Description or Comment Does It Have the Desired Characteristics? … This third method is more complicated but is preferred. … Comparative diagnostic performance of three radiological procedures for the detection of lumbar disk … Comparative diagnostic performance of three radiological procedures for the detection of lumbar disk

124. Gout-managment-protocol-141103 (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2014 - There are a number of methods proposed to establish the diagnosis of gout. … Methods In general, this systematic review will follow the procedures of the January 2014 edition … Data Abstraction and Data Management – Data abstraction will follow the procedures described above. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird method.

125. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     August 24, 2011 - percent used nitrous oxide (likely an overestimate considering how few U.S. facilities offer this method … women’s self-reporting of analgesia use, it provides a general sense of the relative use of each method … widespread use of nitrous oxide in other countries suggests it is an effective labor pain relief method … Inhaled self-administered nitrous oxide in a 50/50 mix (e.g., Nitronox) is the most common method of … Methods A.

126. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform … .............................................................................................. 1 Methods … Methods Overall Design and Rationale A cohort study was conducted to compare risks of developing cause-specific … utilization database that contained information on discharge diagnosis, outpatient diagnoses and procedure … high accuracy. 20 The discharge abstract provided up to 25 fields for diagnoses and 10 fields for procedures

127. mmeta: Exact Bayesian Inference for Multivariate Meta-analysis of Binary Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 11, 2014 - Background Standard statistical methods assume the effect sizes of multivariate outcomes are independent … We provide an empirical Bayes method for evaluating overall and study-specific treatment effects in multivariate … inference on the posterior distribution of study-specific comparative measures via empirical Bayes methods

128. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 20, 2011 - Variation in a test measure is a function of the analytical variation of the assay method (bias and … However, there is inconsistency between studies, method type, and statistical analysis method. … Methods A. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews.

129. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Commonly used methods for meta-analysis of medical test performance Method Description or Comment Does … use binomial likelihood rather than normal approximations.31,38,47,48 • The generally preferred method … • Rutter-Gatsonis HSROC recommended in the Cochrane handbook,48 as it is the method with which … Comparative diagnostic performance of three radiological procedures for the detection of lumbar disk … Estimating diagnostic accuracy from multiple conflicting reports: a new meta-analytic method.

130. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - How do these various primary care spending estimation methods vary by: i. … Relative pros and cons of each estimation method ii. Administrative burden iii. … Is there any emerging consensus among experts in the field toward a standard or preferred method for … We propose to focus our searches on the last 10 years because any spending method prior to this are … publicly available sources that include sufficient detail to ascertain key characteristics of the method

131. Untitled (pdf file)
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     February 17, 2016 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Major orthopedic surgery describes three surgical procedures … related to placebo (no prophylaxis) study arms and the Key Questions (KQ) regarding non-major orthopedic procedures … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … [mh] OR single-blind method[mh] OR random* OR "Clinical Trial" [Publication Type] OR "Clinical Trials

132. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery (pdf file)
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     November 18, 2023 - Methods A. … procedure? … or procedure? … procedure? … or procedure?

133. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 12, 2019 - Concurrent Multicenter (enrolling patients treated at multiple locations) ≥500 patients Some method … Methods Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review: Studies will be included in the … outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird method. … / or single-blind method/ or placebos/ or cross-over studies/ or crossover procedure/ or cross over studies … / or double blind procedure/ or single blind procedure/ or placebo/ or latin square design/ or crossover

134. Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 22, 2012 - Comparing interventional ablative and external beam radiotherapy (RT) procedures to surgery in this setting … This procedure relieves dyspnea effectively and rapidly, although results may not always translate into … placement can reduce respiratory distress in patients with malignant endobronchial obstruction. 26 This procedure … or RFA compared to a conformal RT method. … Procedures used for meta-analysis will conform to methods outlined by the AHRQ EPC program in the Methods

135. Evidence-based Practice Center Evidence Report Surveillance Process | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2014 - In: Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 11-EHC057-EF. … Identifying Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews: A Comparison of Two Methods. … Methods Research Report . … Methods Research Report. … Assessment of a Method To Detect Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews . Research White Paper.

136. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 10, 2018 - some intervention arm(s) may jeopardize the validity of findings. 17 - 19 Third, there are numerous methods … Methods 1. … exp Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/ exp Randomized Controlled Trial/ double-blind method/ … or random allocation/ or single-blind method/ Placebos/ (random* or control* or trial or sham or … exp Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/ exp Randomized Controlled Trial/ double-blind method/

137. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Surveillance (pdf file)
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     January 08, 2013 - Methods ............................................................................................. … Methods 2.1 Literature Searches We conducted an initial limited literature search covering January … and/or the RAND Method, suggesting the need for an update. … The criteria are listed in the table below.2, 3 Ottawa Method Ottawa Qualitative Criteria for … Evidence Table Author, year Study design Population Test Assay Method Sensitivity Specificity

138. Scientific Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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139. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 15, 2011 - Different procedures often require different methods for anesthesia. … Methods A. … Procedure category, specific procedure, specific mesh (if applicable), fixation method (if applicable … operations performing the procedure they performed in the study? … method=diseases&MonographId=723&ActiveSectionId=23. 5. Schneider E.

140. S103 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - In this article, we describe how this propensity score-based method can be used to compare the effectiveness … explanation of inverse probability-weighted estimation and point readers to sources that address the method … begin with a conceptual explanation of the estimators and point readers to sources that address the method … compared with bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents result in 70–80% fewer repeat revascu- larization procedures … by Hernan et al.24 Although intuitively appealing, the bootstrap method is computation- ally intensive