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1. Methods-Guidance-Applicability Methods (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2011 - further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … surveys, pharmacoepidemiologic studies, and large case series or registries of devices or surgical procedures … had less severe CHF, more comorbidities and were more likely to have had a recent cardiac event or procedure … community populations.21 Clinical experts, population based surveys, outcome studies, and disease or procedure … published results of randomised controlled trials and non-randomised studies evaluating four orthopaedic procedures

2. Methods-Guidance-Applicability Methods (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2011 - further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … surveys, pharmacoepidemiologic studies, and large case series or registries of devices or surgical procedures … had less severe CHF, more comorbidities and were more likely to have had a recent cardiac event or procedure … community populations.21 Clinical experts, population based surveys, outcome studies, and disease or procedure … published results of randomised controlled trials and non-randomised studies evaluating four orthopaedic procedures

3. Methods-Guidance-Topics Methods (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2010 - Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Identifying, Selecting, and Refining Topics … further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews [posted April 2009]. Rockville, MD. … in clinical care in the absence of guidance. 3 Cost Economic cost associated with the condition, procedure … Intervention: Dosage, frequency, and method of administration.

4. Methods-Guidance-Topics Methods (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2010 - Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Identifying, Selecting, and Refining Topics … further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews [posted April 2009]. Rockville, MD. … in clinical care in the absence of guidance. 3 Cost Economic cost associated with the condition, procedure … Intervention: Dosage, frequency, and method of administration.

5. Methods-Guidance-Reporting-Bias Methods (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2013 - approaches), types of participants (i.e., inclusion and exclusion criteria), treatments, clinical procedures … In this section, we suggest a procedure for using those sources to assess for reporting biases while … When there is no avenue for discovering hidden studies and no applicable statistical method for assessing … Systematic Review Methods and Procedures Oregon Health & Science University. … Information Interventions - Drug (including placebo) - Device (including sham) - Biological/Vaccine - Procedure

6. Methods-Guidance-Reporting-Bias Methods (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2013 - approaches), types of participants (i.e., inclusion and exclusion criteria), treatments, clinical procedures … In this section, we suggest a procedure for using those sources to assess for reporting biases while … When there is no avenue for discovering hidden studies and no applicable statistical method for assessing … Systematic Review Methods and Procedures Oregon Health & Science University. … Information Interventions - Drug (including placebo) - Device (including sham) - Biological/Vaccine - Procedure

7. Hcupsummarytrendtables Methods (xls file)
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   December 01, 2022 - Common Operating Room Procedures Defined by Any-Listed Procedure The Clinical Classification Software … Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-PCS Procedures aggregates more than 80,000 ICD-10-PCS procedure codes into … Operating room procedures were identified using the Procedure Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS. … A procedure was considered an operating room procedure if the corresponding procedure class was identified … diagnosis or procedure.

8. HCUP-US Methods Series
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   February 01, 2025 - Elixhauser Comorbidity Software Refined for ICD-10-CM Chronic Condition Indicator Refined for ICD-10-CM Procedure … Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS Tools for CPT and HCPCS Level II CCS for Services and Procedures … Surgery Flags for Services and Procedures Tools for ICD-9-CM Clinical Classifications Software ( … Elixhauser Comorbidity Software for ICD-9-CM Utilization Flags for Revenue Center Codes and ICD-9-CM Procedure … downloadable weights files) Report #2006-06 Updated population information available under Method

9. Selecting Observational Studies for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 01, 2022 - A paucity of RCT evidence is common, particularly for many surgical and diagnostic procedures, and for … Work by Glasziou and colleagues suggests a procedure for implementing this advice: before looking at … Registries in which enrollment has been defined by procedures may be more valid for comparative effectiveness … relatively narrow spectrum of disease (generally single or two-vessel disease) relative to those getting the procedures … The registry data confirmed that the choice between the two procedures in the community varied substantially

10. Improvement Methods Overview (pdf file)
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    June 05, 2016 - Improvement Methods Overview Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How to Improve … the team review list of other resources in case they may be helpful (Section G tools) Improvement Methods … Improvement Methods Overview Performance Improvement Model Performance Improvement Model Performance

11. Improvement Methods Overview (pdf file)
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    June 05, 2016 - Improvement Methods Overview Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital … the team review list of other resources in case they may be helpful (Section G tools) Improvement Methods … INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS TOOL DELETE THIS SLIDE BEFORE PRESENTATION Improvement Methods Overview

12. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - This Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (referred to hereafter as the Medical Test Methods Guide … Development of the Medical Test Methods Guide In developing this Medical Test Methods Guide , we sought … described this same model as the “analytic framework.” 16 These points were reiterated in the most recent Procedure … Guide As noted above, this Medical Test Methods Guide complements AHRQ’s General Methods Guide … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF.

13. Updating Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Current Efforts in AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - identified studies may report on newly emerged interventions, devices, technologies, diagnostic tests, procedures … meta-analyses ripe for updating). 28-31 Cumulative meta-analysis (CMA) is a statistical procedure … inflated rate of type-I error arising from repeated hypothesis testing. 32 Moreover, the use of this procedure … treatment modalities (e.g., devices, pharmaceutical products, surgery, diagnostic tests, and other procedures … of Ottawa (the Ottawa method). 19 The RAND method is based on the combination of external domain expert

14. Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - In 1996, for example, the procedures used by EPCs, documented in AHRQ’s Manual for Conducting Systematic … studies are more applicable to the spectrum of patients who will use a drug, have a test, or undergo a procedure … advantages of different approaches and a lack of sufficiently strong empirical evidence to dictate a single method … Principles of and procedures for systematic reviews [book chapter]. … Challenges in systematic reviews of therapeutic devices and procedures.

15. Editorial. Methods Guide for Authors of Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: A Collaboration Between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Journal of General Internal Medicine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF. July 2008. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf08/methods/procmanual.pdf . … Adults: A Systematic Review Research Protocol Dec 20, 2024 The Performance of Fusion Procedures … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guide-editorial/methods  

16. Methods | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Methods Key Questions  |  Technical Expert Panel   |  Literature Search   … What analytic methods (e.g., sources of data, algorithms, etc.) could be used to produce evidence of … Technology Programs and Research Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Literature Search Methods

17. Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2020 - surveys, pharmacoepidemiologic studies, and large case series or registries of devices or surgical procedures … had less severe CHF, more comorbidities and were more likely to have had a recent cardiac event or procedure … community populations. 21 Clinical experts, population based surveys, outcome studies, and disease or procedure … published results of randomised controlled trials and non-randomised studies evaluating four orthopaedic procedures … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-applicability/methods  

18. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2019 - Questions and Draft Reports Submit SEADs Resources for Getting Involved Research Methods … & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … studies are inadequately powered. 5 In addition to concerns regarding the validity of such assessments, methodological … studies have raised concerns about the limited reliability of risk-of-bias judgments. 7,8 We do not … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-bias-update/methods  

19. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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20. Assessing Harms when Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2020 - For example, surgical procedures and medical devices often become widely disseminated with few or no … from surgical or other invasive interventions often consist of a series of patients who received the procedure … Principles and Quantitative Methods . Belmont, CA: Wadsworth; 1982. 32. … A novel method based on the conclusions of international consensus meetings: application to drug-induced … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-harms/methods