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21. Using Existing Systematic Reviews to Replace de Novo Processes in CERs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - information or other useful references for a CER is a common practice in EPC work, and we do not discuss this procedure … Although EPCs can apply many possible approaches to identify existing SRs for a CER, we recommend two procedures … Reporting Methods and Results This chapter of the Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews … COMPUS Procedure. Evidence-based best practice recommendations. … Challenges in systematic reviews of therapeutic devices and procedures.

22. Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - The proper method of performing control rate meta-regression is discussed. … would need to be verified by a more comprehensive method. … section of their report that pertains to “method of combining studies.” … Under this heading, they will have to describe and justify the statistical procedure used to combine … Methods for combining study estimates Statistical procedure and justification of model chosen First

23. Chapter 12: Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Were the prognostic tests clearly described and conducted using a standardized, reliable, and valid method … Fitting the new test to the data might bias a comparison to an established prognostic method that was … Dear’s method uses a fixed effects regression model while Arend’s method is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird … Decision curve analysis: a novel method for evaluating prediction models. … Adults: A Systematic Review Research Protocol Dec 20, 2024 The Performance of Fusion Procedures

24. Chapter 8: Meta-Analysis of Test Performance When There Is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Commonly used methods for meta-analysis of medical test performance Method Description or Comment … Rutter-Gatsonis HSROC recommended in the Cochrane handbook, 48 as it is the method with which there … sensitivity and specificity to construct a ROC curve, Kester and Buntinx 42 proposed a little-used method … 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.

25. Chapter 7: Grading a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - The concept can be similarly applied to diagnostic test performance studies, although the method of measurement … A bubble plot of true positive versus false positive rates showing spread in ROC space is one method … In choosing the accuracy outcomes, if the diagnostic test is followed by an invasive procedure, then … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-grading/methods  

26. Chapter 11: Challenges in and Principles for Conducting Systematic Reviews of Genetic Tests Used as Predictive Indicators | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Whether a laboratory method is considered a genetic test also depends on the intended use, claim, or … frozen, paraffin, formalin). 16 When evaluating DNA-based molecular tests, complexity of the test method … The method of interpreting test results may influence complexity as well. … Improved procedure for eluting DNA from dried blood spots. Clinical chemistry. 1996;42(7):1115-6. … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical

27. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - , inverse variance method, Peto method (for OR), or fixed effects logistic regression) could also be … method even in situations where the exact methods would theoretically be advantageous. 25 Therefore … method with the 0.5 correction. … methods. … Adjusted indirect comparison methods, such as Bucher’s method or mixed treatment comparison, should be

28. Chapter 6: Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - The conduct and synthesis of the findings will require a method of tracking and describing how the reviewers … Method of identification/selection. Inclusion & exclusion criteria for the review. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-applicability/methods

29. Chapter 2. Developing the Topic and Structuring Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: Utility of PICOTS, Analytic Frameworks, Decision Trees, and Other Frameworks | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Chapter 3: Methods of technology assessment. pp. 80-90. Helfand M and Balshem H. … Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … Chapter 2 of Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC017). … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-topics/methods  

30. Developing and Selecting Topic Nominations for Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Is the existing work of high quality and does it use rigorous systematic review methods? … Methods future research needs. Report No. 6. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-topic-nomination/methods

31. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2019 - One method is often referred to as a components approach . … The basic requirement is adequate explanation of the method used. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF. … Although the Risk of Bias tool is now the recommended method for assessing risk of bias of RCTs in systematic … complications (for studies of carotid endarterectomy, someone other than the surgeon who performed the procedure

32. Chapter 10: Deciding Whether To Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests With Decision Modeling | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - References Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EC017. … Comput Methods Programs Biomed 1985; 20(1):79-93. … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … Test Reviews Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 2. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-decision-models/methods

33. Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence when Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - /methods/ . … /methods/ ). … Although a system that uses such a method may offer advantages in terms of transparency, as yet there … The third step is to develop an explicit procedure for ensuring a high degree of inter-rater reliability … The EPC method implies that EPCs can, if they choose, make a global assessment of the overall quality

34. Now Available Online! Recordings From AHRQ-Funded Methods Symposium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2021 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Recordings From AHRQ-Funded Methods Symposium SHARE … "Advanced Methods and Innovative Technologies for Evidence Synthesis," organized by Dr. … Recordings From AHRQ-Funded Methods Symposium. Content last reviewed April 2021. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/recordings-methods-symposium  

35. Delilberative-Methods-Design-Carman (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Slide 30 Deliberative Methods Experiment Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Community … Slide 33 Overview of experiment  RCT comparing education-only control and 5 deliberative methods … Analysis: summer 2012 – summer 2013  Information to look for o Literature review of deliberative methods

36. AHRQ Has Special Emphasis Notice on Grants About Innovative Methods Research To Increase the Utility of Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2018 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Home News AHRQ Has Special Emphasis Notice on Grants About Innovative Methods … News News AHRQ Has Special Emphasis Notice on Grants About Innovative Methods … This SEN is intended to generate new methods for systematic reviews that address the opportunities and … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/grants-innovative-methods  

37. EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2015 - mini-HTAs from this report because they are a checklist that serves to guide decision making and not a method … with a higher risk for procedural adverse events and a longer duration of hospitalization after the procedure … and procedures. … Bariatric Surgical Procedures for Obese and Morbidly Obese Patients: A Review of Comparative Clinical … Some conducted strength of evidence assessments and the most used method was GRADE.

38. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2019 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … Subsequently, recommendations for synthesizing evidence on harms were further developed by a Methods … In 2015, AHRQ convened an EPC Methods Workgroup to update or expand upon prior guidance for assessing … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-prioritization-harms/methods  

39. Work Plan for Methods Research on (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2010 - Methods. … Challenges in systematic reviews of therapeutic devices and procedures. … alone or TVT with vaginal hysterectomy TVT procedure alone vs. … A common method for data collection is a survey. … A common method for data collection is a survey.

40. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage the Public: How to Design and Implement an Effective Deliberative Session (Video Presentation) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - & Tools Research Methods & Tools Tools & Software Education Resources About … webinar from April 19, 2012 provides practical guidance for those interested in using deliberative methods … Deliberative Methods Experiment by Kristin L. … Gupta received a MPH from Columbia University, where she focused on the use of participatory methods … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/deliberative-methods/presentation-2012