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121. Principles in Developing and Applying Guidance for Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 05, 2009 - Timeline October 05, 2009 Topic Initiated October 05, 2009 Methods

122. Identifying, Selecting and Refining Topics for Comparative Effectiveness Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 05, 2009 - Timeline October 05, 2009 Topic Initiated October 05, 2009 Methods

123. Obesity Prevention and Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 09, 2017 - Obesity Prevention and Control December 01, 2017 Systematic Review Methods

124. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions: An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 13, 2017 - Timeline January 06, 2017 Topic Initiated December 13, 2017 Methods

125. Assessing the Applicability of Studies When Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 26, 2010 - Presentation Assessing Applicability December 30, 2010 Methods

126. Updating Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Current Efforts in AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 27, 2011 - Program Timeline July 27, 2011 Topic Initiated July 27, 2011 Methods

127. Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - This procedure requires either a general or local anesthetic and closure of the incision with sutures … in Women at Average Risk of Breast Cancer Biopsy Method Sensitivity (95% CrI) Specificity (95% CrI) … compared with core-needle biopsy procedures. … technique used to perform a core-needle breast biopsy was found to influence the sensitivity of the procedure … Complications and Pain �� Vasovagal reactions are more common among patients who sit during a biopsy procedure

128. Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 18, 2018 - goal of the Clinical Operations Evidence Review cyberseminar pilot project was to develop and test a method … Methods. … Methods Research Report.

129. Use of Mixed Treatment Comparisons in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 23, 2012 - for mixed treatment comparison (MTC) evidence synthesis; to identify analyses using these methods and … Methods In part one, we identified currently available guidance documents addressing the use of MTC … Our systematic review identified 42 MTCs of which the majority used Bayesian methods (80.9 percent). … , all respondents had conducted a MTC using Bayesian methods. … Published meta-analyses using these methods varied in how they conducted and reported results.

130. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - 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

131. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage Patients, Consumers, and the Public (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Determine whether deliberation affected caregivers’ views of surrogate consent Deliberative method … whether deliberation affected participants’ knowledge on the determinants of health Deliberative method … Self, family 2) Neighborhood 3) Entire city 4) Self, family again Deliberative method … method for assessing surrogate consent Deliberative method for prioritization of interventions Deliberative … method for prioritization of interventions cont.

132. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - 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 … different approaches and a lack of sufficiently strong 7 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.

133. nnovative Methods in Stakeholder Engagement: An Environmental Scan (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - The most common evaluation method we did identify was semistructured interviews with stakeholders. … This includes tailoring the message, the method of soliciting feedback (e.g., the tools used), and … Innovative Methods in Stakeholder Engagement: An Environmental Scan 20 Tailoring the method of … This method allows readers to sign up for a periodic digest and receive information that they might … Summary of promising methods for engaging stakeholders in research process Method Primary Purpose

134. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - Methods Meta-analysis of nine studies reporting the odds of requiring only one surgical procedure were … Most open surgical biopsies are preceded by an image guided needle wire localization procedure. … We used the term “additional surgical procedures”. … The determinants of recurrence and survival go far beyond the biopsy method. … added value when more than one method is used), and what is the diagnostic yield of biopsy procedures

135. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Executive Summary Add a legend to figure 1 stating how many biopsies per method. … Introduction p. 10 insert “biopsy” before procedure We have made the suggested change. … Results In the section on dissemination of cancer cells during the biopsy procedure the risks of breast … of biopsy and did not report results separately by biopsy method. … Results p. 39 “three vacuum-assisted biopsy procedures” add the total number of procedures to this sentence

136. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 6 6-1 Chapter 6 Assessing Applicability of Medical … The conduct and synthesis of the findings will require 6-3 a method of tracking and describing … Method of identification/selection Inclusion & exclusion criteria for the review. … Methods of the Test Over Time Diagnostics, like all technology, evolve rapidly. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.

137. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 2-1 Chapter 2 Developing the Topic and Structuring … these issues as they exist in all systematic reviews, we refer the reader to previously published EPC methods … Chapter 3: Methods of technology assessment. pp. 80-90. 2 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).

138. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10 10-1 Chapter 10 Deciding Whether To Complement … Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EC017. … Chapter 8 of Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC017). … Chapter 1 of Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC017). … Comput Methods Programs Biomed 1985; 20(1):79-93. 27.

139. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Were the prognostic tests clearly described and conducted using a standardized, reliable, and valid method … outcome being predicted clearly defined and ascertained 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.

140. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 4 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 4 4-1 Chapter 4 Effective Search Strategies for … Although I have written this chapter of the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (also referred to … as the Medical Test Methods Guide) as guidance for Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), I hope it … Searching for genetic tests and prognostic studies is covered in chapters 11 and 12 of this Medical Test Methods … Chapter 4 of Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC017).