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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. Appendix VI. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-
manual … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … /procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introductory-slides-ahrq-cf-webinar.pdf
August 27, 2012 - Analytic
Hierarchy Processes as preference assessment tools
Describe applications of preference methods … involvement in comparative
effectiveness research in AHRQ’s Effective Health Care
Program
To advance methods … Effectiveness Research
~Institute of Medicine, 2009
Community Forum Community Forum
Categories of CER Methods … elicitation of
patient preferences in HTA, multiple criteria decision
making and discrete choice methods … Moderator: Penny Mohr
Goals
AHRQ Community Forum
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Categories of CER Methods
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-outpatient-setting-comments.pdf
March 22, 2021 - These studies could compare surveillance
methods or to no monitoring. … Depending on the
health care system, insurance coverage, and
procedure affordability, patients’ experiences … Although
they found no difference in outcomes for
inpatient and outpatient procedures, we have
no … outcome in thoses samples, lack of study of
maternal and/or fetal surveillance while the
outpatient procedure … The
outcomes for either method may not feel equal
for patients, in the short or long-term.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_disposition-comments.pdf
February 25, 2014 - Reviewer 5 Methods
The definitions for the outcome measures are stated in the
Methods section, self … Reviewer 5 Methods The statistical methods are OK. Thank you. … important to define who (What
percent of eligibles) participated and what core assessment
and treatment procedures … It documents for each provider and all
providers how well they provided each/all “Procedures (P)”. … Although the lack of
clear evidence in favor of one method or combination of
methods prohibits a definitive
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/liver-cancer_research-protocol.pdf
July 24, 2013 - to the imaging facility, the number of imaging procedures, and
other procedures conducted). … to the imaging facility, the number of imaging procedures and
other procedures conducted). … Diagnostic outcomes include:
Measures for stage-specific accuracy of imaging (e.g., Obuchowski method … to the imaging facility, the number of imaging procedures and
additional procedures conducted). … include clear
descriptions of the population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; a valid method
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
October 01, 2010 - method even in situations where the exact methods would theoretically be
advantageous.
25
Therefore … However, a combined
estimate can be obtained using the Peto method, the Mantel-Haenszel method, or … method with the
0.5 correction. … methods. … Adjusted indirect comparison methods, such as Bucher’s method or mixed treatment comparison, should
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June 01, 2011 - ALT Alanine Transaminase
ASERNIP-S Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional
Procedures … Technology Assessment AHTA HTA
3 Australia Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures … Policy IECS No - - -
2 Australia
Australian Safety and Efficacy
Register of New Interventional
Procedures … ” start, the
procedure of overcoming the evidence
gap is still informal)Unità di Valutazione
delle … The procedure starts
from a request of a new medical
technology (innovative, high cost and not
yet
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/cervical-degenerative-protocol.pdf
January 12, 2022 - Furlan AD, Malmivaara A, Chou R, et al. 2015 Updated Method Guideline for
Systematic Reviews in the … Procedure Manual. 2015. … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual.
35. … (alladult[Filter]))
Surgery Key Questions 1,2,3,4,7,8,9
"surgery"[MeSH Subheading] OR "surgical procedures … , operative"[MeSH Terms] OR
"surgical procedures, operative"[MeSH Terms] OR "general surgery"[MeSH Terms
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August 27, 2012 - Peer reviewer #7 Methods Yes. … Public reviewer
(anonymous)
Methods Methods were clearly stated and appropriate for the question of … Peer Reviewer #3 Methods Methods: For the most part, the methods are systematic and
rigorous. … The search procedures are explained well. … These
procedures are euphemistically described as “crisis management”
(p. 30) in the review.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-grading-evidence_methods.pdf
November 01, 2013 - Then, according to these decisions rules and procedures
documented in protocols, EPCs assess individual … Overall, EPC and GRADE guidance both emphasize applying a structured, transparent
method. … impact of unreported data through, for instance, tests for
funnel plot asymmetry, a trim and fill method … EPCs should carefully document procedures used to grade strength of evidence (in the
review’s Methods … Trim and fill: A simple
funnel-plot-based method of testing and
adjusting for publication bias in meta
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/clinical-pathway-methods-report.pdf
December 01, 2018 - EHC002-EF
December 2018
ii
Key Messages
Pilot Project Purpose
Clinical pathways are one method … Methods
Research Report. … Clinical pathways are one method of promoting the uptake of evidence into
clinical practice. … The purpose of this standard is to ensure that supporters of competing procedures, clinicians with
no … vested interest in utilization of one procedure or another, methodologists, and patients or
potential
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ijzerman_ahrq-webinar-mcda.pdf
January 01, 2011 - MCDA methods enable the evaluation of many
alternatives by explicit ranking, rating or pairwise comparison … one of the most widely used
MCDA techniques available (Saaty, 1989)
Conjoint Analysis (CA) methods … Conjoint analysis methods
Helps to improve judgment
Decomposed
Hierarchical
Low cognitive … AHP) CA methods
Adapted from Mulye et al, J. Beh.Dec. … Mak, 1998 9
MCDA methods: the Analytic Hierarchy Process
10
Criterion 1 Criterion 2 Criterion
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March 07, 2021 - for studies of surgical interventions, for
which we only required at least 10 patients per surgical procedure … Methods guide for comparative effectiveness
reviews. … Also available:
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/
methods-guidance-grading-strength/methods … /methods
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-grading-strength/methods
https … * OR
surg*)) OR (multilobar NEAR/3 disconnect*) OR
(palliat* NEAR/3 operat* OR procedure* OR surg*)
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-research-methods_research-protocol.pdf
February 08, 2017 - semi-automated
o Real-time synchronization: one way, two ways (exchange)
• Data Linkage Technical Method … Method
Other names/
subtypes Brief Description Key assumptions Specific Bias Concerns
Instrumental … Direct observation
Measures of energy expenditure (indirect calorimetry, doubly labeled water method … Dependent variable
• Primary
• Secondary
§ Independent variable
§ Current form of the variable
§ Method … arithmetic conversions (e.g., metric to imperial)
• Inference models (e.g., logical rules)
• Imputation method
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May 27, 2014 - evaluated the various components of effective intervention
as well as the intensity, mode of delivery and method … Thank you.
112 TEP Reviewer 4 Methods Suggested edits to the Methods section:
Page 37 of 215 line … We have added a note about this in the
methods section.
117 TEP Reviewer 5 Methods Generally sound … We have deleted the sentence from the method
section.
131 Peer Reviewer
7
Methods Page 13; line … that would be
most helpful for those planning to implement a
new intervention (e.g., by setting and method
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicide-prevention_disposition-comments.pdf
October 04, 2016 - Peer Reviewer
#4
Methods Overall, the Methods section was excellent. … TEP #3 Methods Overall the methods are appropriate to the questions of
interest. … SAMHSA encourages grantees to use
state data systems in their local
evaluation procedures, so the data … resources to facilitate and
encourage state grantees to use data
systems in their local evaluation
procedures … Data
linkage procedures should be IRB
approved and subject to data use policies
and agreements.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cf__deliberativemethodswebinar_deliberativemethodsexperiment.pdf
June 01, 2012 - Slide 1
Community Forum Community Forum
Deliberative Methods
Experiment
Agency for Healthcare … Community Forum
4
Overview of experiment
RCT comparing education-only control and 5 deliberative
methods … Analysis: summer 2012 – summer 2013
Information to look for
─ Literature review of deliberative methods … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/tools-and-resources/how-to-get-involved-in-the-effective-health-care-program/
Deliberative Methods
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March 01, 2012 - Justify the appropriateness of the method used to
calculate NNT and NNH. … One
method may be to utilize the control event rate in an
equation and calculate NNT and NNH from the … Surgical Procedure issues. … C) This KQ evaluated predictors of
VTE or bleeding outcomes regardless of the method of
prophylaxis … The impact of the method of prophylaxis on VTE
and bleeding outcome was evaluated in the other KQs in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plant-based-treatments-revised-protocol.pdf
March 29, 2023 - As part of our LSR methods, these procedures will be used to screen the results of searches
conducted … conducted using a random effects model, and statistical
heterogeneity will be assessed using the I2 method … Statistical methods for updating
meta-analyses. … Furlan AD, Pennick V, Bombardier C, et al. 2009 updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the … Methods and processes. 2018.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/prostatic-hyperplasia-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
May 26, 2016 - TEP Reviewer
#1
Methods Page 4: Again, would mention the search cut-off date in the Methods section … TEP Reviewer
#4
Methods Similarly, the methods should indicate whether there was a minimal sample … TEP Reviewer
#4
Methods Diagnostic criteria and statistical methods are appropriate, emphasizing … Peer Reviewer
#1
Methods In general, methods described and used in this report are typical for systematic … Statistical methods were appropriate Thank you.