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281. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a Gold Standard | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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282. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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283. Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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284. Strength of Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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285. Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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286. Evaluation of the Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Comparison of Quantitative Approaches | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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287. Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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288. Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - An introduction to a Bayesian method for meta-analysis: the confidence profile method. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Procedure Manual: Section 3. … Scenario and parametric uncertainty in GESAMAC: a methodological study in nuclear waste disposal risk … The confidence profile method: a Bayesian method for assessing health technologies. … A Bayesian method for synthesizing evidence. The confidence profile method.

289. Disposition of Comments Report for Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting (pdf file)
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     February 26, 2013 - Disposition of Comments Report for Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus … Peer Reviewer 3 Methods The Methods seem fine. … Peer Reviewer 4 Methods Methods are robust, populations inclusive of the evidence at hand and the statistical … methods are sound. … Peer Reviewer 7 Methods The methods are appropriate, and there is an appropriate reference to the timing

290. Disposition of Comments Report for Nitrous Oxide for the Management of Labor Pain (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2012 - We do not have a method to determine the rationale of hospitals using nitrous oxide. … N2O is an anxiolytic and anxiety is a major problem during labor) or effects on use of obstetric procedures … Effects on use of other procedures and restrictions imposed on the woman may be intermediary outcomes … on use of other procedures and restrictions on the mother, with feedback loops to complications. … method of search and inclusion/exclusion of specific studies.

291. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - Studies related to the diagnostic accuracy of brief assessment tools compared to reference standard methods … Methods In this systematic review, we used methods consistent with those outlined in the Agency for … /topics/cer-methods- guide/overview). … We assessed the risk of bias and evaluated the SoE using standard methods. … /topics/cer-methods-guide/overview 4 Among the one-third of studies that reported

292. Grading Strength of Evidence: Interactive Quiz (ppt file)
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     October 08, 2025 - for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods. Incorrect. … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods. Incorrect. … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods. Correct. … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods.

293. Grading Strength of Evidence: Interactive Quiz (ppt file)
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     October 08, 2025 - for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods. Incorrect. … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods. Incorrect. … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods. Correct. … The critical element in selecting any option is careful documentation of the methods.

294. Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Quality of Individual Studies Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Methods … Development and validation of methods for assessing the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies. … for selecting participants Inception cohort, methods to adjust for or avoid selection bias Methods … Reviews (https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-bias-update/methods). … /methods Author

295. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report: Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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     August 31, 2017 - Further, given the complexity of the SOE procedures and their heavy use in examining the data/studies … The EPC methods guide on assessing the strength of evidence was cited in the report method section; … analysis (pp. 17, 38, 56-57) The authors propose an ambitious set of subgroup analyses in the method … I have one question/comment about the analytic procedures for part of the review, one caveat that … Regarding the analytic procedures for the subgroup analyses, the contrasts that were tested did not

296. Ems-Blood-Transfusion-Draft-Report-App-F (xls file)
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     August 18, 2025 - Did the study use accurate methods for ascertaining exposures and potential confounders? … Were outcomes pre-specified and defined, and ascertained using accurate methods? … Did the study use accurate methods for ascertaining exposures and potential confounders? … Were outcomes pre-specified and defined, and ascertained using accurate methods? … Did the study use accurate methods for identifying outcomes?

297. App-E-Opioid-Chronic-Pain-Surveillance-Report-2 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Did the Study Use Accurate Methods for Ascertaining Exposures and Potential Confounders (i.e., Age, Sex … Were Outcomes Prespecified and Defined, and Ascertained Using Accurate Methods? … Did the Study Use Accurate Methods for Identifying Outcomes? … Did the Study Use Accurate Methods for Ascertaining Exposures and Potential Confounders?

298. Nephropathy-Contrast-Induced Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2013 - The quality of method of synthesis is variable among these guidelines and many of these guidelines are … ● Long-term: at least 30 days after procedure. … Methods A. … duration), outcome measures and the method … Sensitivity analysis could be performed for pretest risk stratification methods or groups, varied methods

299. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 222 Youth Suicide Prevention (pdf file)
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     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.

300. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - Adjusted indirect comparison method of Bucher et al.5 ► 2. Logistic regression ► 3. … Random effects meta-regression • With only 2 sets of trials (e.g., A vs B; B vs C), Bucher’s method … Choice of NMA method • There has been no systematic evaluation of the comparative performance of NMA … methods … • Investigators should test relevant assumptions where possible, regardless of method chosen.