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321. Quantitative Synthesis: Learning Objectives and Recommendations (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2019 - Different effects for different data types 10 • PL method appears to generally perform best. … The DL method is also appropriate when between-study heterogeneity is low. … , the Mantel-Haenszel method, or a logistic regression approach, without adding a correction factor, … • Random effects is the preferred method for meta-regression that should be used under consideration … A refined method for the meta‐analysis of controlled clinical trials with binary outcome.

322. Emerging MRI Technologies for Imaging Musculoskeletal Disorders under Loading Stress (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2011 - of basic clinical epidemiology considerations that are important to evaluating the role a testing method … Search description/method seems adequate. Thank you. … We have clarified in the text that this refers to new-onset pain/symptoms, developing during the procedure … vs. an adverse event related to the safety of the device or procedure? … This is standard terminology for an appropriate method to evaluate the impact of information derived

323. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     March 01, 2010 - Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-topics/methods. … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-topics/methods. … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-topics/methods. … Available at: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-topics/methods. … /methods Author

324. Protocol for Quantitative Assessment of Benefit and Harm analysis of Aspirin for primary prevention (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - Methods Research Report. … We also wanted to compare a more commonly-used method which does not provide a benefit and harm comparison … metric with another advanced method that provides a benefit and harm comparison metric to understand … In the absence of a gold standard method for elicitation of preferences, such research should assess … Methods Research Report.

325. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - Backward selection procedures Begin with all covariates in the model and consider whether each covariate … Forward selection procedures begin with an empty set of covariates and then consider for each covariate … Created variables capture the frequency of codes for procedures, diagnoses, and medication fills during … The created variables capture the frequency of codes for procedures, diagnoses, and medication fills … When empirical selection procedures are newly developed or modified, investigators are encouraged to

326. Home | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - News Free Consumer Research Summaries Research Guidance, Methods … Update Abstract - Final Registry of Patient Registries Series Overview Methods

327. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Template for Reports Developed Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Developing … further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Rockville, MD: 2008. … Methods future research needs. Report No. 6.

328. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Making Healthcare Workers' Implicit Bias Training and Education (pdf file)
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     August 04, 2023 - knowledge-building.14 Training can also vary by format (e.g., workshop, academic course), delivery method … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and- processes/procedure-manual … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual … /uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-vi-criteria-assessing-internal-validity-individual-studies … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual

329. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Once contextual issues are defined with this method, they may change as the clinical context of the test … Adverse events, acceptability of test procedure? … Classification of Target Condition Change in Clinical Decisions Intermediate Outcome Adverse Events of Test Procedure … method is at least as high as the SFM method. … The assessment of the review was that the FFDM method is preferred due to the ease with which it stores

330. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Once contextual issues are defined with this method, they may change as the clinical context of the test … Adverse events, acceptability of test procedure? … Classification of Target Condition Change in Clinical Decisions Intermediate Outcome Adverse Events of Test Procedure … method is at least as high as the SFM method. … The assessment of the review was that the FFDM method is preferred due to the ease with which it stores

331. Harmonization of Cognitive Measures in Individual Participant Data and Aggregate Data Meta-Analysis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 21, 2013 - Methods MEDLINE®, Embase, Web of Science and MathSciNet with a supplemental search using the Google … The second component was to identify general literature on statistical methods for data harmonization … Standard environmental scan methods were used to conduct these reviews. … evidence that heterogeneity can be masked when specific standardization methods were used. … least desirable compared with the centered score method or latent variable methods.

332. Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 17, 2012 - They also include which procedure to use if an open approach is used; which procedure to use if a laparoscopic … approach is used; which type of mesh to use; which mesh fixation method (if any) to use; how experience … Review Methods We refined the topic with Key Informants and finalized the protocol with Technical Expert … Different open repair procedures generally yielded similar results, and transabdominal preperitoneal … repair had the same or better outcomes compared with other laparoscopic procedures.

333. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2021 - If someone is getting a procedure, then it is important to time the NPO correctly to not extend it … and place a diet order as soon as the procedure is completed. … by comparison to a gold standard (colonoscopy), despite the fact that colonoscopy is an invasive procedure … There are several diagnostic procedures in medicine that we accept due to thorough experience and … It can be foreseen that continuous R&D activities will fine-tune diagnostic procedures and be better

334. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 249: Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2021 - If someone is getting a procedure, then it is important to time the NPO correctly to not extend it … and place a diet order as soon as the procedure is completed. … by comparison to a gold standard (colonoscopy), despite the fact that colonoscopy is an invasive procedure … There are several diagnostic procedures in medicine that we accept due to thorough experience and … It can be foreseen that continuous R&D activities will fine-tune diagnostic procedures and be better

335. Minimal Modeling Approaches to Value of Information Analysis for Health Research (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2011 - Theory/Methods on Minimal Modeling Four papers described theory/methods related to limited modeling5,8 … Department of Health and Ageing, the Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures … outcomes [i.e. limited modeling component] Life-years saved modeled using modified DEALE method … modeled using exponential distributions - - - Life-years gained (long term) modeled using DEALE method … elective surgery: expert opinion - Patient survival (short term): NETT trial - Costs of LVRS procedures

336. Engaging Stakeholders to Identify and Prioritize Topics for Future Research: Recommended activities and reporting practices (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - The recommendations presented are drawn from an AHRQ sponsored methods project to identify and describe … and desired results or outcomes (affects selection of recruitment, engagement, and prioritization methods … time, budget, technological capacity, complexity of research area)    Report engagement method … Methods for Engaging Stakeholders To Identify and Prioritize Future Research Needs. … Methods Future Research Needs Report No. 4.

337. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - In: Methods guide for comparative effectiveness reviews. … In: Methods guide for comparative effectiveness reviews. … EPC researchers are encouraged to identify opportunities for improving EHC Program procedures or collaborations … There are a number of other resources for policies and procedures available on the Effective Health Care … However, as with systematic reviews, the method used to collate and synthesize the evidence — whether

338. AHRQ Slide Template 2004 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - In: Methods guide for comparative effectiveness reviews. … In: Methods guide for comparative effectiveness reviews. … EPC researchers are encouraged to identify opportunities for improving EHC Program procedures or collaborations … There are a number of other resources for policies and procedures available on the Effective Health Care … However, as with systematic reviews, the method used to collate and synthesize the evidence — whether

339. Amended Protocol: Management of Infantile Epilepsy (pdf file)
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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*)

340. Final_multivariate_v22_CLEAN_03-11-2013 (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2013 - Methods Research Report. … Methods. … cases, conclusions based on the main effects of each outcome are likely to remain similar with either method … We report these metrics for each outcome for analyses using the bivariate random effects method. … A method for the meta-analysis of mutually exclusive binary outcomes.