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381. Goal Setting (pdf file)
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     January 11, 2017 - Goal Setting Slide 5 Goal Setting Jyoti Gupta, MPH, Senior Public Engagement Associate Public Agenda Speaker notes: This webinar is part of a large, three-year project, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and led by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Slide 6 Purposes…

382. Disposition of Comments for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery (pdf file)
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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

383. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 02, 2011 - One key issue relates to the microbiological testing method applied. … Patients undergoing surgical procedures. … [mh] OR single-blind method [mh] OR clinical trial [pt] OR clinical trials [mh] OR "clinical trial" … Methods A. … Methods B.

384. 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.

385. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2010 - period, it still accounted for a very small proportion the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)/valve procedure … analyses” (pages 44-45) Methods 3) Arcsine method may have its technical advantage to combine studies … The arc sine method includes information from such trials while the risk difference method does not. … Therefore, it was not possible to produce information on the number of total cases by procedure or … The arc sine method includes information from such trials while the risk difference method does not.

386. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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     September 01, 2009 - Methods Chapter 3. Results Chapter 4. … Chapter 2: Methods The purpose of this chapter is to explain the methods used in the review, including … Describe the method of data extraction. … Methods: Data Extraction Authors should describe the method used for extracting data from the studies … prestudy condition and after therapy.… We tested for heterogeneity with the Breslow-Day test, and used the method

387. Presentation of Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - , AHRQ has identified the need for program guidance on a structured and consistent method for presenting … versus CABG (coronary artery bypass graft), role of testing to inform choice of revascularization procedure … Thus an analytic framework may be an effective method to display these considerations and their linkages … resource requirements for longer-term studies are potential limitations Yes: Most efficient method … size and resources needed for longer follow-up are potential limitations Yes: Most efficient method

388. CER 210: Disposition of Comments for Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - TEP Reviewer 1 Methods Statistical methods were used appropriately. Thank you. … Peer Reviewer 2 Methods Yes. … Peer Reviewer 6 Methods ES-15. … TEP Reviewer 9 Methods The methods for assessing risk of bias are clearly articulated. … This is explained in Table 2 of the methods and in the methods text.

389. Searching for Studies (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Recognize the importance of a multiple-approach method of searching Understand the current state of indexing … The first is to recognize the importance of a multiple-approach method of searching. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Until reporting/indexing is standardized, the best method is to combine highly sensitive searches and

390. Living Systematic Review on Plant-Based Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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     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.

391. 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

392. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 252: Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2022 - Surgical mortality for functional hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy and non-hemispheric procedures is rare … • No studies assessed neuromodulation or gene therapy. 2 Methods We utilized standard methods … discussed all included studies narratively, and we rated the strength of evidence (SOE) using EPC methods … procedures (such as intralobar, lobar, or multilobar resections and focal cortical resections, n=8 … patient outcomes after different surgical procedures.

393. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This method does not require clinically meaningful prognostic categories, since not all increases or … Instead, this method focuses on subjects that have a higher or lower predicted probability when a new … Dear’s method (1994) Uses a fixed-effects regression model Arend’s method (2008) Is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird … Dear’s method (1994) uses a fixed-effects regression model to do this. … Arend’s method (32008) is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model and is used when there

394. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - This method does not require clinically meaningful prognostic categories, since not all increases or … Instead, this method focuses on subjects that have a higher or lower predicted probability when a new … Dear’s method (1994) Uses a fixed-effects regression model Arend’s method (2008) Is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird … Dear’s method (1994) uses a fixed-effects regression model to do this. … Arend’s method (32008) is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model and is used when there

395. S5 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Emerging Methods in Comparative Effectiveness and Safety Symposium Overview and Summary … Lohr, PhD Background: Interest in new methods for comparative effective- ness, drug and patient safety … Key Words: comparative effectiveness, drug safety, health care, methods, patient safety, pharmaceuticals … , to reduce costs and/or improve cost effectiveness, and to provide an explicit, fair, and rational method … Refining methods that will permit comparative effectiveness and other health services research projects

396. Disposition of Comments for CERs 155 156 Contast-Induced Nephropathy (pdf file)
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     January 07, 2016 - procedures. … Methods: The methods are sound and well-explained. … from contrast material despite the absolute absence of any control group to prove that (e.g., 'sham procedure … Thank you for your comment 48 Technical Expert #3 Methods Methods: Yes. … kinase), or possibly interfering with its laboratory measurement, enzymatic or nonenzymatic (Jaffe method

397. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238 Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting (pdf file)
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     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.

398. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 40: Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2021 - Peer Reviewer #1 Methods Very comprehensive. … discuss geriatric pts undergoing procedures. … An important piece of the methods is the inclusion of Grey Literature. … Key Informant #1 Methods No comments Thank you for your review. … Average-risk patients undergoing surgery such as elective surgery or specialized procedures were not

399. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 40: Interventions To Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2021 - Peer Reviewer #1 Methods Very comprehensive. … discuss geriatric pts undergoing procedures. … An important piece of the methods is the inclusion of Grey Literature. … Key Informant #1 Methods No comments Thank you for your review. … Average-risk patients undergoing surgery such as elective surgery or specialized procedures were not

400. Routine Preoperative Testing: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 14, 2013 - procedure. … Methods Our comparative effectiveness review (CER) evaluates the effects of routine preoperative tests … Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (hereafter Methods Guide ) developed … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cer-methods-guide/overview/ .