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September 01, 2014 - such biopsies are preceded by an image-guided
wire localization procedure. … with information on the number of lesions
evaluated with each method, for women at average risk
of … Positive values denote that the first-listed biopsy method has higher
performance that the comparator … (second listed method). … Freehand procedures have lower
sensitivity than imaging-guided methods.
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March 01, 2009 - PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform … .............................................................................................. 1
Methods … Methods
Overall Design and Rationale
A cohort study was conducted to compare risks of developing cause-specific … utilization database that contained information on
discharge diagnosis, outpatient diagnoses and procedure … high accuracy.
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The discharge abstract provided up to 25 fields for diagnoses
and 10 fields for procedures
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-metaanalysis_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Commonly used methods for meta-analysis of medical test performance
Method Description or Comment Does … use
binomial likelihood rather than
normal approximations.31,38,47,48
• The generally preferred method … • Rutter-Gatsonis HSROC recommended
in the Cochrane handbook,48 as it is the
method with which … Comparative
diagnostic performance of three radiological
procedures for the detection of lumbar disk … Estimating diagnostic
accuracy from multiple conflicting reports: a
new meta-analytic method.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guide-editorial_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews - Editorial
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Editorial
Methods Guide for Authors of … Guide or that illustrated how to apply the General Methods Guide to medical test evaluation. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness
and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Preventive Services Task
Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ
Publication No. 08-05118-EF. July 2008. … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.or
g/uspstf08/methods/procmanual.pdf.
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January 01, 2012 - Methods Research Report
Methods for Benefit and Harm Assessment in
Systematic Reviews … Methods Research Report
Methods for Benefit … Probabilistic Simulation Methods
The probabilistic simulation method employs probabilistic simulations … Stated Preference Method or Maximum Acceptable Risk
Stated preference methods elicit patient preferences … Investigator choices also affect how study procedures account for outcomes that may be
unintended consequences
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July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 3
3-1
Chapter 3
Choosing the Important Outcomes … It confers no direct benefit
itself (unlike the comparison procedure in which an intervention can be … The
procedure itself may be identical to a procedure that is used as a screening test or a medical … is high,
patients and their physicians may choose to refrain from colonoscopy and other screening
procedures … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-performance_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - this “true” status is directly observable (e.g., for tests
predicting short-term mortality after a procedure … The new method is an
improved version of a
usually applied test. … A general regression procedure for method
transformation. … Application of linear
regression procedures for method comparison
studies in clinical chemistry, Part … Measuring agreement
in method comparison studies. Stat Methods
Med Res 1999; 8(2):135-60.
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October 08, 2025 - Methods Report Appendix A: Foray Into Computable Reports
Foray into Computable
Reports
Brown EPC
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 1
1-1
Chapter 1
Introduction to the Methods … This Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (referred to hereafter as the Medical Test
Methods Guide … Development of the Medical Test Methods Guide
In developing this Medical Test Methods Guide, we sought … described this same model as the “analytic framework.”16
These points were reiterated in the most recent Procedure … Preventive Services Task Force
Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-
05118-EF.
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