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41. Methods – Applying HCUP Quality Indicators (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - For States with 30 procedure fields available, 95 percent of records captured all of patients’ procedures … • For discharges missing race, a “hot deck” imputation method (which draws donors from strata … For missing race, we used a “hot deck” imputation method (which draws donors from strata of similar … This method takes into account the cluster and stratification aspects of the NIS sample design when … We adjusted rates for age and sex using the method of direct standardization (Fleiss, 1973).

42. Scientific Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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43. Research Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 12, 2014 - Research Report February 12, 2014 Training Modules for the Systematic Reviews Methods … Guide Presentation December 30, 2019 Symposium on Research Methods for Clinical … Edition Research Report September 27, 2010 Quantitative Synthesis—An Update Methods … and Reporting of Modeling and Simulation Studies in the Context of Health Technology Assessment Methods … Guide – Chapter February 20, 2013 Assessment of a Method To Detect Signals for Updating

44. Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 13, 2013 - The proper method of performing control rate meta-regression is discussed. … would need to be verified by a more comprehensive method. … section of their report that pertains to “method of combining studies.” … Under this heading, they will have to describe and justify the statistical procedure used to combine … Methods for combining study estimates Statistical procedure and justification of model chosen First

45. Chapter 12: Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Were the prognostic tests clearly described and conducted using a standardized, reliable, and valid method … Fitting the new test to the data might bias a comparison to an established prognostic method that was … Dear’s method uses a fixed effects regression model while Arend’s method is similar to a DerSimonian-Laird … Decision curve analysis: a novel method for evaluating prediction models. … Adults: A Systematic Review Research Protocol Dec 20, 2024 The Performance of Fusion Procedures

46. Chapter 8: Meta-Analysis of Test Performance When There Is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Commonly used methods for meta-analysis of medical test performance Method Description or Comment … Rutter-Gatsonis HSROC recommended in the Cochrane handbook, 48 as it is the method with which there … sensitivity and specificity to construct a ROC curve, Kester and Buntinx 42 proposed a little-used method … 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.

47. Chapter 7: Grading a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - The concept can be similarly applied to diagnostic test performance studies, although the method of measurement … A bubble plot of true positive versus false positive rates showing spread in ROC space is one method … In choosing the accuracy outcomes, if the diagnostic test is followed by an invasive procedure, then … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-grading/methods  

48. Chapter 11: Challenges in and Principles for Conducting Systematic Reviews of Genetic Tests Used as Predictive Indicators | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Whether a laboratory method is considered a genetic test also depends on the intended use, claim, or … frozen, paraffin, formalin). 16 When evaluating DNA-based molecular tests, complexity of the test method … The method of interpreting test results may influence complexity as well. … Improved procedure for eluting DNA from dried blood spots. Clinical chemistry. 1996;42(7):1115-6. … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical

49. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - , inverse variance method, Peto method (for OR), or fixed effects logistic regression) could also be … method even in situations where the exact methods would theoretically be advantageous. 25 Therefore … method with the 0.5 correction. … methods. … Adjusted indirect comparison methods, such as Bucher’s method or mixed treatment comparison, should be

50. Microsoft Word - 2008_3.doc (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2008 - Microsoft Word - 2008_3.doc HCUP Methods Series kbr33831 Contact Information: Healthcare Cost … HCUP Methods Series Report # 2008-03. Online May 2, 2008. U.S. … Third, can other statistical methods be use for extrapolation? … An alternative method might be to use a regression of AS CCR across other hospital characteristics in … As more states provide detailed charges it would be possible to test the extrapolation method.

51. Chapter 6: Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - The conduct and synthesis of the findings will require a method of tracking and describing how the reviewers … Method of identification/selection. Inclusion & exclusion criteria for the review. … Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-applicability/methods

52. Chapter 2. Developing the Topic and Structuring Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: Utility of PICOTS, Analytic Frameworks, Decision Trees, and Other Frameworks | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Chapter 3: Methods of technology assessment. pp. 80-90. Helfand M and Balshem H. … Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … Chapter 2 of Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC017). … Methods Guide – Chapter | Jun 1, 2012 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-topics/methods  

53. NHQDR Web Site - Methods
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    December 01, 2021 - Methods Used on the Website of the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports Last Updated … Since the 2016 report, the trending method for the website is the same as for the report. … The methods for the State Snapshot meters are detailed under the section above called State Snapshot … The analysis method is the same as the national trend analysis described under the section of this report … Internet Citation Methods Used on the Website of the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities

54. Developing and Selecting Topic Nominations for Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - further empiric evidence develops and our understanding of better methods improves. … Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Is the existing work of high quality and does it use rigorous systematic review methods? … Methods future research needs. Report No. 6. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-topic-nomination/methods

55. Assessing Harms when Comparing Medical Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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56. Updating Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Current Efforts in AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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57. Identifying, Selecting and Refining Topics for Comparative Effectiveness Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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58. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research Webinars and research briefs on advanced approaches … PCMH Research Methods Series Integrating Mixed Methods in Health Services and Delivery System Research … Services Research , sponsored by AHRQ, contains papers solicited and reviewed using the journal’s standard procedures … Papers address: research designs for achieving mixed methods integration; processes in mixed method research … teams; mixed methods analyses of care redesign and care delivery in diverse settings.

59. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 06, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 6. … Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation Share to Facebook Share to X … previous assessment, the USPSTF may vote to reaffirm the previous recommendation, using its usual voting procedure … This indirect method of determining magnitude of benefit requires more assumptions and thus is associated … Furthermore, for many, understanding that screening and preventive tests and procedures can cause harm

60. EPC Procedure Guide (doc file)
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    November 01, 2021 - EPC Procedure Guide EPC Program Procedures Guide Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … EPC Methods and Methods Guidance Reports 53 83 Introduction This Procedure Guide describes the … and Procedures. … EPC Program Policies and Procedures. … EPC Program Policies and Procedures/.