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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/data-extraction.ppt
January 01, 2009 - Continuous variables (e.g., mm Hg, pain score)
Survival data
Sensitivity, specificity, receiver operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0488_12-27-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number: 0407
Document Completion Date: 02-14-12
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Primary diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer will go forward for refinement as a systematic
review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, c…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
April 15, 2019 - Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications
OMF Literature Review Report
Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review
Findings and Implications
Registry of Patient Registries
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
560…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Evidence%20Summary_2.pdf
May 01, 2020 - CER 226: Evidence summary_Labor Dystocia
Purpose of Review
To review the evidence on the definition of
“normal” labor progression and the comparative
effectiveness of different strategies for treating
labor dystocia in women with otherwise
uncomplicated pregnancies. Strategies assessed
include amniotomy, suppo…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s16.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Creating and Synthesizing Evidence With Decision Makers
in Mind
Integrating Evidence From Clinical Trials and Other Study Designs
David Atkins, MD, MPH
Background: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) remain the ac-
cepted “gold standard” for determining the efficacy of new drugs or
medical procedur…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy-executive.pdf
December 01, 2009 - Layout 1
Background
Breast cancer is the second most common
malignancy of women, with over 180,000
new cases diagnosed each year in the
United States. Survival rates depend on the
stage of disease at diagnosis. Women
diagnosed with early stages of breast
cancer have a 5-year survival rate near 100
percent. However, …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-205-predictors-trauma-care-evidence-summary.pdf
April 01, 2018 - accuracy (e.g., sensitivity and specificity,) and (2)
discrimination (e.g., area under the receiver operating … 7 studies44,46,88-92
0.67 to 0.68 (SOE: Insufficient)
1 study93
AUROC = area under the receiver operating … SOE:
Low)
Sp: 85 to 96% (SOE:
Low)
3 studies34,93,100
None None
AUROC = area under the receiver operating … Mortality
and Early Mortality
(SOE: Moderate)
3 studies101,103,105
AUROC = area under the receiver operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ocd-protocol.pdf
August 15, 2023 - Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for
Children and Adolescents, AUC = Area under the receiver operating … Compulsive Scale of the Child Behavior Checklist
predicts obsessive-compulsive disorder: a receiver operating … Compulsive Scale of the Child
Behavior Checklist predicts obsessive-compulsive disorder: a receiver operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-metaanalysis_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - HSROC = hierarchical summary ROC; ROC = receiver operating characteristic
8-10
We will focus on … hierarchical models in two families: The so-called “bivariate model”27 and the
“hierarchical summary receiver operating … functions of sensitivity and specificity and
define an underlying hierarchical summary ROC (receiver operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/linking-evidence-reviews-methods_0.pdf
October 01, 2018 - Methods Research Report: Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of Evidence
Methods Research Report
Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline
Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, We…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Question 10,
and Key Question 11) take into consideration the dose
of thromboprophylaxis and the operating … In relation to “bleeding outcomes” we are
concerned about blood transfusion, return to the
operating … In relation to “bleeding outcomes” we are
concerned about blood transfusion, return to the
operating … In relation to “bleeding outcomes” we are
concerned about blood transfusion, return to the
operating … Operating in a world of finite resources, we understand
the necessity of this approach.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
May 01, 2012 - CER #13:
Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically
Localized Prostate Cancer
Original release date:
February 2008
Surveillance Report:
May 2012
Key Findings:
• The PIVOT trial was identified, making many of the
existing key conclusions out of date.
• Key questions 1, 2, and 4 were found t…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
May 01, 2012 - CER #13:
Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically
Localized Prostate Cancer
Original release date:
February 2008
Surveillance Report:
May 2012
Key Findings:
• The PIVOT trial was identified, making many of the
existing key conclusions out of date.
• Key questions 1, 2, and 4 were found t…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-ambulatory-therapeutics_research.pdf
July 01, 2009 - The Globus
®
Toolkit has grown through an international open-
source strategy similar to the Linux operating … Each individual test, known as a Functional Test Case, exercised a particular operating
condition or … also provided guidance to the Executive Committee which
implemented board policy and made day to day operating … to guide and make recommendations to the executive committee about DARTNet’s
short and long-term operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/communicating_risk_media_wilkes.ppt
April 01, 2006 - THIS IS OUR TEACHER!
Communicating the Harms and Benefits of Medical Treatments: a look from both sides of the aisle…
Prepared by michael wilkes and richard kravitz
We learn about medicine through the media
Press coverage is too often inaccurate, superficial, or sensationalized.
Some of the most import…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bariatric-surgery_research.pdf
June 01, 2010 - We present the ―C‖ statistic (based on ―receiver operating characteristics‖ – ROC,
also known as area
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression_hi_impact.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Because the intervention necessitates a shift from medical therapy at
home to the neurosurgical operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/horizon-scan_research-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - many
of these new devices also requires sophisticated, costly infrastructure in the form of hybrid
operating … Such infrastructure improvements cost about
$3 million to $4 million in equipment for one hybrid operating … Project
Lazarus annual operating costs have not been published. … However, a similar statewide
program, Massachusetts’ OEND project, published some operating cost data … published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, OEND
reported estimated annual total operating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_disposition-comments.pdf
June 12, 2013 - Disposition of Comments for Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive
Non–Small-Cell Lung…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/topic-brief-apbi-breast-cancer.pdf
August 01, 2022 - Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer
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Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for
Breast Cancer
Date: 12/31/2020
Nomination Number: 0932
Purpose: This document summarizes the information addressing a nomination submitted on
July 17, 2020 through the Eff…