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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-radiation_research.pdf
November 01, 2012 - residential ZIP Code using a categorization obtained from the
Dartmouth Atlas Web site.11 We do not report percentages
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s9.pdf
October 01, 2007 - recovers
payments when a plan has allowable risk-corridor costs above
or below a target amount by certain percentages
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dementia-nursing-home-characteristics_executive.pdf
October 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 79
Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing
Homes and Other Residential Long-Term Care
Settings for People With Dementia
Executive Summary
Background
Dementia is a group of neurological
conditions that lead to gradual decline
in mental function. It is the most
com…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-chapter-2.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 2. Presenting Different Effects for Different Data Types
Quantitative Synthesis
Chapter 2. Presenting Different Effects
for Different Data Types
Prepared for:
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Training Modules for Systematic Reviews Methods Guide
www.ahrq.gov
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - OUTLINE
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapid development of new scientific information and analytic tools. The DEcIDE
network assists health care p…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-tests-proposals_research.pdf
January 01, 2009 - PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF
Medical Tests—White Paper Series
Proposals for a Phased Evaluation of
Medical Tests
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its
contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the v…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-quality-indicator-framework_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - OUTLINE
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapid development of new scientific information and analytic tools. The DEcIDE
network assists health care p…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper3-lijmer02262010-2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF
Medical Tests—White Paper Series
Proposals for a Phased Evaluation of
Medical Tests
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its
contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the v…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-surveillance_executive.pdf
December 01, 2011 - 04-E029-1 Summary
Advancing Excellence in Health Care • www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-Based
Practice
Backgrounda
In 2011, more than 240,000 men are projected
to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and
33,000 are projected to die from the disease in
the United States. In the United…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-cholestorol-medicines-update_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Pg 69, table 9—“proportion” noted, but appears
to be percentages - clarify and note
percentages where
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/machine-learning-quality_research.pdf
September 01, 2012 - Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations
Research White Paper
Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews:
Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention
Evaluations
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Back
Slide
1: Decision making
when clinical evidence
is limited: Palliative
chemotherapy
for
cancer
Anthony Back, MD
University of Washington
Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Slide
2: The
problem
• 33 yo
man
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-high-risk-drugs-rapid-response.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant Use in Adults
Making Healthcare Safer IV
Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to
Anticoagulant Use in Adults
Rapid Response
Main Points
1. Anticoagulation medications help prevent life-threatening events such…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-kidney-disease-anemia_research.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease: Future Research Needs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 33
Biomarkers for Assessing
and Managing Iron
Deficiency Anemia in
Late-Stage Chronic
Kidney Disease: Future
Research Needs
Future Research Needs Paper
Numb…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/radiotherapy-proton-beam_research.pdf
May 01, 2012 - Proton beam radiotherapy is a form of external beam radiation
that offers better precision for localized dosage than other types
of external beam radiotherapy. Because proton beams deposit
most of their energy during the final portion of their trajectory,
they diminish the risk of damage to tissue surrounding the t…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Outcome Measure Framework Design Document
Effective Health Care Program
Number 43
Research Reports
Outcome Measure Framework Design
Document
Richard E. Gliklich, M.D.
Michelle B. Leavy, M.P.H.
Jannette Karl, M.B.A., P.M.P.
Daniel M. Campion, M.B.A.
Daniel Levy, M.S.
May 2014
Research from the Developing Evid…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-prognostic-tests_research.pdf
August 22, 2012 - Undifferentiated 793 13.7 223 0.9
Surgery
BCS 4,410 76.3 17,931 70.5
Mastectomy 1,361 23.6 7,479 29.4
Percentages
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-tympanostomy_research.pdf
June 01, 2017 - NCT01908803 indicates that similar percentages had a sustained clinical cure at day 3.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_disposition-comments.pdf
February 25, 2014 - Large percentages of patients
report on entry, during, and after pregnancy that they
are not smokers … was only reported by
proportion; the number of participants included in the
calculation of these percentages … was only reported by
proportion; the number of participants included in the
calculation of these percentages
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/icd-categories-prevalence-reimbursement_research.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Prevalence and Medicare reimbursement by recurrent
International Classification of Diseases categories,
2006-2009
Utilization and Costs Data Points #5
In 2009, Medicare reimbursement for
inpatient claims totaled $126.7 billion, more
than 25 percent of which was for circula-
tory diseases. The total per claim r…