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241. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings on Patient Safety Practices and Ratings by a Technical Expert Panel, 2024-2025 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-iv-patient-safety-practices-year-2.pdf
     May 01, 2025 - summary judgment that takes into consideration the following factors: • importance of the safety problem … Unless hospitals know their outcomes for this safety problem are already excellent, most organizations … Unless hospitals know their outcomes for this safety problem are already excellent, many organizations

242. Diabetes-Foot-Ulcer-Amputation-Incidence Research (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-foot-ulcer-amputation-incidence_research.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose, is a serious and growing problem … Diabetes-a serious public health problem. 1-5 pages. Atlanta: U.S.

243. Use of Analytic Hierarchy Process to elicit stakeholder preferences for prioritizing research (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mcda-krishnan.pdf
     August 27, 2012 - Post-conference • Review / comment on priorities • Submit for peer review • Improved Community Problem

244. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-3rdplace_tympanic.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options 1 Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (1) Authors: Nicola Archie BSN, MSN, FNP-c & Tara Jones BSN, MSN, FNP-c Reviewed by: Richard F. Kuehne, MD, MPH 2 Provider Normal Tympanic Me…

245. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - or physical behavior may be annoying and even frustrating to caregivers but is not necessarily a problem … Interventions were not always well defined, a common problem in nonpharmacologic research.92 An established … This was especially a problem in older studies. … Despite the urgent need for alternatives to medication for the treatment of problem behaviors, the … The problem with “problem behaviors”: a systematic review of the association between individual patient

246. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 137 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-update_disposition-comments.pdf
     August 06, 2014 - TEP Reviewer #4 General K7: Suggested that there was a problem that no studies compared treatment to … It may not be a problem for a CBT study. … So I don’t know that this should be considered as a problem. Thank you for your comment. … The only problem I have is that within each section, it’s not easily organized for the reader. … The problem is that the same results are presented in multiple places because they pertain to more

247. Comparative Effectiveness of Medications in Patients with Epilepsy (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/epilepsy-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - Although the power would be improved, it would increase the problem of noise in the analysis by mixing … A few papers have approached this problem. … It would be useful to discuss the problem in the report. … The problem of pharmacokinetic interactions of other drugs with antiepileptic drugs is important to … This problem is further amplified for patients with intractable epilepsy that require polypharmacy

248. Trauma-Interventions-Maltreatment-Child Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - Summary Background Condition and Therapeutic Strategies Child maltreatment is a global public health problem … Foster placement disruptions associated with problem behavior: Mitigating a threshold effect.

249. DEcIDE 33: Summary Variables in Observational Resesarch: Propensity Scores and Disease Risk Scores (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - Another problem with addressing confounding by indication arises when the indications are not adequately … Multivariable regression encounters the more hidden problem of extrapolation where the comparisons might … Weighting relies on information about the event rates within strata and thus suffers from the same problem … disease risk scores with the goal of identifying opportunities to use these methods to address the problem … This problem is more likely in the upper end of the propensity score distribution where there exist

250. Ch 10-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_10-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - 135 Abstract This chapter provides a high-level overview of statistical analysis considerations for observational comparative effectiveness research (CER). Descriptive and univariate analyses can be used to assess imbalances between treatment groups and to identify covariates associated with exposure and/or the stu…

251. McCormack-notes-151008 copy - Teresa (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mccormack-presentation.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - For many years it was an  individual’s problem, something to do with  their lack of skills, their

252. Disposition of Comments Report for Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 214 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/smoking-pregnancy-infants_disposition-comments.pdf
     February 25, 2014 - Reviewer 9 (TEP) Introduction The introduction clearly describes the clinical and policy context of the problem … validation would have increased the number of eligible studies, it would also have introduced the problem … The problem of Control Group contamination (20% provided SCRIPT Program) was confirmed in year 3-4- … Past AHRQ Guidelines have ignored this major measurement problem, presenting one or two sentences about … is the most current scientific statement about this area of research and practice, this measurement problem

253. Identification and Treatment of Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Depression: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acs-depression-research-protocol-amended.pdf
     February 15, 2017 - behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy, and behavioral activation § Problem … behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy, and behavioral activation o Problem … Depression in Adults with a Chronic Physical Health Problem: Treatment and Management. … tiab] OR "behaviour therapy"[tiab] OR "behavioural therapy"[tiab] OR "cognitive therapy"[tiab] OR "problem

254. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - Peer Reviewer #2 Executive Summary The introduction is focused completely on the problem in the … However, since the article reviews include many international studies a few comments about the problem … However, since the article reviews include many international studies a few comments about the problem … is likely able to assess whether this is a power problem or definitive evidence of lack of benefit. … Even substituting “drawn” for “draw” does not completely solve the problem.

255. Research White Paper Managing Missing Data in Patient Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - contrasted with the average risk of an outcome if the entire population had been unexposed.18 The central problem … As such, the central problem of causal inference is a problem of missing potential outcomes, a missing … data problem.

256. Zikmund (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/zikmund.pdf
     May 29, 2025 - Zikmund Slide  1: The  Right Tool is What They  Need, Not What We  Have: A Taxonomy  of Appropriate   Levels of Precision in Patient Risk Communication Brian J. Zikmund-­‐Fisher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education University of Michigan School of…

257. Title (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
     March 31, 2010 - Objectives for the Systematic Review Background The childhood obesity epidemic Scope of the problem … : Childhood obesity is a serious health problem in the United States. 1 Data from the 2007-2008 National

258. S123 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - if treatment effects are heterogeneous, the elimination of confounding is not the only inferential problem … Geographic variation in health care and the problem of measuring racial disparities.

259. Dispostion of Comments Report for Child and Adolescent Exposure to Trauma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-child-interventions_disposition-comments.pdf
     February 11, 2013 - TEP #3 Results The major problem with the results is that they are based on only 20 articles from 18 … TEP #4 Results KQ4 (p. 145, lines 25-28): There appear to be some problem with the numeric citations … I donst think this problem is exclusive to child traumatic stress interventions research.

260. PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/phenylketonuria_surveillance.pdf
     January 15, 2013 - PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low CER #56: Adjuvant Treatment for Phenylketonuria (PKU) Original release date: February 2012 Surveillance Report: January 2013 Key Findings: • All conclusions for KQ1-7 are still considered valid • No new significant safety concerns were identified. • Sever…