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101. Stem-Cell-Children Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - Therefore, because studies tended to be homogeneous in design, quality assessment would be unlikely … to discriminate between higher and lesser quality studies. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … In: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

102. Closing the Quality Gap Series: End-of-Life and Hospice Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 27, 2011 - quality), influencing (or incentives for better-quality care), and improving (addressing quality infrastructure … Audit and feedback (physician performance tracking and reviews, using quality indicators and reports, … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (Vol. 2: Diabetes Care … National Quality Forum. … A framework for assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life.

103. Research Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 12, 2014 - Paper September 14, 2015 An Ethical Framework for N-of-1 Trials: Clinical Care, Quality … September 14, 2021 AHRQ EPC Pilot Projects Summary: Improving Health Systems' Access to High Quality

104. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Quality of Life Quality of life or functional capacity was infrequently assessed, usually as a secondary … with respect to health-related quality of life. … One good- quality and four fair-quality placebo-controlled trials provide mixed evidence on the general … One fair-quality trial found no significant differences in efficacy or quality of life between sertraline … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

105. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Center under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2009. … Quality of the Data T o E xamine Off-label P res c ribing A fundamental issue in the future assessment … Providing prescribers with current evidence can only improve the quality of medication use, and more … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2007. 25.

106. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update of the 2007 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 05, 2010 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Article quality will be assessed differently … to individual study quality (using individual quality scores), consistency, directness, precision, and … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2007. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality June 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 09-E011.

107. Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 15, 2015 - 15, 2015 Technical Brief May. 21, 2015 Disposition of Comments Report Relationship Between Use of Quality … measures (QMs) to evaluate the quality of health care programs, services, and outcomes. … programs designed to improve the mental health of SMI populations is an important task in improving the quality … Of note, evidence does not exist that indicates that certain measures often used as proxies for quality … of care actually measure quality of care or improve outcomes.

108. Untitled (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2016 - severity score ≥16, head AIS score >2 or >3, presence of intracranial hemorrhage, and utilization indicators … •   KQ1: Predictive utility for mortality, morbidity, injury severity score ≥16,25 or utilization indicators … mGCS KQ1   Final  health   outcomes   Mortality   Morbidity   Quality  of  life KQ  3   … score  of  Glasgow   Coma  Scale Intermediate   outcomes Over-­  or  under-­ triage   Utilization  indicators … HHSA 290-2015-0009-i from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S.

109. Potential Harms Resulting from Patient-Clinician Real-Time Clinical Encounters using Video-based Telehealth: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     September 09, 2022 - What patient safety measures or patient safety indicators have been used to examine the harms associated … Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment For studies that address Question 5 about the effectiveness of PSPs … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Rockville, MD: 2010. 3. … R Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Data extraction (selection and coding) Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment Strategy for Data Synthesis

110. Progestogens-Preterm-Birth Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Quality Assessment We used a quality assessment worksheet to capture key elements of study design and … Two reviewers independently assessed the quality and resolved differences through discussion, review … Quality scores for individual studies are listed in Appendix E (in the full report). … Eight were good quality, 43 fair, and 19 poor. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2012.

111. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 06, 2010 - Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies Article quality will be assessed differently … to individual study quality (using individual quality scores), consistency, directness, precision, … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2007. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality June 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 09-E011.

112. Developing Evidence-Based Research Priorities for Off-Label Drug Use | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 29, 2009 - information. 10 Our primary purpose was to consider multiple dimensions of off-label use (extent of use, quality … with a comprehensive review of all available information on the use of a drug to assess the extent and quality … Quality of the Data to Examine Off-label Prescribing A fundamental issue in the future assessment of … Providing prescribers with current evidence can only improve the quality of medication use, and more … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2007. 25.

113. Topic 0614 Tonsillectomy NSD FINAL CC (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2014 - Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or no intervention Outcome(s): Improvement in sleep, improved quality … These conditions result in lowered quality of life, lack of sleep, and high direct and indirect costs … greater amount of evidence supporting the effectiveness of tonsillectomy to reduce SDB and improve the quality

114. Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics – Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 19, 2010 - It concluded that with few exceptions, there was insufficient high-quality evidence overall to reach … The latter have been called “good” quality and the former called “poor” quality.) E. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2006.  … Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? … Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2004:328(7454):1490.

115. Evidence Summary-Comparative-Effectiveness-Review-213-Lower-Limb-Prostheses (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2018 - reliable, and are thus repeated in different tables (or sections of tables), are noted with unique indicators … reliable, and are thus repeated in different tables (or sections of tables), are noted with unique indicators … reliable, and are thus repeated in different tables (or sections of tables), are noted with unique indicators … reliable, and are thus repeated in different tables (or sections of tables), are noted with unique indicators … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011. 7.

116. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2011. … This work suggests the presence of several indicators that likely coexist to varying degrees, and it … updating now, may need updating in future, no need for updating now) were based on changes in four indicators … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2011. … Cumulative meta-analysis: a consideration of indicators of sufficiency and stability.

117. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 13, 2012 - The FDA addresses the safety and effectiveness of diagnostic tests and the quality of the design and … manufacture of these tests, whereas CLIA regulates laboratory personnel qualifications, quality-control … result from both preanalytic factors [e.g., sample preparation] as well as analytic factors [such as reagents … patients with breast cancer, questions formulated in a report for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2008.

118. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Prior research has outlined indicators and metrics of “integration” important in TWH interventions … HP; adequate resources; accountability; and training.12 However, no research has evaluated these indicators … To understand whether integration improves both OSH and HP, researchers need to examine indicators … Integration of health protection and health promotion: rationale, indicators, and metrics. … Intervening to improve health indicators among Australian farm families.

119. 04-E029-1 Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Behavioral indicators b. Followup Protocols i. Gleason ii. # cores iii. % cores iv. PSA v. … Behavioral indicators 3. … Quality of life e. Costs 5. … Quality Assessment We formally assessed methodological quality only for studies included for Key Question … Behavioral indicators No behavioral indicator was used explicitly as a criterion for AS enrollment.

120. Cancer-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2011. … HH- SA29020050041I from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. … Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agen- cy for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2011.