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  1. In patients with dementia, what is the effectiveness of psychological treatment (i.e., non-pharmacological; e.g., cognitive or behavioral therapy for individuals with dementia; environmental and behavioral interventions to address… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    November 01, 2017 - Associated with dementia, psychological comorbidities (e.g., depression, anxiety) are common, detrimental to quality … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  2. For persons who present with acute cough illness (ACI), what is the comparative effectiveness of various interventions for reducing inappropriate antimicrobial use? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    November 01, 2017 - Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  3. S158 (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2007 - Presented at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality meeting on Comparative Effectiveness and … Safety: Emerging Methods Symposium, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, June 19–20, 2006, Rock … short-term mortality (RR � 0.74) in elderly hospitalized patients, even after a wide variety of health indicators … Controlling for a wide variety of health indicators available in claims data (for a list, see Table 3

  4. Colorectal-Cancer-Protocol_130520 (pdf file)

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    May 20, 2013 - Systematic reviews will be rated as either “High Quality” or “Not.” … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2012:69-97. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2012:163-78. 30. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2012. 34. … Was the individual study quality assessed? 7a.

  5. Antipsychotics for the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2018 - therapy  Use of physical restraint o Final health or patient-centered outcomes  Mortality  Quality … For RCTs, we will base the dual, independent review of article quality on the Cochrane Collaboration … We will assess the limitations to individual study quality (using individual risk of bias assessments … Review of Key Questions The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) posted the key questions … project was funded under Contract No. 290-20-1500006-I from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  6. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2013 - Quality Assessment of Individual Studies We evaluated the quality of individual studies using the approach … judgment of the study’s quality. … Of these studies, 68 were rated good quality, 29 fair quality, and 2 poor quality. … Of these RCTs, 18 (64%) were rated good quality, 9 (32%) fair quality, and 1 (4%) poor quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  7. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2013 - 06: Developmental Delays, ADHD, and Autism Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … report incorporates data collected during implementation of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … for Healthcare Research and Quality Elise Berliner, Ph.D. … Task Order Officer Center for Outcomes and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  8. Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Stenting: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2014 - From Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 104 Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … for Healthcare Research and Quality Stephanie Chang, M.D., M.P.H. … Quality and Consultative Support Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Boston, MA Anne Pelikan … High-Priority Future Research Needs Topic 2 In patients with clinical or other indicators suggesting

  9. Layout 1 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2007 - or psoriatic arthritis, do drug therapies differ in their ability to improve functional capacity or quality … One-quarter of the individual trials were rated good quality; most were found to be fair quality. … However, patients on methotrexate had less improvement in functional status and health-related quality … Three fair-quality observational studies, however, indicated that infliximab might have a higher risk … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. November 2007.

  10. Disposition of Comments Report for Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (pdf file)

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    March 07, 2012 - under quality). … Peer Reviewer #5 Results Methodological Quality As the quality of the studies is similar across key … Peer Reviewer #5 Results Key question 3.6, methodological quality - you use medium quality here, … how does this differ from moderate quality? … We have changed this to moderate quality.

  11. Considering the Range of Decision-Relevant Effects (ppt file)

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    June 01, 2012 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2012). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … questions of this review was whether predicting prognosis with spirometry, with or without clinical indicators … , is more accurate than predicting prognosis with clinical indicators alone.

  12. Considering the Range of Decision-Relevant Effects (ppt file)

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    June 01, 2012 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2012). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … questions of this review was whether predicting prognosis with spirometry, with or without clinical indicators … , is more accurate than predicting prognosis with clinical indicators alone.

  13. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)

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    December 30, 2015 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … AASM evidence quality and AHRQ strength of evidence are different. … These are higher quality trials and we have incorporated their findings into our analysis. … We no longer refer to the ‘previous fair quality systematic review in the executive summary.

  14. EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2015 - Only one of the five products involved quality assessment and grading the quality of evidence. … None of the six products involved quality assessment or grading the quality of evidence. … Quality assessment was conducted in the majority of cases, with two specifically indicating no quality … Five products involved quality assessment, one indicated that quality assessment varies, and only one … Includes quality appraisal and grading.

  15. PKU Surveillance Assessment_CER 56_Low (pdf file)

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    January 15, 2013 - Evidence from 17 studies (mostly poor quality) suggests increasing probability of low IQ at higher … Three brief studies of poor to fair quality, using varying doses addressed the effects of LNAAs. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Rockville, MD: February 2012. 2. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2009. 3. … Three brief studies of poor to fair quality, using varying doses addressed the effects of LNAAs.

  16. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)

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    March 26, 2013 - in the operative field typically induces most surgeons to create an ostomy, which impacts patients’ quality … Quality of life • Terminal clinical outcome Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Posted: … The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2012. … HHSA-290-2012-0012-I from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S.

  17. Question: What is the etiology of cryptorchidism? What are the environmental factors (maternal smoking, maternal diabetes mellitus etc.) that may contribute to the development of this condition? Question: What is the ideal diagnostic… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    November 01, 2017 - well as extensive consultant support, the AUA Guidelines Department is well positioned to develop high quality … well as extensive consultant support, the AUA Guidelines Department is well positioned to develop high quality … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  18. Meditation Executive (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2014 - They measure sleep as the amount of time spent asleep versus awake or as overall sleep quality. … Studies measure sleep time through either polysomnography or actigraphy, and sleep quality through … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2011. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2014.

  19. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2012 - lower quality. … , three67,69,70 of medium quality, and seven14,23,35,61,64,68,71 of lower quality. … indicators in hospitals. … indicators was audit and feedback. … Using quality indicators to improve hospital care: a review of the literature.

  20. Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Comparative Effectiveness Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    November 01, 2017 - Evidence Reports Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Project Timeline Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Comparative … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD
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