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41. Layout 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/recombinant-factor-viia_executive.pdf
    May 01, 2010 - Assessment of Quality We used nine predefined criteria to assess the quality of included studies identified … There were four RCTs (two good quality, two fair quality) and one small comparative observational studies … Liver transplantation There were four RCTs (two fair quality, two poor quality) and one comparative … Adult cardiac surgery There were two RCTs (one good quality, one fair quality) and four comparative … observational studies (two good quality, two fair quality) with 251 patients receiving rFVIIa.

42. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    February 23, 2012 - As health care systems, disparity indicators, and groups subject to disparities vary geographically, … The target group must comprise individuals with one of more of the disparity indicators. … a The selected measures of disparity will also be referred to as “disparity indicators … Studies must include: (a) members of a target population as defined by one or more of the following indicators … The unintended consequences of measuring quality on the quality of medical care.

43. Disposition of Comments for Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities (pdf file)
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    August 27, 2012 - Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science Quality Improvement Interventions To Address … Perhaps in sections within the ES and the Full Report where disparities indicators are described. … This would explicitly point out that disparities indicators (race/ethnicity, gender, insurance status … We have added a table note listing the disparity indicators/characteristics. … I wasn’t expecting that – had assumed that either the QI interventions or the disparity indicators

44. Public-Reporting-Cost-Measures Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 13, 2014 - Traditionally, indicators related to the quality of healthcare are measured through various indicators … NCQA (2013) Helping Healthcare Consumers Use Quality and Cost Information. … /quality-performance- measures/quality-performance-measures Massachusetts Hospital Association Massachusetts … Indicators Washington Hospital http://www.wahospitalquality.org/ Washington State Hospital Association … Indicators Report Wisconsin Hospital http://www.whainfocenter.com/data_resources/2011WIInp atientQIRelease.pdf

45. 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.

46. 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.

47. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2008 - including 1) reduced mortality, 2) reduced morbidity, 3) reduced adverse events, and 4) improved quality-of-life … Fatigue, poorer quality of life, and cognitive impairment have also been associated with anemia in these … Although both tests are easy to perform, there are some limitations to using these traditional laboratory indicators

48. Major-Depressive-Disorder Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2015 - Indeed, other potentially relevant indicators (e.g., depressive severity, comorbid psychiatric illness … Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. … Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014.

49. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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    May 04, 2017 - measurement (quality indicators) • Guiding Question 4: we provided a summation of relevant issues … measurement (quality indicators) • Guiding Question 4: we provided a summation of relevant issues … measurement (quality indicators).” 79 Key Informant #7 Methods Should have contacted primary authors … These are key areas of focus in palliative care that are important in clinical care, quality indicators … indicators.

50. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 30 Assessment Tools for Palliative Care (pdf file)
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    May 04, 2017 - measurement (quality indicators) • Guiding Question 4: we provided a summation of relevant issues … measurement (quality indicators) • Guiding Question 4: we provided a summation of relevant issues … measurement (quality indicators).” 79 Key Informant #7 Methods Should have contacted primary authors … These are key areas of focus in palliative care that are important in clinical care, quality indicators … indicators.

51. 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.

52. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    September 19, 2023 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harms associated with this … a systematic search for all evidence on the targeted harms and related patient safety measures or indicators … the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2023. … R Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Rockville, MD: 2014.

53. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - Previous reviews of prognostic indicators have demonstrated substantial variation in study design … How were previously established prognostic indicators or other prognostic assessments included in the … Were any previously established prognostic indicators or prediction models being used as comparators … Reviewers need to be aware of any previously established prognostic indicators that should be included … Assessing the methodological quality of prognostic studies.

54. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes (pdf file)
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    May 22, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2023. … Each draft report is posted to the EHC Program website or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … As the reviewer indicated, we also considered changes in body composition and muscle mass as indicators … As demonstrated from the quality of the reviewed studies, additional guidance and standardization, … Alice Shapiro Quality Health Consulting, LLC General Our paper was not mentioned in your excellent

55. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2018 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2018. … We have expanded the explanation that we used several indicators for serious injury in this review … We agree that using different indicators of serious injury effects the performance and we included … TEP Reviewer #4 Quality of the Report Good Thank you for reviewing our report. … Peer Reviewer #3 Quality of the Report Good Thank you for reviewing our report.

56. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    August 04, 2023 - What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm associated with healthcare … We will search for recent high quality systematic reviews and will rely primarily on the content of … a systematic search for all evidence on the targeted harms and related patient safety measures or indicators … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2023. … What patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harm associated with healthcare

57. 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.

58. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2014 - If no quality measures have been developed for children, what equivalent quality measures have been … indicators for measures such as identification and treatment of vision, hearing, or developmental problems … A New Era in Quality Measurement: The Development and Application of Quality Measures. … measures* Guiding Question 2: • Quality indicators and quality measures* • Health outcomes (e.g. … of health care”[mh] OR “Quality Indicators, Health Care”[mh] OR “Quality improvement”[mh] OR “Program

59. 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.

60. 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