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61. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures for Guiding Antibiotic Treatment for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures … SHARE: Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Measures … Evidence is insufficient to conclude whether using PK/PD measures to inform decisions about dosing or … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

62. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2023 - Background and Objectives The capacity to measure primary care spending is essential … consensus, which we will use to inform our search strategy and guide us in assessing whether a standard measure … researchers, payers, health systems, and policymakers can employ to develop and implement a standardized measure … How have policymakers and other decision makers used primary care spending measures? … Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and

63. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - In addition, they would like to assess whether use of these quality measures or performance metrics, … that examine how documentation (e.g., electronic health records) affects the use of quality measures … Comparator(s): Interventions that do not employ quality measures or performance metrics; interventions … )  Performance metrics, quality measures, and patient-centered outcomes are an important and … In addition, a lack of clarity regarding the definition of performance metrics, quality measures, and

64. Developing Quality Indicators for Cancer End-of-Life Care: Proceedings From a National Symposium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - Improving quality across domains of care requires good measures of quality and outcomes. … Where multiple reasonable measures are available, choosing the best measure is less important than measuring … Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review. … Quality of cancer care measures’ project symptom management/end-of-life cancer technical panel. 2006. … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care?

65. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - indicators or quality measures. … A quality indicator or quality measure is an agreed-upon process or outcome measure that is used to … Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. … Quality measures for supportive cancer care: The cancer quality-ASSIST (Assessing Symptoms Side Effects … National Quality Forum. Measure Evaluation Criteria. 2008: Washington, DC. 22.

66. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2011 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2013. … Effect Measures for Continuous Outcomes The two effect measures most often used for continuous outcomes … calculating a weighted mean difference directly in the presence of missing SD data include sample size weights … The outcome was the measured change in parent-rated child behavior, and scales used to measure the … to measure the same outcome.

67. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Sepsis Prediction, Recognition, and Intervention | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2023 - however, only two showed improvements in outcome measures. … measures, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators, or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient … safety related measures. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2023. … SEP-1—Taking the Measure of a Measure.

68. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Investigators can combine mean differences if multiple trials report results using the same or similar scales … Standardized mean difference (SMD) is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales … studies of lesser quality. … Choice of effect measure For dichotomous outcomes, RD is a preferred measure whenever appropriate … and standardized mean difference should be used when results are reported in different scales.

69. Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2025 - QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … OR interview[tiab] OR interviews[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnostic[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR Measure … OR title: (interviews) OR title: (diagnosis) OR title: (diagnostic) OR title: (diagnosed) OR title: (Measure … OR instrument OR instruments OR interview OR interviews OR diagnosis OR diagnostic OR diagnosed OR Measure … OR instrument OR instruments OR interview OR interviews OR diagnosis OR diagnostic OR diagnosed OR Measure

70. Updating the Framework and Measurement Criteria for AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 01, 2023 - (AHRQ) has reported on healthcare quality and disparities. … The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR) presents trends for measures related … The report is based on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities covering a broad array of healthcare … Safety, Person-Centered Care, and Access to Care) Update the criteria for selecting and prioritizing measures … disparities/equity Update the criteria for evaluating benchmarking In each topic brief, pilot a sample of measures

71. Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics – Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2020 - This method measures quality on a scale that ranges from 0-5, assigning points for randomization, blinding … The latter have been called “good” quality and the former called “poor” quality.) E. … Since most of the scales used as outcome measures in the pooled analyses are scored so that more severely … of life measures, if reported. … -3 (Conners 3) Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) Conners' Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales

72. Lower Limb Prosthesis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - Even under ideal conditions that reveal and accurately measure important patient-related and LLP specific … KQ 1 What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb … (KQ 1 & 2) Assessment techniques (that are used prior to prescription) (KQ 1) Tests, scales, … tools (used prior to prescription to predict functional outcomes with prosthesis) (KQ 2) Tests, scales … reproducibility, and related characteristics Exclude studies of validation of translations of non-English scales

73. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    November 10, 2024 - and impact associated with diagnosing ADHD Provider opinion of tests, cost without performance measure … Rockville, MD Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … OR interview[tiab] OR interviews[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnostic[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR Measure … title: (interviews) OR title: (diagnosis) OR title: (diagnostic) OR title: (diagnosed) OR title: (Measure

74. Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    January 08, 2025 - and impact associated with diagnosing ADHD Provider opinion of tests, cost without performance measure … Rockville, MD Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … OR interview[tiab] OR interviews[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnostic[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR Measure … title: (interviews) OR title: (diagnosis) OR title: (diagnostic) OR title: (diagnosed) OR title: (Measure

75. Unreported Links Between Trial Registrations and Published Articles Were Identified Using Document Similarity Measures in a Cross-Sectional Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2024 - Links Between Trial Registrations and Published Articles Were Identified Using Document Similarity Measures … Abstract | March 2018 Objectives: Trial registries can be used to measure … Funding This work was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R03HS024798). … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

76. Table 1 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - Improving quality across domains of care requires good measures of quality and outcomes. … Where multiple reasonable measures are available, choosing the best measure is less important than measuring … Quality of cancer care measures’ project symptom management/end-of-life cancer technical panel. 2006 … Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review. … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care?

77. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2022 - KQ 2: What approaches have been used to measure or understand the organizational context and process … measures used in studies. … the measure is intended to be descriptive or normative (i.e., based on data that is compared to the … Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update . … Choose Measures.

78. Advancing Registry Methodology and Transparency | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2022 - Since 2005, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has supported projects to improve the … quality and efficiency of patient registries and the transparency of registry-based research. … Outcome Measures Harmonization The foundation for the Outcome Measures Harmonization project is the … Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

79. Assessment Tools for Palliative Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2021 - Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life Care (TIME). … Quality measures for palliative care in patients with cancer: a systematic review. … PEACE Hospice and Palliative Care Quality Measures. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. … indicator: a population-based measure that enables users to quantify the quality of a specific aspect

80. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 03, 2011 - quality measures into the domains of access, outcome, patient experience, population health, process … Regardless of disability type or etiology, outcome measures to evaluate quality care for people with … 2011 Research Timing: We will assess the duration of followup generally applied with each measure … Measurement time frame and the potential for fluctuating levels Disability cut-points (if the measure … Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting.