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41. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-205-predictors-trauma-care-disposition-comments.pdf
    April 01, 2018 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2018. … Key Questions 1 and 3; disability in Question 3) and Question 3 also looks at specific combinations/scales … in some studies these were evaluated on trauma registry data, so they provided information about measure … in some studies these were evaluated on trauma registry data, so they provided information about measure … pediatric and elder population studies analyzed separately This is particularly an issue for the pooled measure

42. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
    October 01, 2010 - In: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Standardized mean difference (SMD) is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales … excluding studies of lesser quality. … continuous outcomes, mean difference should be used if results are reported using the same or similar scales … and standardized mean difference should be used when results are reported in different scales. 7.

43. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
    October 01, 2010 - In: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Standardized mean difference (SMD) is typically used when the outcome is measured using different scales … excluding studies of lesser quality. … continuous outcomes, mean difference should be used if results are reported using the same or similar scales … and standardized mean difference should be used when results are reported in different scales. 7.

44. Meditation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    October 17, 2012 - will only combine studies using mean differences if multiple trial reports use the same or similar scales … The PEDro scale provides a more comprehensive measure of methodological quality than the Jadad scale … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2007. 30. … If a direct measure of negative affect is available, we will use that measure instead of any indirect … as indirect measures since they reflect a component of the outcome but there are more direct measures

45. Table 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-indicators-symposium_research.pdf
    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?

46. palliative-care-protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/palliative-care-tools_research-protocol.pdf
    April 14, 2016 - 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

47. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prosthesis_research-protocol.pdf
    March 16, 2017 - Even under ideal conditions that reveal and accurately measure important patient-related and LLP specific … What assessment techniques used to measure functional ability of adults with major lower limb amputation … (KQ 1 & 2) • Assessment techniques (that are used prior to prescription) (KQ 1) o Tests, scales, … tools (used prior to prescription to predict functional outcomes with prosthesis) (KQ 2) o Tests, scales … of life o Disability measures o Activities of daily living o Mobility measures, including use

48. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
    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.

49. Layout 1 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_executive.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - health-related quality of life: - Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) - Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory … (PedsQL) 4.0 - Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Rheumatology Module (PedsQL-RM) • Composite measures … measures most commonly used. … The ACR Pediatric 30 is also a relative measure of disease activity and not a measure of current disease … • Variation in outcome measures.

50. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/accountable-care-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper-2018-5.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - is a single measure plus a composite of five measures and the coronary artery disease metric is a composite … Quality measures and outcome measures can also be the focus of reports generated using registries. … measure results. … Metrics One major challenge for registries in accountable care is the variation in quality measure … Two entities working on quality metric harmonization are the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications

51. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 47: Measuring Documentation Burden in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    May 21, 2024 - The latter is harder to conceptualize and measure but is at the heart of high quality patient care … ” measures. … We can only improve what we measure. … We are evaluating how to measure documentation burden. … under the measure set.

52. OUTLINE (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
    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.

53. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/knowledge-brief-2-methods-public-deliberation-130213.pdf
    February 01, 2013 - Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Community Forum Knowledge Brief Number 2: Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation Public deliberation—a … process elements (e.g., whether participants had equal opportunities to contribute) to assess the quality … • Evaluative case studies report on either single cases or multiple cases; they compare selected measures … Outcomes measured in the literature include process measures as well as measures of the effect of deliberation

54. Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/knowledge-brief-2-methods-public-deliberation-130213.pdf
    February 01, 2013 - Knowledge Brief #2 Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Community Forum Knowledge Brief Number 2: Methods and Measures of Public Deliberation Public deliberation—a … process elements (e.g., whether participants had equal opportunities to contribute) to assess the quality … • Evaluative case studies report on either single cases or multiple cases; they compare selected measures … Outcomes measured in the literature include process measures as well as measures of the effect of deliberation

55. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - safety 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. … R Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Rockville, MD: 2014.

56. Research Protocol: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-care-delivery-research-protocol.pdf
    October 06, 2022 - KQ 2: What approaches have been used to measure or understand the organizational context and process … measures used in studies. … Evaluating the quality of medical care. … Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update. … Choose Measures.

57. REQUEST FOR TASK ORDER (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-quality-meaures_research.pdf
    April 01, 2010 - Testing cancer quality measures for end-of-life care. … Benchmark Measures We defined benchmark measures of quality of cancer care at the end-of-life using … Our measure of chemotherapy toxicity may be a more specific measure of over-zealous chemotherapy use … Measures of the quality of end-of-life care can be divided into those that measure over-use of aggressive … Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review.

58. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - the State of the Science Executive Summary 2 and rehabilitative measures to maintain, restore, … To measure potential changes in disparity between patient groups, studies had to include a target and … Paper Selection Process We included studies that captured health outcome measures and/or process measures … Inclusion of a target group and an internal or external referent group to measure changes in disparities … In addition, they were required to provide data that could be used to measure a disparity before and

59. Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bundled-payments-quality-effects_executive.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - relatively consistent impacts of bundled payment on spending and quality measures (Key Question 1) … of effects on different quality measures within a single study and differences in the direction and … magnitude of effects for similar quality measures between studies. … but inconsistent for quality measures. … Use standardized measures of impact on costs and quality.

60. Updating the Framework for AHRQ’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR) (pdf file)
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    September 06, 2023 - 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, based on dozens of data sources … of care is related to the measure criteria of susceptibility to being influenced by the health system … Any chosen framework will determine to a large extent which quality measures are prioritized, which … measures.