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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s16.pdf
October 01, 2007 - Women
Average
Follow-up
(yr)
Stroke (Women Only)
Major Gastrointestinal Bleed
(Women Only)
Control
Rate … *
RRR
(%)
Strokes
Prevented†
Control
Rate*
RRI
(%)
Bleeds
Caused†
WHS Healthy female
healthcare … & WilkinsS20
over 5 years by carefully selecting surgeons based on their
operative complication rate
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-transition-care_disposition-comments.pdf
May 27, 2014 - Yes, we have used RR for readmission and
mortality rate outcomes.
150 Peer Reviewer
13
Methods … may also want to check the wording of the previous
paragraph in reporting the HR; is it counts or rate … There has been no significant
improvement in the readmission rate among
patients hospitalized with
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-applicability_methods.pdf
January 01, 2011 - applicability across a range of
clinical topics, we do not recommend use of any single checklist to rate … Run in period with high-
exclusion rate for
nonadherence or side effects
Trial of etanercept for juvenile … used an active run in
phase and excluded children who had side-effects, resulting in
study with low rate … trial of post-menopausal
hormone therapy, the relatively healthy volunteer participants
had a lower rate … If studies vary substantially in the underlying risk or event-rate, reviewers can
test whether the effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methods_guide_atkins.pdf
January 01, 2011 - applicability across a range of
clinical topics, we do not recommend use of any single checklist to rate … Run in period with high-
exclusion rate for
nonadherence or side effects
Trial of etanercept for juvenile … used an active run in
phase and excluded children who had side-effects, resulting in
study with low rate … trial of post-menopausal
hormone therapy, the relatively healthy volunteer participants
had a lower rate … If studies vary substantially in the underlying risk or event-rate, reviewers can
test whether the effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - The ITCA 650 implant is intended to be used for
long-term subcutaneous delivery at a controlled rate … The new Duros delivery system is intended to
deliver the drug subcutaneously, at a controlled rate … The placements and removals of ITCA 650 were very well tolerated, and the rate of minor
infections … However the rate of development of glaucoma requiring
surgery is not to be taken lightly…. … Rate of serious adverse effects in a series of
bevacizumab and ranibizumab injections.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonopioid-pharm-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
February 01, 2019 - Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Understanding Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is typically defined as pain l…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
December 19, 2013 - Revised Protocol - Opioids 12 13 13[1]
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-term Opioid Treatment of Chronic
Pain
I. Backgrou…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0407_01-20-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number: 0343
Document Completion Date: 3-23-11
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of
this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and out…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-urinary-retention_disposition-comments.pdf
September 15, 2014 - Low-strength
evidence suggested no significant difference in the rate of UTI
(diagnostic criteria not … evidence of
reported suggested no statistical difference between TURP and
microwave therapy in the rate … evidence of reported suggested no statistical
difference between TURP and microwave therapy in the rate … Low-strength evidence suggested no statistical difference
between TURP and microwave therapy in the rate … evidence of reported suggested no statistical
difference between TURP and microwave therapy in the rate
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-disease-medicine_research-protocol.pdf
November 01, 2010 - structural or functional abnormalities
of the kidney, with or without decreased glomerular filtration rate … A new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate.
Ann Intern Med. 2009;150(9):604-612.
4. … Association of estimated
glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular … Renal function and rate of hip bone loss in older men: the
Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. … Association of single measurements of
dipstick proteinuria, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01_0.pdf
May 01, 2005 - o Do not use poor or incomplete reporting, industry funding, or disclosed conflict of
interest to rate … Some
have elected to rate outcomes from poorly reported studies as having high risk of bias. … Another example of a criterion requiring topic-specific evaluation is the
expected attrition rate. … Reviewers of topics that focus on short-term clinical
outcomes may expect a low rate of attrition. … Systems to rate
the strength of scientific evidence.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epilepsy-medicine_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Newer antiepileptic medications had
a lower withdrawal rate due to adverse events but
an offsetting … higher withdrawal rate due to lack of
efficacy versus carbamazepine and carbamazepine
SR/CR. … Chaluvadi, 20117 Retrospective chart
review
Brand to generic
levetiracetam
Switchback rate … Newer antiepileptic medications had a lower
withdrawal rate due to adverse events but an offsetting … higher withdrawal rate due to lack of efficacy versus
carbamazepine and carbamazepine SR/CR.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/epilepsy-medicine_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Newer antiepileptic medications had
a lower withdrawal rate due to adverse events but
an offsetting … higher withdrawal rate due to lack of
efficacy versus carbamazepine and carbamazepine
SR/CR. … Chaluvadi, 20117 Retrospective chart
review
Brand to generic
levetiracetam
Switchback rate … Newer antiepileptic medications had a lower
withdrawal rate due to adverse events but an offsetting … higher withdrawal rate due to lack of efficacy versus
carbamazepine and carbamazepine SR/CR.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-chapter-3.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Low-event-rate meta-analyses of clinical trials: implementing good practices. Stat Med. 2016. … Low-event-rate meta-analyses of clinical trials: implementing good practices.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/deliberative-methods-demonstration-executive-131125.pdf
November 01, 2013 - deliberative method and 377 participants were a part of the reading materials only control (an
overall show rate … We achieved an 80-percent response rate on the post-survey, using the
denominator of all participants … 961 participants who took part in deliberation, 878 participants completed the survey, a
response rate … Because this rate, or opportunity score, is close to 50 percent, it
implies that movement toward the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-screening_executive.pdf
November 01, 2012 - High rate of spontaneous
viral clearance in a cohort of vertically infected hepatitis C virus
infants … Complication rate of
percutaneous liver biopsies among persons with advanced chronic
liver disease … hepatitis
C virus to infants of human immunodeficiency virus-negative
intravenous drug-using mothers: rate
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antidepressants-2007_executive.pdf
January 01, 2007 - We rate the strength of evidence according to a
modified GRADE approach. … percent CI, –1.4-0.36; P = 0.23) points
on HAM-D compared with paroxetine; paroxetine
led to a higher rate … cardiovascular events (i.e.,
elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure and
elevated pulse/heart rate … One observational study indicated that
extended-release formulations might have a better
adherence rate … Owing to a substantial nonresponse rate
to individual drugs and generally high incidence of side
effects
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2011 - This study established the placebo
rate for children with IV treatments, it documented the best dose … Peer Reviewer #3 Results (Pg 52) One reason for the low adverse events rate in the etanercept studies … Peer Reviewer #7 Results (KQ 3) The discussion focuses on rates of AEs with each DMARD, but the
rate … improvement in parent/patient global assessment (17.9 vs.
23.9; p=0.70) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ptsd-adults-trauma-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
November 08, 2012 - After 10 to 12 eye
movements (back and forth), the clinician asks the client to rate the strength of … agitation, increased distress,
headaches, gastrointestinal effects, effects on blood pressure, heart rate … or insomnia, treatment-associated hypomania
or mania, medication dependence or misuse)
o Dropout rate … (overall dropout rate, dropout because of adverse effects,
dropout because of lack of efficacy)
• … We will rate studies
that meet all criteria as having “low risk of bias”.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2011 - o Utilization rates for specific services (e.g., readmission rate).