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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dyspnea-protocol-amended.pdf
May 19, 2020 - For sparse data meta-analysis, we will employ the Peto Odds ratio method when
event rates are less than … When event rates are between 5-10%, there are
substantial differences between the N of two arms, or
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breastfeeding-health-outcomes-disposition-comments.pdf
March 31, 2025 - Committee
Introduction While the review acknowledges the significant disparities
in breastfeeding rates … unexpected infant death (SIUD)
although our confidence is lower based on study design,
low breastfeeding rates … lack of paid family leave, and workplace
discrimination on breastfeeding initiation and duration
rates … believes in the power of these grassroots
organizations to support families and improve
breastfeeding rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer_executive.pdf
October 01, 2014 - A handful of studies
reported low rates of serious direct harms (e.g., allergic
reactions) associated … CT in HCC detection rates, subsequent
imaging, or cost per HCC detected. … No study reported rates of adverse
events associated with use of microbubble contrast agents in US, … and CT for HCC imaging, as suggested in recent
guidance, such as those regarding minimum contrast rates … A meta-analysis of
survival rates of untreated patients in randomized clinical trials of
hepatocellular
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-205-predictors-trauma-care-evidence-summary.pdf
April 01, 2018 - Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review, Evidence Summary
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 205
Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury:
Systematic Review
Evidence Summary
Background
Unintentional injury is the fourth leading
cause of death in the United States, the
leading cause fo…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-seniors-death_research.pdf
August 01, 2007 - utilization characteristics among conventional and atypical APM users and then calculated
mortality rates … Models of mortality rates within 0-40 days,
40-79 days, and 80-180 days of APM use were also constructed … Conventional APM users had lower rates
of using antidepressants, but higher rates of using other psychotropic … Comparing the most frequently prescribed
APMs individually with risperidone showed increased mortality rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/epilepsy-medicine_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Three out of the four studies showed that rates of
hospitalization were higher with generic use
compared … outcomes: pharmacokinetics, the
comparative dose of medication needed to control seizures, and switchback rates … controlled
observational study reported data on gender, age,
and polypharmacy impact on switchback rates … Three out of the four studies showed that rates of
hospitalization were higher with generic use compared … controlled observational study reported data on gender,
age, and polypharmacy impact on switchback rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epilepsy-medicine_surveillance.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Three out of the four studies showed that rates of
hospitalization were higher with generic use
compared … outcomes: pharmacokinetics, the
comparative dose of medication needed to control seizures, and switchback rates … controlled
observational study reported data on gender, age,
and polypharmacy impact on switchback rates … Three out of the four studies showed that rates of
hospitalization were higher with generic use compared … controlled observational study reported data on gender,
age, and polypharmacy impact on switchback rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2016 - In general, rates of harms were low among all treatment
modalities, with minor (Clavien I-II) and major … However, rates of minor and major complications were
similar among all three treatment modalities. … Thermal
ablation had the lowest reported rates of acute kidney
injury and non-urologic complications … Of note, we found that “overall
survival rates and cancer-specific survival rates were
excellent (95 … For instance, despite similar overall complication
rates, partial nephrectomy had the highest rate of
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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). … Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: June 23, 2011
5
o Utilization rates … response:
care redesign
Study Outcomes – Change in:
• Health care spending per episode
• Utilization rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypofractionated-radiation-therapy-protocol.pdf
April 17, 2024 - Five-year survival rates range from 100% for men with local disease at
diagnosis to 35.4% for men with … limited access to diagnostic tests and treatments for some
populations.4,6,7
Prostate cancers vary in rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dyspnea_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Dyspnea DEcIDE
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapid development of new scientific information and analytic tools. The DEcIDE
network assists healt…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/crohns-disease_disposition-comments.pdf
February 25, 2014 - We are no longer
looking at response rates. … Additional response and remission rates are summarized in ERROR Ref. … RR vs. rates alone) and as this information is not
repeated in the narrative section, there is too much … paragraph on page 104 to find out that “there was
no significant difference in the pooled remission rates … Rates are found in the table 12 (page 107), but not the number of events, which I
have to hunt down
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - antibiotic-resistant
bacteria each year, causing approximately
23,000 deaths.1 Although reasons for
higher rates … delaying prescribing found no
difference in effect on overall antibiotic prescribing and
similar rates … Baseline Prescribing Rates
A key background factor may be baseline prescribing
rates. … Baseline prescribing rates varied extremely widely
across studies (from a low of <10% to ˃90%). … While it is likely true that baseline
prescribing rates influence the impact of interventions
to reduce
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma
I. Objectives for the Systematic Review
Purpose of the Systematic Review
The primary goal of this systema…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/decide16final-mortality-risk-in-copd-pts-using-theophylline.pdf
December 01, 2009 - The rates of use were approximately 70% or higher over the first 18 months
and then decreased in each … For COPD exacerbations, there were three regimens where
exacerbation rates were significantly higher … was associated
with an increased hospitalization rate for two regimens, with a trend towards higher rates … None were long enough to examine mortality or to compare exacerbation
rates. … There is no reason to suspect there would be differential rates between groups based on treatment
and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-management_research.pdf
December 01, 2009 - The rates of use were approximately 70% or higher over the first 18 months
and then decreased in each … For COPD exacerbations, there were three regimens where
exacerbation rates were significantly higher … was associated
with an increased hospitalization rate for two regimens, with a trend towards higher rates … None were long enough to examine mortality or to compare exacerbation
rates. … There is no reason to suspect there would be differential rates between groups based on treatment
and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/epilepsy-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Switchback rates are surrogates for either
efficacy or tolerability that some content experts
felt … Rates for
vomiting are reported and demonstrate non-significance between
LTG and CBZ-CR. … This
can result in significant differences in absorption rates between
two generics. … another retrospective analysis of data from Ontario, Canada,
Andermann et al.D3D evaluated switchback rates
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/anal-cancer-protocol.pdf
September 26, 2023 - Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer
Publication Date: August 18, 2023
Amendment Date: September 26, 2023
(Amendments Details–see Section VI)
I. Background
Although anal ca…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-evidence-heart-disease.pdf
October 01, 2022 - PCI was
associated with lower rates of subsequent target lesion revascularization at 1 year, but not … Finally, PCI was associated with higher rates of freedom from angina at 1 year (RR 0.65
[95% CI 0.50 … Eight SRs reported CV mortality rates (see Table 3). … (2019)27 and Khan et al. (2021)26 both reported reduced CV mortality rates associated with CTO-
PCI … Qian et al. (2022)28 did not report CV
mortality rates.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-loss-surgery_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - initially
(like jejunoileal bypass) having been
abandoned because of unacceptable
complication rates … In the two RCTs comparing
SG with RYGB, complications were minor, and rates
were similar between groups … Followup
times and rates were variable, and many studies did not
state exactly when adverse events … As such, the rates of adverse
events may be biased and lower than actual. … (The difference between complication rates seen in the
major clinical trials of carotid endarterectomy