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21. Disposition of Comments for CER 195 Management of Uterine Fibroids (pdf file)
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    December 14, 2017 - Peer Reviewer #2 Methods Rather than the informal "cohorts" I think you should consistently be using … In this usage, data is thought of as a collective noun and, when considered as a unit rather than as … In this usage, data is thought of as a collective noun and, when considered as a unit rather than as … It should be "Data are . . . " rather than "data is . . . " (for example, pg ES-17, line 14, but you … In this usage, data is thought of as a collective noun and, when considered as a unit rather than as

22. Long-Term Care for Older Adults Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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    November 07, 2012 - than study. … than qualitative. … than doing it as they do now. … And should we be doing ongoing person-centered data collection rather than institution-centered data … is common – i.e. age 60 rather than 65.

23. Disclosure Policy and Form (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2023 - provided specific examples for which individuals needed to report any relevant financial interests, rather … Appendix A adapts this form for prospective use in conducting EPC projects, rather than for retrospective … than on the EPC Core Team. … provided specific examples for which individuals needed to report any relevant financial interests, rather … Appendix A adapts this form for prospective use in conducting EPC projects, rather than for retrospective

24. S5 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - especially valuable for evaluating outcomes under conditions of actual use of health care services (rather … than through RCTs); randomization occurs by “clusters” that can be defined by physicians, prac- tices … Control and Prevention, is another approach for detecting ADEs treated in such settings (ie, outpatient rather … residual confounding or cen- soring of data.15 Individual-agent simulations (in which individuals, rather … One such variable may be physicians’ preferences for using one type of pharmaceutical rather than another

25. Disposition of Comments Report for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)
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    June 28, 2013 - Because the dronedarone trials were placebo-controlled rather than compared to active therapy they … Because the emphasis of our report is on the state of the evidence rather than how this evidence is … Final outcomes are those which a patient can feel or experience rather than something like recurrence … In addition, final outcomes have a direct link to a health outcome rather than requiring multiple steps … TEP #2 Results Page 52, lines 24-26: the breakdown of the studies now is 64 rather than 62?

26. Disposition of Comments Report for Technical Brief 15 Transition Care for Children With Special Health Needs (pdf file)
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    June 17, 2014 - Line 41 on page 14 refers to “medical providers” rather than interdisciplinary providers. … Furthermore, the Brief tends to portray transition in a programmatic framework rather than a process … Generally individuals in this specialty preferred to be called family physicians rather than family … Maybe “potential benefits” of transition “services and supports” rather than programs. … Model specific rather than condition specific.

27. Disposition of Comments for CER 168 Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)
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    January 15, 2016 - May want to mention biopsy as the preferred diagnostic aid when the diagnosis is in queston, rather … than trying to achieve "supra-normal" status). … Since many readers will rely primarily on the Executive Summary rather than the larger report, this … than true infantile hemangiomas (ex. … This is a contextual question for which we did not attempt quantitative synthesis but rather a narrative

28. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 21, Management Strategies To Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions (pdf file)
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    May 21, 2015 - The purpose of the Tech Brief is to map out the evidence addressing these issues, rather than conclude … I would have assumed that a "map" of the evidence would be in a tree/node format rather than a table … Admission can be harmful rather than beneficial, particularly if not indicated, but discharge can similarly … be harmful rather than beneficial, particularly if appropriate outpatient treatment is unavailable … #5 Key Informant Summary and Implications p. 39 lines 44-48: “insurance systems rather than

29. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
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    April 22, 2013 - The approach is synthetic rather than statistical which is appropriate given the relatively low number … Our report provides an analytic framework, rather than a more comprehensive conceptual framework. … This report uses an analytic framework rather than a conceptual framework. … It would be clearer to list the specific interventions that showed benefits or no change rather than … Discussing it in terms of any specific drug class rather than simply using the name amantadine We

30. Strategies to De-escalate Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients (pdf file)
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    July 14, 2016 - Yes, first, I found the author’s search for appropriate outcomes rather comprehensive given the scope … The particular importance in this review is lack of data points across studies rather than a problem … than clinical or policy judgments was well stated. … than evidence of effectiveness or safety. … than simply including a footnoted citation in the far right table column.

31. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    March 28, 2019 - We also included a legend for SOE interpretation in the text preceding the table rather than just as … than a HAM-D or MADRS. … We have edited the language to reflect the work group rather than AGS makes this recommendation. … than the word “polypharmacy”. … placebo was,” rather than that “the comparison of medication A with placebo favored placebo;” and b

32. ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF INCLUDED STUDIES (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2011 - o Assess risk of bias based on study design and conduct rather than reporting. … than high risk of bias). … Publication bias is a component of the evaluation of the strength of the body of evidence rather than … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … than scales when possible.

33. EHC Technical Brief 32: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (pdf file)
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    May 14, 2019 - than as a specific data element. … The continuous rating scale measures would be worth categorizing in a separate field rather than mixing … Again, if it seems that some studies will include lifetime diagnoses rather than current diagnoses, … than patients. … The wording should be fixed rather than trying to explain that % completed psychotherapy is not the

34. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 10, 2010 - than spelled out. … The CER refers to risk reduction rather than prevention throughout the text. … than evidence. … than strong. … I would devote some effort to structuring a way forward, rather than dropping it at the end.

35. Disposition of Comments Report for Technical Brief 14 (pdf file)
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    March 18, 2014 - We disagree with the idea that we focus on the service provider rather than the content of the service … Would suggest that the report use “oncologists or oncology providers” rather than oncologists only, … This section uses the language of “general practitioner” rather than PCP, which implies that these … This is a stylistic choice, but it might be clearer to use descriptive table entries rather than X’ … For instance, cancer types could be listed rather than described as multiple or not.

36. Disposition of Comments for Child Exposure to Trauma: Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions Addressing Maltreatment (pdf file)
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    April 15, 2013 - in recognition of how maltreatment and its sequelae evolve across the development continuum") seems rather … than a single theoretical perspective. … than statistical analysis, which is appropriate. … In other words, rather than trying to fit the range of literature reviewed into rigid hypotheses that … This is especially true when studies indicated they were using broad perspectives rather than specific

37. S29 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - New medications are tested against pla- cebo rather than existing therapies, and clinical trials provid … The interviewer used the interview script as a guide, but because these were qualitative interviews, rather … The study design and analysis were not intended to provide quantitative data; rather, they were intended … Some subjects noted that a CRT might be viewed as a quality assurance effort rather than research. … One subject said, “We make decisions now in rather odd ways . . ..

38. Disposition of Comments for Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - these are all correlational, so rather than put them in a model to stratigy care, would suggest that … than a benefit. … Why would anyone bother to use the Hamilton Rating Scale rather than simply perform a diagnostic interview … Why put more women into grossly inadequate care, rather than attempt to improve the quality of that … Rather than making recommendations based on the test characteristics of a given instrument at a particular

39. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2015 - It would seem to be more appropriate to have these as two different questions rather than combined … Figures and tables were more than adequate. … rather than the therapy, however I realize that everything is organized this way, including tables … We used MCIDs that were specific to fibromyalgia, rather than chronic pain in general. … than generalized statements.

40. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 7 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - the assessment of the strength of the body of evidence supporting a given statement or conclusion rather … Result8 Analysis Results Analysis Overestimated Sensitivity by 1% (e.g., Sensitivity 97% Rather … Than 98%) Analysis Overestimated Sensitivity by 5% (e.g., Sensitivity 93% Rather Than 98% … ) Analysis Overestimated Sensitivity by 10% (e.g., Sensitivity 88% Rather Than 98%) Freehand … than health outcomes, and use of indirect comparisons.