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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/restless-legs_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - Most point i.e. no studies
in pregnancy are mentioned more than 5 times. … Comment
Results Outline strength of evidence by specific GABA analogs FDA-
approved for RLS, rather … than grouping together. … EMR differs from
augmentation because symptoms appear in the early morning
rather than earlier onset … We agree and have stated that there is lack of evidence of
benefit rather than evidence of lack of benefit
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_disposition-comments.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Executive
Summary (Pg 9,
line 26)
I believe that the FDA warnings are referred to as “box” warnings,
rather … than “black box” warnings
This change has been made. … Peer Reviewer #2 Executive
Summary (Pg 15,
line 42)
“Macrophage” rather than macrocyte. … than a DMARD registry is key for evaluation
of risk of JIS treatments. … Specifically discussing
each study and how the rates of AEs compared, rather than doing so
in only
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
May 08, 2013 - We revised our
text so that it does not make recommendations, rather it summarized the studies
and … We focused on the length of the intervention rather than the average length of stay
since the later … Rather they
should be guided by current clinical practice and expertise in the field. … Rather they should be guided by current clinical practice and
expertise in the field. … 2.0o F to
more than 10.0o F.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-pregnancy-postpartum_executive.pdf
July 01, 2014 - report focuses chiefly on women diagnosed with
depression during pregnancy or the postpartum period,
rather … than those with a continuing episode. … between these treatments
and consider them separately when compared with
pharmacological treatments, rather … findings with caution because comparisons
with a generally healthy population without depression
rather … women with a new episode
(not necessarily the first) of depression during pregnancy or
postpartum, rather
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/deliberative-methods-how-to-webinar-text-only.pdf
December 06, 2011 - Rather, the world of benefits design required consideration of the elements of coverage
like the ones … Are boundaries like ‘pre-approvals’ easier to accept than others? Why? … o Are boundaries like pre-approvals easier to accept than others? Why? … Rather than asking these questions directly, a deliberative process allows people to
think through and … will be recipients of the EHB – not to answer the question in terms of ‘what I want
for myself’ but rather
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/deliberative-methods-how-to-webinar-text-only.pdf
December 06, 2011 - Rather, the world of benefits design required consideration of the elements of coverage
like the ones … Are boundaries like ‘pre-approvals’ easier to accept than others? Why? … o Are boundaries like pre-approvals easier to accept than others? Why? … Rather than asking these questions directly, a deliberative process allows people to
think through and … will be recipients of the EHB – not to answer the question in terms of ‘what I want
for myself’ but rather
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-hospitalizations_research.pdf
October 01, 2008 - typically recorded in
administrative databases, we identified events that resulted in hospitalization rather … than
nosocomial events.7
A computer-generated random number was assigned to each hospitalization … We maximized the number of sampled
hospitals, requiring a minimum of 5 and no more than 20 charts per … has a chronic course and for
some patients a hospital discharge diagnosis represents a comorbidity rather … than the main cause
of hospitalization.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-211-rheumatoid-arthritis-disposition-comments.pdf
December 20, 2018 - My suggestion is that you compare apples to apples
(systematic reviews) rather than apples to oranges … than speculate. … Most of the
results were derived from indirect comparisons relative to
MTX, rather than mixed treatment … The text is rather dry reading, while the tables are
easier to digest, but both are important. … the FDA for RA as monotherapy, and in this trial,
the other arm was not rituximab monotherapy but rather
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-adherence-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
August 18, 2011 - Furthermore, adherence is not the focus of these
guidelines, but rather one among several issues discussed … studies showing benefits.‖
4(p. 2)
The
authors, however, analyzed the results by clinical condition rather … Letters to the editor
Articles rated poor during quality
assessment
Studies with historical, rather … feedback
from our TEP, to collect a comprehensive set of morbidity outcomes (and their biomarkers) rather … than
make a priori judgments about which morbidity outcomes to include.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/scarce-resources-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2013 - this rapid update,
the work will be pilot tested and checked by an experienced systematic reviewer rather … than
performed in duplicate as for the original report.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-natriuretic-peptide_disposition-comments.pdf
November 20, 2013 - echocardiograph) rather than a diagnosis. … Rev 3 General Note that all references to pages are from the pdf version of
the report rather than the … The studies in this systematic review looked at prognostic
factors rather than risk factors. … This suggest that their extrapolation
to other circumstances may be less than ideal. … I would also like to
see more figures throughout the results section, rather than
in the appendix.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
January 27, 2012 - 85,000 deaths per year in the United
States,4-5 and an estimated annual cost to society of more than … for women, with estimates indicating a lifetime risk of more
than 20 percent for men.12,14-16 Alcohol … The only comments we received were attempts to
provide answers to the questions rather than to provide … reviews
Editorials
Letters to the editor
Articles rated as high risk of bias
Studies with historical, rather … Rather, because our review has some
differences in scope (e.g., more included medications, questions
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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 Assess risk of bias based on study design-specific criteria and conduct rather than
quality of reporting … o Consider both the direction and magnitude of possible bias on the effect estimate
when possible, rather … than leaving the burden to the reader. … contexts is outside the scope of risk-of-bias
assessment.14-16
We use the phrase “risk of bias” rather … Our recommendation, then, is to consider the implications of the risk of bias carefully
rather than
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nephropathy-contrast-induced_disposition-comments.pdf
January 07, 2016 - was sufficient
to include studies based on whether they
included patients receiving LOCM or IOCM
rather … Summary is that the task of the authors is
not to make recommendations for clinical practice, but rather … than all
together. … alleged beneficial effect of NAC in CIN is related to its
serum creatinine (SCr)-lowering ability rather … than to improved GFR.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-health-mobile-apps-disposition-of-comments.pdf
May 20, 2022 - This framework is not intended for direct use by clinicians or consumers; rather, we
expect use by … would be used in practice, this framework
is not intended for direct use by clinicians or consumers; rather … These apps are no different
than any other healthcare intervention in addition to screening tools. … If they are selling the data or giving the other data to
another company, this is no different than … should be in plain language
and clearly obtain consent for each potential use of each type of data, rather
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-210-breastfeeding-disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. … If the only harm is considered a physical one
(eg. fractures), then call it as such rather than
imply … This is one example of why a SOE grade might be “low”
rather than “insufficient” when only one study … implementation of less than 4 steps. … Could
this be stated specifically rather than in general
as harms.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-252-infantile-epilepsies-disposition-comments.pdf
October 25, 2022 - the main contribution of the report
will be to catalog the inadequacies of the current evidence, rather … title to infantile epilepsies to acknowledge the varying diagnoses, consistently
stating 36 months rather … Hospital
Results OXC is the most commonly used medication in this age
group (Whilmhurst et al), rather … than LVT though LVT used
more commonly in USA. … than curative.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - typically assess a single
diagnostic modality, focus almost exclusively on test
performance outcomes rather … For all types of
reporting bias, we made qualitative dispositions rather than
performing formal statistical … The performance of individual laboratory
tests was also rather limited, but it was better than that … had
greater test performance; however, the available studies are
few and, when combined, produce rather … less than 2%).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medicare-utilization-seniors_research.pdf
June 01, 2012 - Less than
1 percent of new enrollees receive assis-
tance only for premiums and copayments
(QMB/SLMB … the full dual enrollees age
80 or older received their Part A benefits
through payment of premiums rather … than through an entitlement based on
work history (BIC=M) (97.7% vs. 29.9%
for enrollees between … Of
note, the lowest rate of use was not among
nonduals (77.5%) but rather among
incomplete duals ( … Second, they are more likely to be older than
age 69 when they enter Medicare.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_research-protocol.pdf
June 10, 2013 - care interventions increase or decrease health care utilization (KQ 1) and
health outcomes (KQ 2), rather … than asking about the same outcomes in a separate question
devoted to harms. … high risk of bias¶
● Case-control studies
● Retrospective cohort studies
● Studies with historical, rather … Such conditions may be associated with
heterogeneity of treatment effect, measurement of absolute (rather … Invited Peer
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