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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/implementation-package-unhealthy-alcohol-use-final.pdf
September 01, 2018 - interviewing, an evidence-
based behavioral counseling approach that uses a patient-centered, guiding (rather … Alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended 
2. … (it was ranked 
higher than colon, cervical, and breast cancer screening). … It is a theory of behavior changed focused on a guiding style rather than directive 
advising. … Adjusting to client resistance rather than opposing it directly. “Rolling with resistance”  
5.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - regimens, AHRQ can reflect the real world treatment 
options available to patients and their physicians, 
rather … we believe that 
differences between the US and Asian populations 
may be representative of temporal rather … than 
biological differences. … Sammy Saab 
The article cited by the reviewer does not report actual 
seroprevalence survey data; rather … prevalence of 
HCV infection and reasons for relatively mild differences in 
prevalence estimates; rather
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s108.pdf
October 01, 2007 - 10%.40,41 In this simulation, the interval-specific risks
were less than 10%. … the target parameter to be the population causal HR
for the effect of the adverse event on discharge, rather … than
the individual causal HR. … patients, it
may be advantageous to approach confounding by focusing
on factors that influence exposure rather … than from the per-
spective of predicting outcome.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-updates_methods.pdf
July 01, 2011 - The odds of signals for updating 
were significantly higher for cardiovascular topics than for other … Searches could 
be based on the “entry date” (date the publication was added to MEDLINE) rather than … screening, and only partial data extraction 
(i.e., number of newly identified additional participants), rather … than a complete updating 
implemented through addition of each new study. … What contributions do languages other 
than English make on the results of 
meta-analyses?
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_disposition-comments.pdf
June 12, 2013 - address larger populations of lung 
cancer patients and one in which the goal of treatment of cure rather … than palliation of end of life symptoms which is addressed in question 
3. … The 
higher BED causes tumor ablation, rather than tumor cell 
kill, allowing for little to no tumor … and 
less than 9 percent for pneumonectomy in order to 
proceed.” 
2. … The 
higher BED causes tumor ablation, rather than tumor cell 
kill, allowing for little to no tumor
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-reporting-bias_methods.pdf
November 01, 2013 - although some have suggested that requirements to 
register observational studies might actually impede, rather … That guidance notes that because the yield is often in the hundreds rather than in the 
thousands it … • The SRC, rather than EPC staff, should be responsible for contacting primary study 
sponsors for … that specifically 
index non-English language literature, however, are likely to be the exception, rather … than the 
rule.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lifecycle-assessment-disposition-comments.pdf
November 20, 2024 - Peer reviewer #2 Introduction The introduction seems a bit too focused on LCAs 
done for products rather … than both products and 
processes. … The description of LCA in the third 
paragraph (p1) refers to "products" rather than 
"products and processes … than a specific item, especially when it 
comes to comparative studies. … Rather, I would 
contend that we should strive for rational 
quantification and comparison of risks and
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-child-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
March 26, 2012 - Protocol 
 
Project Title: Interventions Addressing Children Exposed to Trauma:  
Part 2 – Trauma Other Than … The goal of these interventions, rather, is to improve access and 
outcomes in populations that are traditionally … have experienced trauma30, 31 
and is most appropriate as a treatment of traumatic stress symptoms rather … These guidelines largely 
stem from expert consensus based on existing evidence and clinical practice rather … than on 
formal comparative effectiveness reviews.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-cough_disposition-comments.pdf
January 07, 2013 - Reviewer #3 General I find the statement that electronic cough monitoring devices 
overall are accurate rather … other 
dimensions of cough 
Peer Reviewer #3 General The comments about Visual Analogue Scales are rather … physician and 
layman consumer is that there is little priority in diagnosing the 
cause of the cough, but rather … 48, the Duke group has incorrectly stated that the 
responsiveness of the Punum ladder was studied rather … Incontinence are not relevant in young children and 
hence the suggestion of CQLQ for children is rather
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections_executive.pdf
December 01, 2011 - with
placebo.87 All of the 13 prevention studies compared the
nonstandard intervention with placebo rather … than with
another intervention, reflecting the current state of the
science in this area. … Results, however, should be viewed with
caution, given rather imprecise confidence intervals on
the estimated … demonstrate that use
of tests that detect genetic residue related to C. difficile
toxin production rather … than the toxins per se lead to
better patient outcomes.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/registries-forums_research_0.pdf
May 01, 2014 - than building custom software. … than a 
completely custom-built solution. … Host and operate the Web site
using an existing, off-the-shelf technology platform, rather than a completely … than 
building custom software. … than collect it.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/executive-summary-2017-schizophrenia-adult.pdf
January 01, 2017 - , and with
paliperidone than lurasidone and
iloperidone … outcomes in 
Figure A):
We limited the outcomes to those that are patient centered 
health outcomes (rather … fact that 
many of these interventions are aimed at patients with 
serious mental illness, as a group, rather … than at specific 
diagnoses. … recommendations:
• Trials should have adequate sample sizes to address 
important health outcomes, rather
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - Most of the research gaps did not 
suggest new research questions to be addressed; rather they primarily … We focused on identifying ongoing studies (rather than completed studies or 
terminated studies) conducted … RCTs designed 
with long-term followup and assessing clinical, rather than virologic outcomes, would … than RCT design. … Most of the research gaps did not 
suggest new research questions to be addressed; rather they primarily
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-surveillance_research-protocol.pdf
May 19, 2011 - interventions until symptoms 
develop, with the primary objective being palliation of the symptoms rather … than an attempt at a 
cure. … systematic reviews, collectively, analyzed a small number of randomized 
controlled trials and more than … Potential Reviewers must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $10,000 and 
any … Invited Peer Reviewers may not 
have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/indirect-comparisons_research-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - novel Bayesian approaches for multiple continuous outcomes 
(here, pain and disability) simultaneously, rather … than . … In all CB 
models, we assum  follows a  rather than a  distribution, where  is the 
mean reference treatm … Next, we developed arm-based (AB) 
models that estimate absolute effects of treatments, rather than relative … Also, we need to examine more values rather than just 1 and 2.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-decision-support-tools_research-protocol.pdf
November 12, 2013 - primarily by patient expectations and that high satisfaction is often a result of very low 
expectations, rather … all Key Questions we will exclude studies in which the decision being 
made pertains to hypothetical (rather … than actual) screening or treatment 
choices available to health care consumers 
B. … For reporting bias, we will make qualitative dispositions based on 
the results of the SIP requests, rather … Invited Peer 
Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bariatric-surgery_research.pdf
June 01, 2010 - A model for the propensity to have a body mass 
index greater than 35 kg/m
2
 was previously developed … Patients without diabetes had a greater reduction in 
their use of antihypertensive medications than … comparison group strengthens the evidence that the changes observed were 
causally related to the surgery rather … Indeed, we hope that the decreased use of these medications is due to 
resolution of these conditions, rather … than physician and patient nonadherence to treatment 
recommendations.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/psoriasis-chronic_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - weeks in patients who fail treatment, there 
are patients who are on these therapies 
much longer than … The scope of 
this report was to focus on between class 
comparisons at the individual drug level, 
rather … than within class comparisons, 
although those may also be of importance to 
decision makers. … than within class comparisons, 
although those may also be of importance to 
decision makers. … Would rather not have what the 
authors of a study concluded, but rather what the authors of this comparative
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/research-gap-primary-care-summary-table.pdf
March 01, 2022 - • Studies to measure health outcomes in obese 
patients, rather than merely body mass index or 
weight … Some opioids may be less effective than 
other drugs. … that reflect the quality of life impacted by migraine 
and its return to normal by acute treatment rather … than only pain freedom or pain improvement. … rehabilitation commenced before 
hospital discharge during the initial most acute 
phase of exacerbation rather
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ems-blood-transfusion-protocol-amendment.pdf
February 04, 2025 - harms when influenced by 
questions such as: Under what circumstances is whole blood more effective than … because the interventions are not contributing to 
hemostasis, but rather replacing blood loss through … • ED 
• Inpatient, surgery 
• Studies conducted in countries 
rated less than High in the HDIa … internal validity: the extent to which post-treatment outcomes 
can be attributed to the treatments rather … than other factors.