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61. Ch-7-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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    March 29, 2012 - than placebo effects. … Any attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment rather than the effect of assigned treatment … Measurement of clinical covariates such as blood pressure at the time of registry enrollment rather … than baseline confounders. … than bias-reducing variables.

62. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 2. Presenting Different Effects for Different Data Types (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - like relative risks - Widespread use in meta-analyses may be because of convenience and history rather … ► The RR is more easily interpreted than the OR. ► The OR is non-collapsible: if adjustment is made … − If the correlation is less than or equal to 0.5, follow-up values should be used. … Cluster randomized trials are those where participants are assigned to treatment or control in groups rather … than individually

63. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 134 Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings (pdf file)
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    May 13, 2014 - In some ways this is more like effectiveness evaluation rather than efficacy evaluation. … It is not clear why South Carolina is highlighted rather than being in the United States. … We focus on the results of our meta- analyses (when we were able to do them), rather than results of … Most treatment is currently delivered in specialty settings rather than in primary care settings. … Peer Reviewer #6 Methods In summary rather than describing the percentage of subjects in each study

64. Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis Disposition of Comment Report (pdf file)
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    November 06, 2012 - than overall body of evidence. … Rather than stating that “physical agents/ modalities used infrequently,” we argued that physical agents … Why did the authors come to this conclusion rather than reporting that there was insufficient data to … That is, it is defined by the deliverer rather than the specific modality. … Even the results section presents a summary of the findings from the reviewed studies rather than extensive

65. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 132 Combination Therapy Versus Intensification of Statin Monotherapy: An Update (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - In fact, subgroup analyses are considered hypothesis generating rather than clinically directive. … We have clarified that the decision to compare potency rather than individual agents and their doses … Begs the question, is it possible to do a larger data base rather than a RPCT. … at the present, they all must be taken subcutaneous or intramuscular rather than orally. … I believe it’s most useful to limit this review to the moderate and high-risk patients rather than

66. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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    September 23, 2014 - than an EPC Comparative Effectiveness Review such as this. … than an EPC Comparative Effectiveness Review such as this. … This report is a summary of evidence that may inform such guidance, rather than the guidance itself … Rather than assuming that each additional ordered test provides unique value, we comprehensively searched … MDCT, but rather that they are similar in this regard.

67. Osheroff_Respondent_DuBenske 4 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 -  engaged  clinicians”   • Help  put  evidence  into  action  (QOL  enhancers)  rather …  than  just  ‘conveying’   information   • Facilitate  shared  decision  making:  

68. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - o Assess risk of bias based on study design and conduct rather than reporting. … In such instances, we recommend that EPCs exclude such designs from the review rather than include the … than an evaluation of all components of bias. … For a scale, the weights of different items are explicit rather than implicit. … than scales when possible.

69. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (pdf file)
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    July 17, 2013 - than to make recommendations. … Our charge was to present the state of the evidence rather than to make recommendations. … than a narrower scope. … than “objectifying” patient-reported outcomes. … The trial design proposed addresses the prevention rather than treatment of SAR symptoms, which is beyond

70. Assessing the Quality of Individual Studies (ppt file)
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    January 01, 2010 - The use of indirect comparisons rather than direct comparisons, or surrogate outcomes rather than health … Questions To Consider When Classifying Study Design Did the study have more than one group or arm? … Base ratings on the evaluation of likely effect of design or execution flaws on internal validity, rather … than a nominal failure to meet every quality criterion Adjudicate differences between raters in a transparent

71. Disposition of Comments Report for Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma-Cell Dyscrasias (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2012 - than those not yet diagnosed, the articles were ultimately not eligible for inclusion. … than effectiveness in general. … The criteria used for including studies were that the studies be comparative rather than simply assess … myeloma and related disorders and eliminated the need for 24-h urine studies for diagnoses other than … myeloma and related disorders and eliminated the need for 24-h urine studies for diagnoses other than

72. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 11, 2010 - than gauge) than those used for core-needle biopsy (generally 11G or smaller). … Methods Most researchers would use the term false negative rates rather than errors We used the word … 10 Section Comment Response Methods I am not sure why they are using negative likelihood ratio rather … We included women who had followup rather than open biopsy, as indicated in the inclusion criteria. … Therefore we approached the question as an “opinion/discussion” question rather than an “evidence”

73. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - research is whether any of the tests substantially outperform ferritin in detecting tissue overload (rather … than inflammation) and in predicting adverse clinical outcomes. … Most of the focus in the report seems to be on detection of iron deficiency rather than overload. … Do any of the tests substantially outperform ferritin in detecting tissue overload (rather than inflammation … Most of the focus seems to be on detection of iron deficiency rather than overload.

74. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2013 - than “Sound Technologies”. … It is also noteworthy that TRT is discussed in the sound technology section rather than psychological … We decided to put this treatment in its own sub- category in the medical section rather than with more … This is better dealt with in the main text rather than this executive summary section. … Reviewer #5 A comment rather than anything else: the review was critical of the complete lack of evidence

75. S13 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - from iatrogenic drug-induced disease are not due to these rare, undiscovered adverse reactions, but rather … reality).3 Further, information on comparative drug effectiveness (ie, whether the drug works better than … one example, many studies investigate not true clinical outcomes (eg, myocardial infarc- tion) but rather … This is a more subtle problem than it might at first seem. … apply these approaches, we suggest it is imperative that the decision to use them be made a priori, rather

76. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2008 - e.g., length of hospital stay, health care costs, number of ventilator-free days, discharge to home rather … than to another health care facility), mortality, patient comfort, and comparative harms (e.g., aspiration

77. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2008 - from the EHC Program focus on key long-term, real life effectiveness trials and comparative harms rather … than short-term efficacy trials.

78. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2009 - particular salience is the extent to which evidence pertains to intermediate or surrogate outcomes rather … doing so, we aim to make it clear when our statements about the evidence are based on applicability rather … than on other aspects of the evidence. … Rather, EPC reports are used by a spectrum of government agencies, professional societies, and other … than health outcomes and use of indirect comparisons.

79. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 203 ADHD (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - It would help to know the range and mean ages for studies in the "Findings" tables, rather than only … A list of these interventions would improve readibility, rather than embedding the types within the … I'm wondering why CHP is considered an "other approach" rather than a behavioral training invention. … Rather than rating scales which vary in source and do not use anchor points, carefully done research … Also note that the EPC program does not make recommendations, nor fund primary studies, but rather

80. Disposition of Comments Report for Screening, Behavioral Counseling, and Referral in Primary Care To Reduce Alcohol Misuse (pdf file)
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    July 10, 2012 - This actually would include harmful drinking and alcohol abuse, rather than identifying a separate, … When reading it in boldface it seemed like a heading rather than a definition. We fixed this. … than not? … It might be better to list CBT elements in parentheses after CBT rather than list them separately. … In other words, this would be an infectious disease specialist providing primary care rather than a