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4821. Statistical Brief #118: Hospital Stays for Children, 2009 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb118.pdf
      August 01, 2011 - The mean length of stay for children’s hospitalizations was about 20 percent shorter than the … About 4.6 million discharges (72 percent) were for newborns and infants younger than one year of age … Software (CCS) The principal procedure is the procedure that was performed for definitive treatment rather … than performed for diagnostic or exploratory purposes (i.e., the procedure that was necessary to take … When more than one payer is listed for a hospital discharge, the first-listed payer is used.

4822. Observation Status Related to U (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/FinalReportonObservationStatus_v2Final.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - " as opposed to "less than" R&B days. … that most patients arrive via referral by a physician (35 percent) or other hospital (33 percent), rather … than the by hospitals’ own emergency department (11 percent) or clinics (7 percent). … To further understand this phenomenon, we examined whether ADJLOS was greater than or less than R&B … greater than R&B days.

4823. Conflict Resolution (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/conflict.html
      April 01, 2013 - Not in a confrontational way but rather to say, “Let’s both think harder about this. … you are; my profession is stronger than you are. … And when you do them, this can all take place in less than 2 minutes. … So I think the thing is if something that you’ve tried and it didn’t work out well, rather than say, … resolution, and I was kind of able to bring a third party in and get them to recognize that it’s more than

4824. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/outcome-research-white-paper.pdf
      June 01, 2022 - Adverse Events Both registries were designed primarily to support quality improvement activities (rather … than the PHQ-9. … than captured through the standalone PRO system. … than providing specific recommendations. … When viewed through this lens, it is clear that the challenge is not to reduce variation, but rather

4825. HCUP_methods_series_cover.ai (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_2.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - Appendix A includes a parallel set of tables that display the number (rather than proportion) of observations … Conversely, it is unlikely that a single person would be readmitted more than a dozen times per year … (though some outliers with more than twelve visits in a year are possible). … ) for this state, the potential for more than 2,000 duplicates may impact certain types of analyses. … This does result in higher levels of agreement than obtained for “strict” age comparisons, although

4826. Cnf-Nffq (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_stats/nhc/cnf-nffq.pdf
      September 30, 1997 - Then (for all responses to RH21E), set a flag to indicate this is a selection (rather than an addition … . . . . . . . . . . . 0 BOX RH14D For all responses, set a flag to indicate this is a selection (rather … than an addition), and go to BOX RH13. … Consistency checks: FA58 cannot be greater than FA57. FA58 cannot be greater than FA52. … If more than one group entered at FB38, display "groups".

4827. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ffNDS7ekxovstoCxxtLJVt
      February 13, 2018 - Services Task Force IMPORTANCE By 2020, approximately 12.3 million individuals in the United States older than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … or equal to 6 for SCORE, greater than or equal to 9 for ORAI, less than 1 for OSIRIS, and less than … Treatment trials that focus on or include men and report on fracture out- comes (rather than BMD) as … It also recommends BMD testing in postmenopausal women younger than 65 years and men younger than 70

4828. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis, Evidence Synthesis, No. 50 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/cas/cases.pdf
      December 01, 2007 - Stroke risk depends on more than the degree of carotid artery narrowing; it is therefore difficult to … After 4 years of follow-up, the stroke rate was lower in the CEA group than in the medical treatment … The estimated RRR for men was greater than for women: 0.66 and 0.17, respectively. … If positive tests are not followed by confirmatory angiography but rather by MRA or CTA – tests with … RESEARCH GAPS 16 High quality studies of the true prevalence (rather than ultrasound-based

4829. Future Research Needs for First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics for Children and Young Adults (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotics-children-future_research.pdf
      February 01, 2012 - than requiring additional empirical evidence. … considered these methodological shortcomings of existing research and the issues were of implementation rather … than requiring additional empiric evidence. … for behavioral symptoms such as irritability and aggression that are common across many disorders rather … prioritization revealed emphasis on safety and effectiveness needs across youth mental conditions rather

4830. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      June 01, 2013 - Rather, the reports will help to inform and guide the planning and prioritization of research resources … Since that implementation, review of more than 16,000 leads about potential topics has resulted in … Patients treated with ACDF were reported to need reoperation more often than patients treated with … A patient may choose to receive more than one injection over time. … by some investigators and clinicians to have potential to address the underlying pathology of OA rather

4831. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BhnZRA--TRpXdg9_tYmZ_M
      April 05, 2016 - Specificity (range, 90%-95%) and PPV (range, 63%-75%) appeared better than questionnaires. … For the threshold of less than 16.5 for screen negatives, and limiting to studies in which fewer than … groups underwent spirometry, so the trial actually tested the method of communicating spirometry results rather … Fewer than 5 trials Table 6. … control groups Inconsistent Studies tested incremental value of adding spirometry to counseling alone rather

4832. Final Progress Report: Epidemiology, Exploration, and Evaluation: Addressing potentially dangerous medications in children on Medicaid with a mental health diagnosis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/kleinman-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - assigns responsibility to manage the prescription pharmaceutical insurance benefit to managed care plans rather … In 2013, preliminary data identified more than 183,000 children in NYS Medicaid (of whom more than 132,000 … findings were seen when stratifying propensity scores by quintile to examine PCMH vs non-PCMH rates (rather … than using a 1:1 match). … Females had 31% higher rates of combined ED and IP than males.

4833. The Role of Patient Safety in the Device Purchasing Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Johnson.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - evaluation often was limited to technical safety issues, such as operating to technical specifications, rather … than device interface issues that may induce or prevent device usage errors; and (5) no explicit, … Introduction Studies show that more problems are caused by medical device usage errors, than are the … Rather, the weaknesses are a reflection of the participants’ lack of training in device safety, its

4834. 08-1094 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/08-1094.pdf
      January 02, 2025 - In some testing, RxNorm erroneously linked some NDCs to lists of ingredients rather than to the drugs … The standard does not assess the appropriateness of the alternatives, rather it merely conveys the … Rather, we proposed eliminating the exemption for computer-generated e-prescribing facsimiles from … ‘‘Dispenser’’ Comment: One comment included a recommendation that we refer to ‘‘pharmacists’’, rather … than to e-prescribing in general.

4835. Kidney-Stone-Prevention Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-stone-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
      June 15, 2011 - While larger stones may cause symptoms, more than 90 percent of stones 5 mm in diameter still pass … The rationale for excluding participants who underwent lithotripsy less than 90 days earlier and are … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: June 15, 2011 fragments related to the procedure rather … than the effect of secondary preventive therapy. … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.

4836. Behavioral Interventions for Migraine Prevention (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bimp-protocol.pdf
      September 27, 2022 - enrolled percentage of patients with anxiety observe larger between-group differences in outcomes than … validity: the extent to which post-treatment outcomes can be attributed to the treatments themselves rather … than other factors. … Members of the TEP must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $5,000 and any other … Potential peer reviewers must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $5,000 and any

4837. Surgeries in Hospital-Owned Outpatient Facilities, 2012 #188
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb188-Surgeries-Hospital-Outpatient-Facilities-2012.jsp
      February 01, 2015 - These visits included more than 19 million total surgeries, nearly half of which (48.9 percent) were … CCS procedure categories with fewer than 2,000 ambulatory surgery cases are excluded. … report, any reference to visit or hospital stay indicates that the unit of analysis is the record, rather … than the surgical procedure. … Together, the SID encompass more than 95 percent of all U.S. community hospital discharges in 2012.

4838. Patient-Centered Informatics System to Enhance Health Care in Rural Communities - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017308-samore-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - real world"), have built in error prevention ("careful design"), be easy to remember (recognition rather … than recall"), and show users where they were in they system ("visibility of system status"). … and value less than one indicated that the covariate was a decreased rate of login. … Compared to individuals older than 65, patients less than 35 had 8.33 fold higher. … For longer sessions--more than 20 actions—patterns were more complex.

4839. Ch 4-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_4-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - slowly only after the exposure is removed, it is important to consider a longer exposure window than … To accurately identify this procedure, it is necessary to consider more than one type of procedure … The recall of information on a surgical procedure may be much more accurate than the recall of the … statins can have their impact on cardiovascular events, which would be over the preceding several years rather … than, for instance, over the 2 weeks immediately preceding an event.

4840. Hi Les, (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rtc-design-principles_research.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - systematic reviews of diagnostic tests has predominantly focused on the methods for assessing test accuracy rather … than how to assess the consequences of test results and other test attributes on patient outcomes. … Critical comparisons and evidence If the new test is intended to be more sensitive than the old test … high-grade cytological abnormalities and a lower proportion of low-grade cytological abnormalities than … What is the difference in adverse event rates or other test attributes other than accuracy?