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5441. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Surveillance (pdf file)
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      January 08, 2013 - warning) or the availability of a new drug within class (the latter being less of a signal to update than … Most of these studies focused on adults, rather than children; the age groups involved were often unclear … One prospective cohort6 reported anti-CCP antibody positive more often in polyarticular JIA than pauciarticular

5442. Research Findings #16: Patterns of Ambulatory Care Use: Changes From 1987 to 1996
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      July 01, 2001 - people covered exclusively by Medicare were substantially less likely to have a visit than … Blacks also showed a more marked decline than whites and Hispanics in the percentage of … rooms decreased more from 1987 to 1996 for people with lower incomes than … that took place in emergency rooms also declined more for poor people from 1987 to 1996 than … In New England, metropolitan areas consist of cities and towns rather than whole

5443. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      June 07, 2016 - including those with previous syphilis infection, an infected sexual partner, HIV infection, or more than … sequence testing with an initial automated treponemal test yielded more false reactive test results than … studies of HIV-positive men20,23 concerned testing for syphi- lis as part of HIV disease monitoring rather … than screening. … Reverse screening yielded a higher false-positive rate than traditional testing (0.6% vs 0%, P = .03)

5444. Microsoft Word - PSI report-revised to AHRQ_031208_rev.doc (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2008 - At the other end of the range with more than 18 statistically significant associations each are two … Rather, the average number of diagnosis fields filled for discharges in 2004 yielded the largest number … sparse statistically significant findings suggest that they are probably due to statistical chance, rather … than robust findings. … Note that the E code measure used in the correlation was not specific to PSIs but, rather, reflected

5445. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - Cochrane review.3 None of the trials evaluated long-term cardiovascular outcomes, and none had more than … conducted on U.S. populations; most patients included in the studies were recruited from specialty clinics rather … than from primary care settings. … Currently, it is unclear whether screening and early treatment for thyroid disease is better than not

5446. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      December 15, 2010 - The Magnitude of the Problem: The American Heart Association estimates that more than 81 million American … We are aware of more than 20 relevant publications since this review was published. … In response to the third specific comment, harms will not be measured but rather extracted as measured … At this time we will consider reviewing reports of primary studies in languages other than English. … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.

5447. Examination of the Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Measuring Performance in Diabetes Care - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - help at all. “ Overall, clinicians emphasized the importance of treating the individual patient, rather … than depending on an EHR-based algorithm. … So, the problem list would probably be more accurate than the encounter list. Table 4. … To some degree, (physicians are using the problem list) more so than before the bundle. … Definitely, more so than before the bundle. Organiz.

5448. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2014 - be related to higher rates of cigarette smoking and diabetes mellitus among African American men than … for Caucasian men and higher body mass indexes among African American women than for Caucasian women … test B, (2) test B is more accurate than test A, or (3) tests A and B are similarly accurate. … All other test comparisons and aspects of staging were analyzed by no more than one study apiece. … studies were not designed to assess accuracy of individual imaging modalities for screening HRIs, but rather

5449. Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - (RR, 1.11 [95% CI, 1.04-1.18]; 23 studies [n = 8942]), and for exclusive breastfeeding for less than … 3 months (RR, 1.21 [95% CI, 1.11-1.33]; 22 studies [n = 8246]), 3 to less than 6 months (RR, 1.20 [95% … Each study could be included within more than 1 meta-analysis if it reported corresponding data. … tion of the individual steps (or mothers’ perception of experiencing these steps) within the BFHI, rather … than BFHI accreditation itself, influences rates of breastfeeding.

5450. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Mean or median baseline AHI (or similar measure) was in the severe OSA range (AHI �30) for more than … a mean baseline ESS score less than 10,55,59,63,72,87,96,97,99,103,106 and 13 trials did not report … Rather, the focus was on the CPAP vs sham data. … guidelines was generally on diagnostic testing (of adults with symptoms suggestive of disor- dered sleep) rather … than on screening (of asymptomatic people or those with unrecognized symptoms).

5451. Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose Computed Tomography: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      March 09, 2021 - Participants were more likely to benefit than the US screening-eligible population (eg, based on life … the NLST, 91% were White, less than 5% were Black, and less than 2% were Hispanic or Latino. … studies that apply risk prediction models to cohorts or representative samples of the US population rather … than simulated populations. … Third, for accuracy, some included studies did not report accuracy metrics; rather, when sufficient data

5452. Quality Improvement Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2021 - context, the various strategies each plan implemented are noted below, as each plan implemented more than … These key components were not specific to improvement on any specific measure, but rather appeared to … These challenges were not found to be specific to one particular measure but rather global in nature.

5453. Appendix A. Details on Scan Data Set, Manual Reviews, Algorithm Classification Methods, and Supplemental Scan Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - Manually Reviewed Projects Grouped by Extent of Reviews Some projects were reviewed more than once … approach, the algorithm did not take into account sentence structure or relationships between words, but rather … variation in results that might occur during the manual review process; the manual review results are rather

5454. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - to Assessing Applicability (4 of 4) The third challenge arises because medical tests, even more so than … purpose was to determine if any method was superior to others, so all were included in the assessment rather … Studies may be presented more than once within a review, in different “applicability axes.” … systematic reviews, it is important to limit the contextual factors considered in applicability assessment rather … than considering all possible factors.

5455. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - to Assessing Applicability (4 of 4) The third challenge arises because medical tests, even more so than … purpose was to determine if any method was superior to others, so all were included in the assessment rather … Studies may be presented more than once within a review, in different “applicability axes.” … systematic reviews, it is important to limit the contextual factors considered in applicability assessment rather … than considering all possible factors.

5456. 2004 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Comparison Report
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      May 01, 2016 - In addition, Medicaid patients were less prevalent in NIS hospitals than in all AHA facilities. … 500 beds was moderately larger than the AHA total. … 65 and older than 84 (Table 16). … Of more than 80 comparisons, few significant ALOS differences were observed in any year. … In contrast, the NHDS and MedPAR both offer data drawn from all 50 states, rather than the 37 states

5457. Machine-Learning-Tools-Appendix-C (xls file)
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      January 01, 2024 - The number of abstracts reviewed per relevant abstract number needed to read (NNR) was lower than in … The number of abstracts reviewed per relevant abstract number needed to read (NNR) was lower than in … The number of abstracts reviewed per relevant abstract number needed to read (NNR) was lower than in … The number of abstracts reviewed per relevant abstract number needed to read (NNR) was lower than in … 0.756 0.966 0.604 0.594 0.613 F-1 By prioritizing the workflow and acting as an aid rather

5458. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief No. 39_Disparities and Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2021 - How such informants were identified is not stated, rather the expertise that was solicited. … Reviewer #1 Summary and Implications Focus seems to be more on the number of studies identified rather … than a synthesis of the findings. … And, now more than ever, it is possible to support this vital work after the passage of the Childhood … It provides a synthesis that is stronger than what is available in section (f). Thank you.

5459. Final Progress Report: Society for Pediatric Sedation Consensus Meeting: Great Expectations— Defining Quality in Pediatric Sedation (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - Many centers reported small (no more than 2000 sedation events) case series of sedation processes and … important adverse events and had already appropriately moved the discussion toward rescue skills required rather … than simply monitoring rates of any particular event.7 The safety group thought it would be important … In today’s 8 environment, true “effectiveness” requires more than just accomplishing the procedure … ; rather, a sedation “event” should be compared to the “ideal” sedation.

5460. Technical Review 17: Nutritional Research Series, Vol. 1: Application of Systematic Review Methodology to the Field of Nutrition (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - nutrition-related topic, it is important to include nutrition scientists and at least one scientist with a wide rather … than narrow range of views and expertise on the topic under review. … In the rare instances where many more potentially relevant articles may be available than feasibly can … can be particularly important for systematic reviews where absolute intake/response relationships rather … than relative intake response relationships are needed to assess the public health importance of a