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5601. Screening for Skin Cancer in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/8dzfZ_s3tZueoEh5Xzh-3A
      July 26, 2016 - Tumor thickness greater than 4.0 mm was associated with increased melanoma mortality compared with thinner … Although NMSC represents more than 97% of skin cancers,1 melanoma skin cancer is the pri- mary public … cancer screening is to detect skin can- cers, particularly melanoma, earlier in their clinical course than … melanoma in situ.30 These data suggest po- tential increased detection of clinically insignificant cancers rather … Cases with thin melanoma lesions (≤0.75 mm) had 38% higher odds of clinical skin exam than controls.

5602. 2007 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Comparison Report
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/2007niscomparisonrpt.jsp
      May 01, 2016 - In contrast, the NHDS and MedPAR both offer data drawn from all 50 states, rather than the more limited … Where a comprehensive geographic representation is more important than a large sample size, these resources … NIS hospitals tended to offer slightly more high-technology services than the AHA. … In contrast, the overall NIS estimated average length of stay was slightly longer than the AHA statistic … NIS discharge estimates were uniformly higher than the MedPAR numbers by approximately 11%, consistent

5603. Microsoft Word - deliverable45_2.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2010_03.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - In contrast, the NHDS and MedPAR both offer data drawn from all 50 states, rather than the more limited … Where a comprehensive geographic representation is more important than a large sample size, these resources … NIS hospitals tended to offer slightly more high-technology services than the AHA. … In contrast, the overall NIS estimated average length of stay was slightly longer than the AHA statistic … NIS discharge estimates were uniformly higher than the MedPAR numbers by approximately 11%, consistent

5604. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections-surveillance-140925.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - difficile infection than the use of vancomycin. … the EIA result (p=0.005) but lower than the PCR result (P=0.057). … 027 was lower than that for Xpert C. difficile (P<0.001). … findings by suggesting a 2-step testing algorithm for C. difficile using rapid PCR confirmatory testing rather … than CCCNA leads to decreased unnecessary anti-CDI antimicrobial use.

5605. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
      October 01, 2015 - Rather, the reports will help to inform and guide the planning and prioritization of research resources … Since that implementation, review of more than 18,000 leads about potential topics has resulted in … Researchers have identified more than 1,800 mutations associated with the disease. … had significant improvements in lung function and fewer exacerbations after 24 weeks of therapy than … Ivacaftor alone costs more than $300,000 annually and is among a number of recently approved orphan

5606. Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Trigger Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-143-fullreport.pdf
      April 01, 2018 - contributed to by medical care—per 1,000 patient-days and per 100 hospitalizations for patients less than … Patients with a length of stay (LOS) greater than or equal to 24 hours. 3. … analysis because pediatric eligibility for Medicare is based on having specific medical conditions rather … than being based solely on family income (CMS, 2014). … Do hospitals provide lower-quality care to minorities than to whites?

5607. Microsoft Word - Comp Eff 10.doc (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ace-inhibitor-arb-2007_research-2007-1.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - Only nine studies compared ACEIs and ARBs for periods longer than 1 year. … Both studies are limited by a failure to include races other than Caucasians. … • Withdrawals due to adverse events were modestly more frequent for groups receiving an ACEI rather … than an ARB; this is consistent with differential rates of cough … Noting both the consistency of this finding across studies and the rather modest degree of differences

5608. Action Planning for the SOPS Surveys Webcast Transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/action-planning-webcast-transcript.pdf
      June 01, 2019 - Depending on the browser you're using, your Webex screen may look slightly different than this slide … If you've administered the survey more than once, you can identify areas for improvement by looking … As Laura noted, it's better not to do a survey at all than to do nothing with those results. … individuals are more likely to help and feel really included and buy into it, if they've been chosen rather … than asked to volunteer.

5609. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation_executive.pdf
      June 01, 2012 - The Department of Defense reported more than 4,500 moderate to severe TBIs among all service members … This uncertainty does not reflect insufficient efforts to synthesize evidence, but rather unsatisfactory … Further, evidence suggests that TBI patients achieve greater functional outcomes than stroke patients … Newer studies provide more useful definitions than those published prior to 2000. … Evidence suggested that the ICRP may lead to earlier productivity than standard rehabilitation (low

5610. Integrating patient-reported outcomes and electronic health record data to improve clinical decision support for depression treatment - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021769-anderson-final-report-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - Frequency of side effects decreased over the study for the majority of patients who completed more than … Among patients who completed more than one survey, 69% reached remission and 77% reached treatment … However, it was also implemented for a longer period of time than the latter two methods. … respondents registered and consented for the study using the tablet provided at their doctor’s office, rather … than doing so on their own time after the visit.

5611. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mrsa-screening-2010_research-protocol.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) first emerged as a clinically relevant human pathogen more than … techniques offer the promise of exceptionally rapid turnaround time for MRSA detection (often less than … Studies will be stratified by the turnaround time of the test used, rather than by the testing modality … 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.

5612. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2007v2IntroductionRevised.pdf
      November 01, 2015 - HCUP data agree to the following restrictions: ‡  Will not use the data for any purpose other than … The NEDS contains more than 100 clinical and non-clinical variables provided in a hospital discharge … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a

5613. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_2006v2_IntroductionRevised.pdf
      November 01, 2015 - HCUP data agree to the following restrictions: ‡  Will not use the data for any purpose other than … The NEDS contains more than 100 clinical and non-clinical variables provided in a hospital discharge … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a

5614. Microsoft Word - NEDS_2007_Introduction v5.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_2007_Introduction_v5.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - The NEDS contains more than 100 clinical and non-clinical variables provided in a hospital discharge … If the strata size in the universe or frame was less than two hospitals, a collapsed stratification … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a

5615. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SAMPLE (NEDS), 2007
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_Introduction_2007v2.jsp
      November 01, 2015 - The NEDS contains more than 100 clinical and non-clinical variables provided in a hospital discharge … Excluded were a handful of non-rural hospitals that reported less than 10 ED visits in a year. … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a deterministic

5616. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/restless-legs-future_research.pdf
      February 01, 2013 - for the specific treatments received and therefore also be responsible for differences in outcomes, rather … than the treatments themselves. … This design is more feasible than an RCT but will subject to confounding. … Fewer challenges to recruitment than with RCT. … Resource use is likely higher than an meta- analysis but still smaller than a large full scale long-term

5617. Adding Clinical Data to Statewide Administrative Data: Pilot Projects - Final Report
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/Finalreport100109.jsp
      July 01, 2016 - administering several data projects including the UB data project provided an avenue for an additive process rather … than a start-up. … Some of the smaller hospitals cited lack of staff and resources to support a more complex project than … A little more than half of Minnesota’s hospitals are affiliated with hospital systems. … Models were validated using data sets other than those used in their original derivation.

5618. CountyNeonatalAbstinenceSyndrome (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/CountyNeonatalAbstinenceSyndrome.pdf
      November 19, 2021 - high NAS rates (>80th percentile, 38.3 per 1000 births) were more often in the Northeast and South than … been reported as higher in Appalachia and the New England and East South Central census divisions than … Buprenorphine-waivered physicians were more than twice as common in counties with high NAS rates than … inpatient stays with opioid- and mental health-related diagnoses may reflect hospital bed capacity rather … than true burden in a community.

5619. Collaborative Modeling to Compare Different Breast Cancer Screening Strategies: A Decision Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2024 - comorbidity level experienced greater screening benefits than other groups. … mammography screening self- identify as women.19 Since model results are based on data for sex (ie, female) rather … For each strategy, benefits were larger for Black women than for all women. … 40% greater than for women over- all (Table 4). … Finally, some analyses were based on findings from fewer than 6 models for pragmatic reasons.

5620. AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolio's 2010 Annual Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq2010annualReport.pdf
      October 23, 2012 - • 9 percent (9/102) were ‘significantly underspent,’ by more than 20 percent. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations by grade (e.g., A, B, C, D, I), rather than … Outputs Principal Investigators Grants and cooperative agreements are awarded to an institution rather … than to a specific PI. … than 700 professional organizations.