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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/coronary-stents-effectiveness/abstract
December 01, 2019 - Participants, setting and expected sample size: Study population will consist of: 1) 3,300 CAS patients … In addition, greater sample size in all Medicare CAS versus CEA data will be obtained using propensity
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence/research
December 01, 2019 - The RCTs were generally of poor quality and had small sample sizes (21 to 250). … of patients (674 and 1,560), the remaining studies had serious methodological limitations and small sample
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s96.pdf
October 01, 2007 - NEISS-CADEs operates in 63 hospital EDs, selected as
a stratified probability sample of all hospitals … in the United
States and its territories with a minimum of 6 beds and a
24-hour ED.12,13 The sample … We used data collected from a convenience sample of
6 NEISS-CADES hospitals from January 1, 2004 to June … No pediatric
specialty hospital was included in this sample. … The NEISS sample (design and implementation)
1997 to present.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/cervical-cancer-screening
With the Pap test, the lab checks the sample for cancer cells or abnormal cells that could become cancer
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s158.pdf
October 01, 2007 - Validation study:
representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries. … infarction was essentially the
same before and after control for these additional covariates
in the stage 2 sample … calibration Yes Yes Yes
Validation study can be used to adjust multiple
associations
Yes (if random sample … files.41
External Validation Study
The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is
conducted on a sample … Two-stage case-control studies:
precision of parameter estimates and considerations in selecting sample
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/calcineurin-inhibitor/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - for inclusion, but retrospective studies must use consecutive enrollment or enrollment of a random sample … Duplicate abstraction on a 10-percent random sample will be used to ensure accuracy. … detect the level of a substance, such as a therapeutic drug, in a biologic (usually blood or urine) sample … Sample of Search Strategy
Table A-1. … Sample Risk of Bias Items
ECRI Risk of Bias Item List for Controlled or Comparative Studies
Were
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/dementia-databases-methods/research
January 01, 2020 - LTC) and other characteristics of the sample (e.g., demographics). … Aripiprazole and clozapine were not used by anyone in the sample with ADRD. … Discussion
This study used a large nationally representative sample of the Medicare population from … typically 5%-13% 5 , 21 , 22
The reliance on self-/proxy-reported or claims diagnosis limits our sample … Limiting our sample to only claims would restrict it to those who received medical attention over the
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December 01, 2019 - Did the sample represent patients that would be tested in clinical practice? … Were the results externally validated using an independent sample or internally validated via boot strap … need to be noted. 15
If the investigators fit a new prognostic test or prediction equation to the sample … data (test development sample) by using the data to define cutoff levels or model its relationships … Comparing the predictive values of diagnostic tests: sample size and analysis for paired study designs
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-future_research.pdf
October 26, 2012 - Generalizability will depend on population
sample. … Multiple sites may be
needed to reach adequate sample sizes. … Multiple sites may be needed to reach
adequate sample sizes. … Generalizability
will depend on population sample. … Multiple sites may be needed to reach
adequate sample sizes.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/venous-ulcers-treatment/research
December 01, 2019 - Rather, the risk of bias and lack of adequate sample size prevented us from establishing statistically … simple healing rates, stratification or adjustment to account for potential confounding variables, or sample
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-appendix-c.xlsx
January 08, 2024 - nonrandomized studies
Author, Year (Study Design) Did the Study Attempt To Enroll All (or a Random Sample
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/chlamydia-infections
Your health care provider may ask you to provide a urine sample. … For women, providers sometimes use (or ask you to use) a cotton swab to get a sample from your vagina
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-prognostic_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Did the sample represent patients that would be tested
in clinical practice?
4. … Were the results externally validated using an independent sample or internally validated via boot strap … need to be noted.15
If the investigators fit a new prognostic test or prediction equation to the sample … data (test
development sample) by using the data to define cutoff levels or model its relationships … Comparing the
predictive values of diagnostic tests: sample
size and analysis for paired study designs
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/psoriasis
November 27, 2012 - Your doctor might need to look at a small skin sample under a microscope.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/gout
January 31, 2017 - Your doctor may take a sample of fluid from an inflamed joint to look for crystals.
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September 02, 2015 - You will have a biopsy, where a sample of tissue is taken out and examined under a microscope.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-cancer_clinician.pdf
July 01, 2017 - NA ���
Local recurrence-free
survival
2 (217) Better results with RN, but all studies had a
small sample
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-chapter-1.pdf
July 01, 2019 - D & E: Consider these high risk of bias situations
when pooling a small number of studies:
► Small sample … sizes: Results from small trials are less reliable even
when risk of bias is low.6
− If sample sizes … heterogeneity9
► Critiques of I2: Underestimates heterogeneity in random effects models;
increases as sample
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Selection bias The selection process determines the composition of the study sample. … Partial verification bias Only a selected sample of patients who underwent the index test is verified … Domain 1: Patient Selection
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled? … Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample receive verification using a reference standard … For the question, “Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample receive verification using
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-risk-bias.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Selection bias The selection process determines the composition of the study sample. … Partial verification bias Only a selected sample of patients who underwent the index test is verified … Domain 1: Patient Selection
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled? … Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample receive verification using a reference standard … For the question, “Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample receive verification using