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201. Hepatic-Fibrosis White-Paper (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatic-fibrosis_white-paper.pdf
     April 01, 2014 - Diagnostic accuracy of tests for fibrosis a Fibrosis Test (cutoff) Number of Samples Sensitivity … Diagnostic accuracy of tests for fibrosis a (continued) Fibrosis Test (cutoff) Number of Samples … Diagnostic accuracy of tests for fibrosis a (continued) Fibrosis Test (cutoff) Number of Samples … ratio bAdditional data for study(s) with discrepancy in reported data c first number is number of samples … for sensitivity/second number is number of samples for specificity dAdditional data for study(s) without

202. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2004_Design_Report.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, prior to data year 1998, which maximized … The two samples can be combined to form a single, generalizable 20% subsample of discharges. … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … For a description of zero-weight hospitals in the 1988-1992 samples, see the special report: Design

203. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2003_Design_Report_Edited_012506.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … Because the 10% subsamples are based on samples of discharges, each hospital HCUP NIS 2003 (01/25/2006 … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, prior to data year 1998, which maximized … The two samples can be combined to form a single, generalizable 20% subsample of discharges. … For a description of zero-weight hospitals in the 1988-1992 samples, see the special report: Design

204. HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample Design Report 2005
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2005_Design_Report.jsp
     January 01, 2005 - stratum have an equal probability of selection, regardless of whether they had appeared in prior NIS samples … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, prior to data year 1998, which maximized the … The two samples could be combined to form a single, generalizable 20% subsample of discharges. … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component

205. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
     March 14, 2014 - TC and HDL-C can be measured on nonfasting or fasting samples … TC and HDL-C can be measured accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires … fasting samples for accurate measurement.

206. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aJ-xmGLsKqLQbQsBqodKZ5
     January 01, 2001 - Clinical Considerations ● TC and HDL-C can be measured on nonfasting or fasting samples. … TC and HDL-C can be measured accurately on nonfasting venous or capillary blood samples, but LDL-C requires … fasting samples for accurate measure- ment.

207. Integration of an NLP-based Application to Support Medication Management | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/integration-nlp-based-application-support-medication-management
     January 01, 2023 - To evaluate the system, the investigators randomly selected two samples of patients.

208. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
     December 20, 2016 - did not have a significantly different risk of subclinical viral shedding; polymerase chain reaction samples … from participants in an HIV seroprevalence study, (2) samples from HIV-negative women; South Africa … and Namibia: samples initially collected for HIV screenings from healthy, primarily middle-income individuals … c Samples with an index value of 1.1 to 3.5 were confirmed with HSV-2 IgG inhibition assay to eliminate … f Samples with an index value of 3.5 or greater were considered positive to improve test specificity

209. Disposition of Comments for Child Exposure to Trauma: Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions Addressing Maltreatment (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_disposition-comments.pdf
     April 15, 2013 - CERs, and 3) to avert yet more heterogeneity due to inconsistent, vague, or absent definitions of samples … aura of exactitude and finality, not worrying enough about the results than might obtain were other samples … of small sample sizes in that it is difficult to statistically identify moderate effects in small samples … interaction terms in statistical models and estimating these interaction terms require very large samples … Many of the a priori hypotheses had to be eliminated because there were insufficient samples to meet

210. Technical Notes and Survey Documentation – MEPS-IC Data Tools
     datatools.ahrq.gov/meps-ic/technical-notes-and-survey-documentation/
     January 01, 2022 - From 1997 through 2002, the MEPS-IC rotated the samples in the 20 least populated States to insure that … and non-profit organizations have occasionally provided additional funding to increase the MEPS-IC samples … The two most common reasons for funding larger State samples are 1) to improve the accuracy of the State … In the table below, States that received increased samples are listed by year. … In 2001 and 2002, the increased samples resulted in additional States for which estimates could be produced

211. MEPS - IC Technical Notes
     meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/ic_technical_notes.shtml
     January 01, 2020 - From 1997 through 2002, the MEPS-IC rotated the samples in the 20 least … have occasionally provided additional funding to increase the MEPS-IC samples … The two most common reasons for funding larger State samples are … In the table below, States that received increased samples are listed by … In 2001 and 2002, the increased samples resulted in additional States for

212. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/pfphac.pdf
     September 01, 2014 - ensure the reliability of the MPSMS rates and other data present in charts from these additional IQR samples … Preliminary data and calculations based on data that include the new IQR samples suggest that a method

213. Nis 1998 Design Report (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_1998_Design_Report.pdf
     January 01, 1998 - The two samples can be combined to form a single, generalizable 20 percent subsample of discharges. … an equal probability of selection for the sample, regardless of whether they had been in prior NIS samples … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … Zero-Weight Hospitals Beginning in 1993, the NIS samples contain no zero-weight hospitals. … NIS Hospital Samples Regular Sample Total Sample Year Number of Hospitals Number of Discharges

214. Disposition of Comments Report for Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma-Cell Dyscrasias (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay_disposition-comments.pdf
     August 23, 2012 - If that is the case, then it should not be necessary to include only studies with all samples sent for … testing and exclude studies that start with diagnostic samples obtained from patients with a diagnosis … It is likely that studies using diagnostic samples will yield inflated estimates and Key Question 1 … Finally, BMT CTN 0702 will be prospectively collecting serum samples for light chain analysis along … recently independently reported that urine protein electrophoresis was inaccurate in 20% to 30% of samples

215. Management of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-clostridioides-difficile.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - of C. difficile test results.1 • C. difficile testing recommendations1 − Do not test formed stool samples

216. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2000_Design_Report.pdf
     January 01, 2000 - an equal probability of selection for the sample, regardless of whether they had been in prior NIS samples … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, prior to data year 1998, which maximized … The two samples can be combined to form a single, generalizable 20 percent subsample of discharges. … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … For a description of zero-weight hospitals in the 1988-1992 samples, see the special report: Design

217. HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample Design Report 2000
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2000_Design_Report.jsp
     January 01, 2000 - an equal probability of selection for the sample, regardless of whether they had been in prior NIS samples … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, prior to data year 1998, which maximized the … The two samples can be combined to form a single, generalizable 20 percent subsample of discharges. … This deviates from the procedure used for earlier samples, which maximized the longitudinal component … For a description of zero-weight hospitals in the 1988-1992 samples, see the special report: Design

218. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
     December 23, 2014 - For example, one study isolated C. difficile spores from air samples in a UK hospital, 4 to 7 weeks … Tests to validate a technique in “known” or proven samples. … Tests in which the reference standard is not applied to all samples. … cytotoxicity neutralization assay (CCNA) or toxigenic culture as the reference standard applied to all samples … One can use RCT and controlled cohort data, but they generally have small samples and short followups

219. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/167-hospital-level-gap-analysis.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - your laboratory have the capacity to process surveillance cultures either on-site or by sending samples … Does your laboratory have the capacity to process surveillance cultures either on-site or by sending samples

220. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=24
     care events, health conditions, employment characteristics, and other aspects of the MEPS household samples