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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wheelchair-service_technical-brief.pdf
January 01, 2012 - of health care in the United States. … purchasers as well as the health care system as a whole by
providing important information to help improve health … care quality. … Ripat and Booth interviewed six providers, seven funders, and five individual users to
identify the … Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2005
Apr-Jun; 20(2):119-127.
10. Kirby RL, Ackroyd-Stolarz SA.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - Choice of dressings may change during the course of therapy concomitant with the
changing nature of … of the articles. … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the
methodological quality both of randomised … of the final draft of the report. … six weeks or more with evidence of earlier stages of
venous disease such as varicose veins, edema,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/advanced-care-decision-aids_technical-brief.pdf
July 01, 2014 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well informed
decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … intervention focused on
care choices for CPR and ventilation among terminal cancer patients asked six
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_executive.pdf
April 01, 2011 - The effectiveness of both of these
types of interventions in other groups of children with
ASDs is currently … Age and IQ at intake as predictors
of placement for young children with autism: a four- to six-
year … of outcome. … Risperidone for the
core symptom domains of autism: results from the study by
the autism network of the … Lack of
benefit of intravenous synthetic human secretin in the
treatment of autism.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
June 01, 2013 - the case of new applications of
already-diffused technologies. … a lack of effective treatments and the impact of OA on quality of life. … of rotation to restore physiological mobility of the spinal segment. … Results and Discussion of Comments
Six experts, with clinical, research, and health systems backgrounds … Additional barriers are the
current lack of reimbursement and high out-of-pocket cost of the procedure
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/primary-research-design_research.pdf
January 01, 2012 - well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality of
health … care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … Intervention (type and
number) NA
Six studies used Dexamethasone (IM), one used
Betamethasone (IM
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
December 01, 2013 - the case of new applications of
already-diffused technologies. … of body fat. … Results and Discussion of Comments
Six experts, with clinical, research, health systems and administration … Of the
39% of the people without prediabetes at randomisation, 7% of the liraglutide 3 mg
treated … With the approval, FDA required that the manufacturer conduct six postmarketing
studies, including
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism-adolescents_disposition-comments.pdf
August 27, 2012 - on the effects of aging on health, cognitive skills, and
other domains of functioning. … The identification of specific study designs is
beyond the scope of the future research section of … lack of data. … by a range
of types of studies. … Twenty-six of these
studies were rated as having poor quality; 5 were rated as fair (4
randomized clinical
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
May 20, 2013 - US of the pelvis
• MRI of the abdomen without contrast
• MRI of the abdomen with contrast
• CT of … the imaging tests of interest
o Any direct comparisons of variations of any of the imaging tests of … 85 percent of the patients were from one of the four patient populations of
interest. … readers), and question 10 (avoided verification bias), and at
least six of the other questions must … The grade is developed by considering four important
domains: the risk of bias in the evidence base,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - of health
care services. … of healthcare in the United States. … A
systematic review of pain-related outcome
domains reported in studies early after total
knee arthroplasty … Design of the spine pain intervention
to enhance care quality and reduce
expenditure trial (SPINE CARE … Six-
year trends in postoperative prescribing and
use of multimodal analgesics following total
hip
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ongoing-studies-evidence_research.pdf
December 01, 2010 - well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality
of health … of health
care in the United States. … care quality. … on quality of care in minority groups, 86 percent of the relevant studies of
diagnosis and treatments … However, observational
design was used in 24 percent of ongoing studies of quality of care improvement
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
January 01, 2015 - the case of new applications of
already-diffused technologies. … Use of ITCA 650 added to therapy reportedly
enabled 25% of patients to reach an HbA1c goal of less … an APDS.30
Diffusion may take place at diabetes centers of excellence because of the level of expertise … Results and Discussion
Six experts, with clinical, research, health systems, and health administration … Results and Discussion
Six experts, with clinical, research, and health systems backgrounds, provided
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - continuous glucose
monitoring (disposable, can be worn for six days); Enlite Serter that aids sensor … Results and Discussion
Six experts, with clinical, research, and health systems backgrounds, provided … Results and Discussion
Six experts, with clinical, research, and health systems backgrounds, provided … Results and Discussion
Six experts, with clinical, research, and health systems backgrounds, provided … Results and Discussion
Six experts, with clinical, research, and health systems backgrounds, provided
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/09_infectiousdisease_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - piloted; (2) information
was compiled by April 15, 2012, in this priority area; and (3) we received six … Six payers cover fidaxomicin for members with C.
difficile-associated diarrhea. … Copper was also effective in reducing the mean microbial burden on four of the
six objects (bedrails … and comprised 78.7% of the mean microbial burden of Cu
rooms and 55.5% of non-Cu rooms. … Wellmark) found 7 that list coverage determinations for fidaxomicin for treating
CDAD.
148-154
Six
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-future_research.pdf
October 26, 2012 - make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality
of health … care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … of care
o To reduce unnecessary burden on those with health-care problems
Potential for significant
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/08_functional_limitations_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
January 01, 2012 - biologics; (2) information was compiled by October 26, 2012, in this priority
area; and (3) we received six … Part of the
inflammatory response is the release of uncontrolled levels of bradykinin (BK), a potent … one 30-mg dose of icatibant is about
$8,400.
71
The retail cost of one 30-mg dose of ecallantide … Results and Discussion of Comments
Six experts, with clinical, research, health systems, and health … Results and Discussion of Comments
Six experts, with clinical, research, health systems, and health
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c_executive.pdf
November 01, 2012 - Based on a
national survey of households,
approximately 1.6 percent of U.S. … Data Synthesis and Rating the Strength
of the Body of Evidence
We performed meta-analysis of trials … and quality
of studies (graded good, fair, or poor); the precision of
the estimate of effect based … Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a or Alfa-2b Plus Ribavirin: Dose Effects
Sustained virologic
response
Six … treatment
vs. no SVR, with differences averaging less than 5 to 10 points
on various SF-36 domains
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/monitoring-programs-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2025 - devices, and supplies to patients and providers, which may lead
to lower quality of care and increased … When assessing RCTs, we planned to use the 7 items in
the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool that cover domains … of care and patient safety, while
simultaneously reducing health system costs. … of
healthcare services. … Using
lean six sigma methodology to improve quality
of the anesthesia supply chain in a pediatric
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer_executive.pdf
October 01, 2014 - We
performed analyses stratified according to the reference
standard used and on domains related to … We rated 3 studies low risk of bias, 189
moderate risk of bias, and 89 high risk of bias. … Six studies evaluated diagnostic accuracy of imaging
techniques for surveillance, and 182 studies reported … Six studies reported test performance of various imaging
techniques for staging of patients with HCC … of MRI machine (3.0 T vs. 1.5 T), type of contrast, use of delayed
phase imaging, timing of delayed
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/infantile-hemangioma_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - IH
• Prevention of
disfigurement
• Resolution of airway
obstruction
• Preservation of
vision … on the “Methods Guide for Effectiveness and
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews.”25 We assessed the
domains … regression of IH at a median
of 2 years of followup. … Six comparative studies addressed timolol
(two RCTs and four cohort studies). … two of six comparative studies included children with
superficial and deep lesions.