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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/infectiousdisease_hi_impact.pdf
December 01, 2013 - change depending on expert comments received on interventions issued for comment
during the preceding six … pilot phase; (2) information was compiled
by November 2011 in this priority area; and (3) we received six … Copper
was also effective in reducing the mean microbial burden on four of the six objects (bed rails … and
comprised 78.7% of the mean microbial burden of Cu rooms and 55.5% of non-Cu rooms. … Patient followup of a mean of 5 months was
reported.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-balancing-harms-benefits_research-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - of health care services. … of health
care in the United States. … care quality. … .
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For the purpose of this report, we identified the following six key characteristics of
quantitative … Health care quality,
geographic variations, and the challenge of
supply-sensitive care.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 01, 2014 - the case of new applications of
already-diffused technologies. … Experts were unsure
about the potential of this intervention to affect costs of care, because of a … Results and Discussion of Comments
Six experts, with clinical, research, health systems and administration … About 50% of patients
achieved a weight loss of 5% and 22% achieved a weight loss of 10% after taking … of Obesity
Clinical Pathway at Point of This Intervention
Results and Discussion of Comments
References
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c_surveillance.pdf
December 01, 2015 - The included journals were
six high-profile general medical interest journals (Annals of Internal Medicine … , Hepatology, Journal of
Hepatology, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Journal of Viral … of Hepatology 6
6 Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 5
7 American Journal of Gastroenterology … Differences averaging 5 to 10 points on various SF-36 domains.
•! … Differences averaging 5
to 10 points on various
SF-36 domains.
•!
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c_surveillance.pdf
December 01, 2015 - The included journals were
six high-profile general medical interest journals (Annals of Internal Medicine … , Hepatology, Journal of
Hepatology, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Journal of Viral … of Hepatology 6
6 Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 5
7 American Journal of Gastroenterology … Differences averaging 5 to 10 points on various SF-36 domains.
•! … Differences averaging 5
to 10 points on various
SF-36 domains.
•!
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay-future_research.pdf
September 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. … each of the six stakeholder
categories (excluding purchasers, for this project).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/labor-nitrous-oxide_disposition-comments.pdf
August 23, 2012 - Again,
what’s the point being made that only six of the studies originate in the
United States? … six
of the forty-nine studies were conducted in the United States? … A detailed review of the
risks of epidurals is outside the scope of this
review. … A discussion of the complexity of labor pain is
outside the scope of this review. … of N2O.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual
Studies
We assessed the risk of bias for each study using … the strength
of the body of evidence for each Key Question with
respect to the following domains: … Only six small studies reported
that other pathology was found when appendicitis was
also present … Maternal/Fetal Adverse Events
Six studies (3 studies of US, 3 of MRI, and 2 of multiple
clinical and … Seven studies (5 studies of US, 2 of MRI, 1 of CT, and 1 of
clinical symptoms and signs, some studies
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gout-management-disposition-160721.pdf
March 15, 2016 - the quality of care of specialty society derived
guidelines (such as ACR guidelines that included significant … adequate gout quality of care, even at the scope of the primary care level. … Essentially, the current report risks boxing in primary care providers to inferior quality of
care for … of care. … of
care".
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/future05-breastcancer-10-5-2010final.pdf
September 01, 2010 - make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality
of health … care services. … of health care. … We present a conceptual framework for future research
that emphasizes high priority research domains … The questionnaires were
organized into six sections: Introduction, Populations of Interest, Interventions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-value-of-information_research.pdf
June 01, 2011 - 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. … , including surgical procedures12,13,25 and medical devices.14 Six VOI studies were
conducted in the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_surveillance.pdf
October 01, 2012 - to two new high quality RCTs, one with six month
followup and the other with one year. … 3
• How out of date is that portion of the CER? … Is the portion of the CER that is
probably or certainly out of date an issue of safety (a drug withdrawn … In sum, seven of the 25 conclusions are possibly out of date, and another is probably out of date. … October 2012 – No studies of
impact of type of provider
identified.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain-surveillance-151130.pdf
July 10, 2015 - on pain status, functional status, satisfaction with care, quality of life, and
harms? … The included journals were six high-profile general medical interest journals (Annals of
Internal Medicine … of life. … interventions on pain status, functional status, satisfaction with care, quality of life, and harms … STUDY DESIGN: A total of 1012 reproductive-aged women completed a 112-item questionnaire
with domains
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-treatment_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - The major advantage of PCI is its
relative ease of use and avoidance of general anesthesia,
thoracotomy … The optimal
management of UA/NSTEMI has the twin goals of
the immediate relief of ischemia and the … described in the Methods Guide.31
The evidence was evaluated by using the four required
domains: risk … We grouped these by CAD presentation and type
of comparison:
• KQ 1: seven studies (six good quality … fibrinolysis/supportive (five
fibrinolysis, two supportive) in patients with STEMI
• KQ 2: seven studies (six
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Handbook
for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.”11 We assessed
six categories of potential bias: … across the
six categories. … Twenty-three studies (20%) had fewer than 30 patients
and twenty-six studies (18%) had more than 100 … improves symptom control, when considering all domains
with pertinent clinical outcomes (Table F). … In the six studies that
compared subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy
head-to-head, only three
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stone-prevention_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - We developed
an analytic framework that incorporated six Key Questions
and specified the patient populations … Ambulatory evaluation of
nephrolithiasis: an update of a 1980 protocol. … of randomized trials. … The role of thiazides in the prophylaxis of recurrent calcium
lithiasis. … No. 12-EHC049-1
July 2012
Revised March 2013
We also clarified how we assessed the four domains
for
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disparities-quality-improvement_disposition-comments.pdf
August 27, 2012 - We have deleted the references for the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Commitment to
Quality of Care Collection … 2003 “Priority areas for national action:
transforming health care quality” report
(citation #6). … tools first used in industry and then on to other
sectors for the past six decades. … It is also theoretically
possible that a QI intervention will worsen quality of care
and/or outcomes … of care across the
population” expect more from QI efforts than is intended?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
January 31, 2013 - factors such as location of
stenosis, pattern of stenosis, burden of disease,
degree of calcification … the basis of the quality of their reporting of
relevant data. … approach
described in the Methods Guide.43 The evidence will be evaluated by using the four
required domains … Exercise Versus Primary
Stenting for Claudication Resulting From Aortoiliac Peripheral Artery Disease: Six … of the final draft of the report.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
August 01, 2012 - As
a result of taking the measures described above, my GFR
rose from 37 to 51 in less than six months … , but recommends that more research be
conducted in order to ensure the highest quality of care is … of bias. … , in the revised report, we tried to
clarify the Structured Abstract to more
clearly refer to the six … , but
recommends that more research be conducted in order to
ensure the highest quality of care is
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-balancing-harms-benefits_research.pdf
February 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. … about 32 percent in MI
from a 2006 meta-analysis21 of six primary prevention trials.14 The updated