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  1. Management of Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2016 - Research to improve standardization of outcome measures is, therefore, crucial.

  2. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

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    December 15, 2010 - Conflicts of interest will be managed according to standards set by the Agency for Healthcare Research … qualitative testing (authenticity of herbal species, purity assessment [contamination/substitution], standardization … groups at baseline, matching, and/or adjustment in the analysis X X Performance Bias Purity/standardization … extraction, and constituents of the dietary supplement (e.g., quantification or quality assurance/standardization

  3. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a Gold Standard | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  4. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  5. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a "Gold Standard" | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  6. Disposition of Comments_CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)

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    July 31, 2020 - Peer Reviewer #6 Methods All methods and standards are clearly stated and faithfully follow standard … One might ask whether those standards were set too high or inappropriately. … Or perhaps the standards used to assess research evidence in this report were not the only or the best … standards for the particular types of research related to dementia. … This report’s evidentiary standard is based on experimental research standards, while the Best Practice

  7. Breast-Abnormalities-Tests-Update Executive (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2012 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 47 Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities: Update of a 2006 Review Executive Summary Background Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies of women, with approximately 200,000 new cases diagnosed every year in the United States.1 Some …

  8. Cell-Free-Dna-Appendix-C-Prepub-Final (xls file)

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    January 01, 2025 - Domain 2 Comments 3.1 Is the reference standard likely to correctly classify the target condition? … Domain 3 Judgement: Could the reference standard, its conduct, or interpretation have introduced bias … all patients receive a reference standard? … 4.2 Was there an appropriate interval between index test(s) and reference standard? … 4.3 Did all patients receive the same reference standard?

  9. Cell-Free-Dna-Final-App-C (xls file)

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    January 01, 2025 - Domain 2 Comments 3.1 Is the reference standard likely to correctly classify the target condition? … Domain 3 Judgment: Could the reference standard, its conduct, or interpretation have introduced bias? … all patients receive a reference standard? … 4.2 Was there an appropriate interval between index test(s) and reference standard? … 4.3 Did all patients receive the same reference standard?

  10. Ch 6-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_6-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
    October 30, 2012 - Institute, which received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to establish intra- operable data standards

  11. S29 (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2007 - Potential conflicts How will study procedures fit with existing regulations, guidelines, standards, and … Designed delays versus rigorous pragmatic trials: lower carat gold standards can produce relevant drug

  12. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2014 - glutamate dehydrogenase and toxin A/B enzyme immunoassay (EIA); and the RTCA assay; compared to a reference … standard in combination of the three assays. … Of these, 28 were correctly identified compared to the reference standard. … than an algorithmic approach for C. difficile detection in comparison with toxigenic culture as the reference … standard.

  13. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_research-protocol.pdf
    September 29, 2010 - randomized controlled trial: Studies randomly assigned participants into receiving either the test or the reference … standard. … to the diagnostic test performance of ANA, RF, and CCP, two-by- two tables (or one-by-two if only reference … standard positive or reference standard negative subjects are included) will be constructed for each

  14. Disposition of Comments Report for Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
    June 12, 2012 - The ACC is a leader in the formulation of health policy, standards and guidelines, and is a staunch … with chest pain and invasive coronary angiography, which despite the stated limitations remains the reference … standard for the majority of studies. … standard information. … Traditionally, invasive coronary angiography is the reference standard, and IVUS or FFR require further

  15. Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/primary-healthcare-spending-technical-brief-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol Project Title: Measures for Primary Healthcare Spending I. Background and Objectives for the Technical Brief The capacity to measure primary care spending is essential to federal, state, and health syste…

  16. PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2013 - Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Clin Chem. 2003 Jan;49(1):1-6.

  17. pediatric-EHR-protocol-140818 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2014 - tools specific to pediatric health care.1-3 EHRs in pediatric care may increase patient safety through standardization … e. standardization of care? f. efficiency? … workflow • Job satisfaction for providers • Patient outcomes including safety, quality, cost, equity, standardization … Available at http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=15 43.

  18. App-E-Surv-Report-3-Acute-Pain (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-surv-report-3-acute-pain.xlsx
    May 29, 2025 - E-1. KQ1 RCTs Table E-1. Key Question 1: Acute back pain treatment trials Author, Year (Appendix C Has Full Citations of Included Studies) Setting Country Specific Pain Condition Radiculopathy Intervention Types Compared Intervention Names and Doses Intervention Dose in Daily Morphine Equivalent N Randomized N Anal…

  19. App-E-Surv-Report-2-Acute-Pain (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-surv-report-2-acute-pain.xlsx
    May 29, 2025 - E-1. KQ1 RCTs Table E-1. Key Question 1: Acute back pain treatment trials Author, Year (Appendix C Has Full Citations of Included Studies) Setting Country Specific Pain Condition Radiculopathy Intervention Types Compared Intervention Names and Doses Intervention Dose in Daily Morphine Equivalent N Randomized N Anal…

  20. Appendicitis Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_executive.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - Comparators (Index and Reference Standard Tests) For all Key Questions, the comparators were alternative … Overall, agreement was excellent on items capturing information about the index and reference standard … standard or reference standard not approved (20) Non-English (1,067) Not outcome of interest (36) Not … Differential verification (the use of different reference- standard tests depending on the results of … However, we believe that the error rate of these reference standards is low enough that its influence
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