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441. Newly Medicare-Eligible Elders: Data Points #12 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medicare-utilization-seniors_research.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - Newly Medicare-Eligible Elders: Data Points #12 Newly Medicare-Eligible Elders Data Points # 12 Health care use in the first six months of Medicare eligibility for elders: Impact of State support Approximately 10 percent of newly age- eligible Medicare enrollees receive assistance from States either as full Medic…

442. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2017 - As noted, there is space evidence here, which creates significant imprecision and low statistical … this sentence to “TT did not consistently improve cognition, behavior, or quality of life, but low statistical … The phrase "clinically significant" highlights the distinction between clinical and statistical significance … TEP/KI Reviewer #2 Methods I don’t feel qualified to comment on the statistical methods—I do think … In addition, I thought the statistical methods used were not only appropriate, but extremely well

443. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
     May 05, 2017 - As noted, there is space evidence here, which creates significant imprecision and low statistical … this sentence to “TT did not consistently improve cognition, behavior, or quality of life, but low statistical … The phrase "clinically significant" highlights the distinction between clinical and statistical significance … TEP/KI Reviewer #2 Methods I don’t feel qualified to comment on the statistical methods—I do think … In addition, I thought the statistical methods used were not only appropriate, but extremely well

444. Sleep-Apnea Surveillance (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Quantitative Criteria for Signals of Potentially Invalidating Changes in Evidence B1 A change in statistical

445. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - This resulted in low statistical power for even somewhat common events and large mean differences between … diverse participants, including nonwhites and older patients, and pre-specify analyses with sufficient statistical

446. Disposition of Comments Report for Interventions To Modify Health Care Provider Adherence to Asthma Guidelines (pdf file)
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     May 19, 2013 - Issue may be related to authors handling of statistical significance versus direction of effect, but … major sorting variable was intervention rather than outcome. 2] Magnitude of effect in addition to statistical

447. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-fatigue_executive.pdf
     July 01, 2016 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based Practice Program The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessme…

448. VU EPC DBD Protocol_AHRQ comments_revised_clean (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disruptive-behavior-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
     January 30, 2014 - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth edition (DSM-IV) defines “Attention-Deficit … Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Fifth edition. … This is preferable to the use of an arbitrary variance cutoff value or statistical tests for heterogeneity … Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-R. Fourth, revised. Washington, D. … Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV. Fourth.

449. Disposition of Comments Report for Evidence Report 215 Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - In the “vaccinated vs unvaccinated” tables, ** indicates statistical significance. … This last sentence implies statistical significance which is not true. … Please clarify whether the term “associated” refers to reported causality or statistical association … This statement refers to statistical association (OR 19.84, 95% CI 6.77—58.12). … This last sentence implies statistical significance which is not accurate.

450. Alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy-140326 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_research-protocol.pdf
     January 27, 2012 - To assess statistical heterogeneity, we will calculate the chi-squared statistic and the I2 statistic … Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th ed. Text rev.

451. heart-failure-readmission-protocol-130611 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_research-protocol.pdf
     June 10, 2013 - random-effects model while accounting for variation among studies.44 We will assess the presence of statistical … studies by using standard X2 tests and the magnitude of heterogeneity by using the I2 statistic.45,46 Statistical

452. Tx-For-Localized-Prostate-Cancer Surveillanceassesment 20120614 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
     May 01, 2012 - Quantitative Criteria for Signals of Potentially Invalidating Changes in Evidence B1 A change in statistical … prostate cancer because these options have not been evaluated in RCTs. 1 study (Donnelly) showed no statistical … intermediate-risk, but not low- risk, patients through 9 years of follow up. 1 RCT (Hanks) showed no statistical … no additional therapy or 24 months of androgen deprivation therapy Overall survival 5 years No statistical … Adverse effects (sexual dysfunction and incontinence) 14 months postoperatively There were no statistical

453. Tx-For-Localized-Prostate-Cancer Surveillanceassesment 20120614 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tx-for-localized-prostate-cancer_surveillanceassesment_20120614.pdf
     May 01, 2012 - Quantitative Criteria for Signals of Potentially Invalidating Changes in Evidence B1 A change in statistical … prostate cancer because these options have not been evaluated in RCTs. 1 study (Donnelly) showed no statistical … intermediate-risk, but not low- risk, patients through 9 years of follow up. 1 RCT (Hanks) showed no statistical … no additional therapy or 24 months of androgen deprivation therapy Overall survival 5 years No statistical … Adverse effects (sexual dysfunction and incontinence) 14 months postoperatively There were no statistical

454. Ch 6-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     October 30, 2012 - As desirable as this can be from a statistical point of view, challenges include interpretation of … Claiming a statistical and meaningful improvement in HRQL implies: (1) that all HRQL domains that are … repeatedly at fixed intervals, or measured repeatedly at varying time intervals—determines the appropriate statistical … Statistical validation of intermediate endpoints for chronic diseases. … Comparison of methods for the scoring and statistical analysis of SF-36 health profile and summary

455. Procalcitonin Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - The choice of a noninferiority margin incorporates clinical and statistical judgments.45 Studies should … Weakness 4: Reporting and Interpreting Nonsignificant Differences A common statistical error in the … meta-analysis is to overcome insufficient power, and the group of studies was highly consistent: statistical … Ten common statistical errors and how to avoid them. Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 Feb;103(2):262-6.

456. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/insulin-blood-sugar-2010_research-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - , setting, interventions, and comparison groups; appropriate measurement of outcomes; appropriate statistical … STATA statistical software (Intercooled, version 9.2, StataCorp, College Station, TX) will be used

457. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition-archived.pdf
     May 04, 2017 - TEP Reviewer #1 Methods The PICOT statement is very clear as are the descriptions of the statistical … YES, the definitions and outcome measures are appropriate for knee OA Are the statistical methods … YES, statistical methods are appropriate. Thank you. No further response needed. … Statistical modeling is appropriate for this review. … This reviewer has limited statistical background but found the statistical methods well described and

458. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition.pdf
     May 04, 2017 - TEP Reviewer #1 Methods The PICOT statement is very clear as are the descriptions of the statistical … YES, the definitions and outcome measures are appropriate for knee OA Are the statistical methods … YES, statistical methods are appropriate. Thank you. No further response needed. … Statistical modeling is appropriate for this review. … This reviewer has limited statistical background but found the statistical methods well described and

459. Disposition of Comments for Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis -- Update of a 2007 Report (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2012 - publication of these data, Amgen reported either a RR ratio or a Hazard Ratio, depending on the type of statistical … reports on fracture protection in years 4 and 5 based on the total treatment period, but there is no statistical … 2000, page 86, Table 2; Sorensen 2003, page 125) Likewise, as with the Sorensen study, there was no statistical … Again, there was no statistical comparison between longer and shorter time periods.

460. Telehealth During COVID-19 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/telehealth-during-COVID-19-amendments.pdf
     April 28, 2022 - If studies are not too diverse clinically or methodologically, we will evaluate the presence of statistical … If statistical heterogeneity is attributable to one or two “outlier” studies, we will conduct sensitivity