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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/quantitative-synthesis-expanded-methods_methods.pdf
March 01, 2013 - Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative Synthesis Topics
Methods Guide
for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
Expanded Guidance on Selected Quantitative
Synthesis Topics
ii
This report is based on research conducted by the Tufts…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch-7-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
March 29, 2012 - appraisal
of propensity-score matching in the medical
literature between 1996 and 2003’ by Peter Austin,
Statistics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/sensitivity-analysis-chapter-11.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Slide 1
Sensitivity Analysis for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov
Sensitivity Analysis for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
This slide set is based on a user guide titled Developing a Protocol for Observati…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_research-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2010 - Visual inspection of funnel plots and Egger’s weighted
regression statistics will be used to assess … for the presence of publication bias.10
Statistics will be performed by using StatsDirect statistical
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s166.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Comparison of Meta-Analytic Results of Indirect, Direct,
and Combined Comparisons of Drugs for Chronic
Insomnia in Adults: A Case Study
Ben W. Vandermeer, BSc, MSc, Nina Buscemi, PhD, Yuanyuan Liang, BSc, MSc, PhD
and Manisha Witmans, Dip. ABSM, MD, FRCPC
Background: Our Center recently conducted a…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_3-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
September 21, 2012 - Statistics in medicine – reporting of
subgroup analyses in clinical trials.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-evidence-heart-disease.pdf
October 01, 2022 - Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2022
Update: A Report From the American Heart
Association.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/zikmund.pdf
October 08, 2025 - rates
o Clinical trials: Odds ratios
• BUT: Original form ≠ Best format
o “Curse of Knowledge”: Statistics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/unpublished-drug-trials-white-paper.pdf
December 01, 2024 - each trial of paroxetine for PTSD, we extracted results on the primary outcome, focusing
on summary statistics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/grades-predictive-values_white-paper.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Communications in Statistics -
Theory and Methods. 1980;9(10):1043-69.
48. … meta-analysis: standardized mean difference of bone mineral density %
change: hip
Study name Statistics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/carbohydrate-intake-prepub-final-research-table-rct.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - RCT
Author, year Is randomization adequate?
Yes/No/Unclear Is allocation concealment adequate?
Yes/No/Unclear Are groups similar at baseline?
Yes/No/Unclear Is the outcome assessor (interviewer) masked?
Yes/No/Unclear Is the data analyst masked?
Yes/No/Unclear Are attrition and crossovers reported?
Yes/No/Uncl…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s50.pdf
October 01, 2007 - RCTs do not need or use
the full power of multivariate statistics in which many vari-
ables can be considered … Statistics and causal inference: a review. Test. 2003;12:281–345.
8. Rosenbaum PR.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
April 15, 2019 - community to organically
identify the existing leading outcome measures through the provision of usage statistics … community to organically identify the
existing leading outcome measures through provision of usage statistics … This will allow the repository to provide immediate value
to users, even before the usage statistics … Usage statistics and a crowd-sourced feedback loop are essential for users
to understand potential benefits … Including usage statistics and public comments allows measure and data
element developers to understand
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-anemia_executive.pdf
May 01, 2006 - Layout 1
Background
Anemia (deficiency of red blood cells)
occurs in 13-78 percent of patients
undergoing treatment for solid tumors and
30-40 percent of patients treated for
lymphoma. Tumor type, treatment
regimen, and history of prior cancer
therapy influence the risk and severity of
anemia. For example, among pa…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/COVID-19-pharmaceutical-treatments-rapid-review.pdf
March 01, 2024 - Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments
Rapid Evidence Product
Adverse Events Associated With
COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments
Background and Purpose
The purpose of this rapid review is to determine if COVID treatments authorized for
emergency use…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-quantitative-synthesis-learning-objectives-recommendations.pdf
July 01, 2019 - Quantitative Synthesis: Learning Objectives and Recommendations
Quantitative Synthesis
Learning Objectives and Recommendations
Background
• Purpose:
► To consolidate and update guidance from prior methods guides
► Focuses on Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (CERs):
− Systematic reviews comparing effectiveness …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-surgery-preparation_research-protocol.pdf
March 26, 2013 - additional requirement that studies report formal
interaction tests or allow for the calculation of statistics
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_research-protocol.pdf
August 22, 2008 - Visual
inspection of funnel plots and Egger’s weighted regression statistics will be used to assess … Statistics will be performed using StatsDirect statistical software, version 2.4.6 (StatsDirect
Ltd,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/decision-models-guidance_methods.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Current problems of
mathematical statistics. … Breakthroughs in
statistics, Volume 1. … The foundations of statistics.
New York: Courier Dover Corporation;
1972.
83. Lindley DV. … Journal of the Royal Statistical
Society: Series A (Statistics in Society).
2006;169(1):5-35. … Annual Review of Statistics and
Its Application. 2015;2:49-72.
359.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_executive.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Cancer statistics, 2014. CACancer
J for Clin. 2014;64(1):9-29. PMID: 24399786.
2. U.S. … Cancer Statistics Working Group. … United States Cancer
Statistics: 1999–2009 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. … Browse
the SEER Cancer Statistics Review (CSR) 1975-2009.