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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
November 19, 2009 - From a bird’s-eye view and excluding costs from our
considerations, simulations of a test-and-treat strategy … on Prevalence
Prevalence affects greatly the positive and negative predictive value of a testing
strategy … changes in prevalence estimates can
have great impact in the positive predictive value of a testing strategy … Evaluating the Test in Different Roles
A medical test can have different roles in a test-and-treat strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-269-respectful-maternity-care-summary.pdf
January 01, 2024 - described extensively throughout the literature and has become
recognized in the obstetric community as a strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psychiatric-readmissions_research-protocol.pdf
December 31, 2014 - What is the effect of each strategy on readmissions and the secondary outcomes2? … Draft Search Strategy. … An experienced research librarian will employ a refined search
strategy in our planned databases based
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-261-postpartum-care-executive-summary.pdf
June 01, 2023 - indicated in specific cells refers to the number of studies that reported data for the outcome and delivery strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-protocol.pdf
September 24, 2024 - Quality Control and Supplementary Searching: The search strategy will be peer reviewed by an
information … another AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) using the
2015 Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategy … and followup stone, genetic, and laboratory testing; preventive
intervention or imaging surveillance strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Question 1
Among ambulatory or hospitalized patients, what are the
effects of a universal screening strategy … Question 2
Among ambulatory or hospitalized patients, what are the
effects of a universal screening strategy … Intervention
A MRSA screening strategy applied to all patients in a
setting (universal screening) or … longer turnaround time (results available
more than 2 days after testing performed)
The screening strategy … As a result, the measured effect
of the screening strategy may have been influenced by the
application
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - test evaluation studies according to
their objectives, it does not offer the reviewer an explicit strategy … comorbidities, patient demographics
I Intervention Index test; includes clinical role of
index strategy … in relation to
comparator, and test-and-treat
strategy in relation to clinical
outcomes
Description … results of index test lead
to management decisions/actions
C Comparator Comparator test-and-treat
strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Our search strategy was deliberately quite
broad and included searches in multiple
databases as well … Peer Reviewer #3 Methods Good search strategy. … The search strategy is clear, however, I could not find
justification for the time frame - what was … distribution of the underlying “causes” of
CPP does not seem, to this reviewer, to be a possible research
strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_executive.pdf
October 01, 2011 - We were primarily interested in the comparative
effectiveness of a strategy of routine treatment versus … none had more than 1 year of followup, the minimum
time needed to compare immediate treatment versus a
strategy … , no RCTs have directly compared well-
defined strategies for routine or selective treatment with
a strategy … alternative strategies—routine or selective treatment vs.
active surveillance—is needed to determine which
strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioid-use-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
February 24, 2016 - of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments), provider
type/staffing needs, implementation strategy … A sample search strategy is listed below in Table 2. … Sample Search Strategy
1. Opiate Substitution Treatment/
2. … pharmacological and nonpharmacological
treatments), provider type/staffing, implementation strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-cancer_clinician.pdf
July 01, 2017 - ��While evidence does not support one management
strategy over another, patient factors (e.g., comorbidities … treatment approaches limits the applicability of the
review’s findings pertaining to this management strategy … WMD = weighted mean difference
a Harms refer to adverse events directly related to the management strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/healthcare-infections_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2014 - A second disinfectant strategy aims to produce “self-disinfecting”
surfaces through impregnating or … Appendix 1
presents a sample search strategy. … Sample Search Strategy
Set # Concept Search Statement
1 Infection
(broad terms)
"hospital infection
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/llewellyn-thomas.pdf
January 01, 2011 - .
• Applying a computational strategy to full set of responses to those tasks.
• End result is indication … Analytic Hierarchy Process
Slide
26: EXPLICIT APPROACHES: Direct
• Do not use a computational strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-229-opioid-treatments-chronic-pain-evidence-summary.pdf
April 01, 2020 - Literature Search Strategy
We conducted electronic searches in Ovid®
MEDLINE®, Embase®, PsycINFO®, … evaluated the effectiveness of other risk mitigation strategies vs. non-use
of the risk mitigation strategy … trial
included in the 2014 AHRQ report found no
differences between a more liberal dose escalation
strategy … current doses in
pain, function, or discontinuation due to opioid
misuse, but the liberal escalation strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
February 23, 2012 - In these instances, QI is an organizational strategy that
formally involves the analysis of process … Comparators:
The comparator must be either non-use of a quality improvement strategy … or use of an
alternate strategy … in health care quality for select condition(s)); the intervention of
interest (quality improvement strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wheelchair-service_technical-brief.pdf
January 01, 2012 - A Technical Brief is a rapid report, typically
on an emerging medical technology, strategy or intervention … Search Strategy
Appendix D. … Brief; therefore, one
search strategy was used in multiple bibliographic databases. … Search Strategy
23BConcept Analysis
24BMEDLINE Search Strategy
Appendix C. … Search Strategy
Concept Analysis
MEDLINE Search Strategy
11BAppendix D.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2016 - The latter
constitutes a strategy where treatment is never entertained
and surveillance imaging is … Since an individual patient’s risk factors may play
an important role in choosing a management strategy … The choice of management
strategy is therefore complex and dependent on patient
and tumor characteristics … The current data
does not provide strong enough evidence to support one
management strategy over another … Future research should strive to provide
more information to guide the choice of management
strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/noninvasive-nonpharm-pain-summary.pdf
April 01, 2020 - The National Pain Strategy (NPS) report3 and
2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report2 describe
the … Literature Search Strategy
A research librarian conducted searches in
Ovid® MEDLINE®, Cochrane Central … National Pain Strategy Task Force. … National Pain
Strategy: A Comprehensive Population Health-
Level Strategy for Pain. … Federal Pain Research
Strategy. 2017.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/improving-utility-evidence-synthesis-white-paper.pdf
April 01, 2021 - When reviewers adopt a strategy, they should follow the
methodological guidance relevant to the chosen … Strategies for addressing insufficient evidence in evidence synthesis programs*
Strategy Description … synthesis approach
Decisional Dilemma Type of Question Decisional Context Approach
Does a test, strategy … Comparative effectiveness
review with established
minimally important
difference
Is a test, strategy … each with different levels
of benefit and different
harms
Modeling study
How does a test, strategy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tinnitus_research-protocol.pdf
February 22, 2012 - The search strategy will be limited to publications in our selected databases from 1970
onward. … Grey literature will be searched; see the search strategy below in section B.
Table 2. … The search strategy will use combinations of controlled vocabulary (medical subject headings
[MeSH®] … Our search strategy is listed below.
1. … The search strategy will be peer reviewed by a
second librarian at our center.