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181. Closing the Quality Gap Series: The Patient-Centered Medical Home | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Type of studies: KQ 1: We will focus on studies of comprehensive PCMH interventions that include … These studies include observational studies of “natural experiments.” … For Web sites and databases of PCMH studies, two reviewers will screen the entries for studies of potential … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies The included studies that will be utilized … We anticipate greater detail for the published studies evaluated in KQ 1-3 than for ongoing studies described

182. Microsoft Word - finbody.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - The remaining studies were cohort studies of different interventions. … These studies would directly address Key Question 1. No published studies qualify for Tier I. … II studies. … Search and selection of studies for review Medical treatment studies included (n=4 studies; 5 articles … studies.

183. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - For cohort studies and trials, the study time frame also needs to be specified. … RCTs, non-randomized trials, and observational studies with a comparison group … Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies. U.S. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

184. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Programs for Responding to Harms Experienced by Patients during Clinical Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - For this rapid review, we plan to focus on studies that assess the effectiveness of interventional … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … To streamline data extraction, we will sort eligible studies by specific type of program, and focus … Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies. U.S. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non- randomised studies of interventions.

185. Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We considered studies of pediatric and adult nondialysis patients with stage 3, 4, or 5 CKD, patients … We therefore synthesized these 12 studies for Key Question 2. … Of these 12 studies, most studies enrolled only adult CKD patients on hemodialysis (HD CKD patients), … This heterogeneity may limit the comparability of findings across studies. … comparisons across studies provided relevant data.

186. Cardiac Troponins Used as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests in Patients With Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Results We included 124 studies (130 articles). … KQ 1 : Fourteen studies evaluated diagnostic accuracy. … KQ 3 : Twelve studies examined the prognostic value of troponin in CKD patients. … KQ 4 : Ninety-eight studies met inclusion criteria. … Findings were similar for non-dialysis CKD patients, with fewer studies.

187. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol - Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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     October 25, 2022 - older studies. … We included four studies of topiramate and one study of phenytoin. … misleading/irrelevant studies, but no objective threshold exists. … We included four studies of topiramate and one study of phenytoin. … of four studies which are now summarized in Key Question 3.

188. Quality-Gap-Palliative-Hospice Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Since there are high-quality studies in this field, we excluded all retrospective and uncontrolled studies … For most studies, this was usual health care, but some studies tested interventions that were added … All seven studies were RCTs. … (2 studies). … We identified few studies in hospice populations and no studies focusing on reducing disparities in

189. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Primary Care (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - • Only a small number of studies have evaluated opioids. … • Studies on strategies at the health system level. … • Studies with patient and organizational level outcomes. … Observational studies had limitations related to their design. … Outcomes • Long-term, rigorous comparative studies are needed.

190. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - , patients with burns or chemical exposures, healthy people, and animal studies, Studies of patients … studies). … Settings Include Studies measuring physiologic compromise in the field/out-of-hospital Studies … The studies maybe randomized trials or prospective or retrospective observational studies. … not triage studies.

191. First- and Second- Generation Antipsychotics for Children and Young Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - We conducted a descriptive analysis for all studies and performed meta-analyses when appropriate. … Results Eighty-one studies (64 trials and 17 cohort studies) examined the following conditions: pervasive … behavior disorders (8 studies); bipolar disorder (11 studies); schizophrenia and related psychosis (31 … studies); Tourette syndrome (7 studies); behavioral issues (4 studies); and multiple conditions (9 studies … The methodological quality of the cohort studies was moderate.

192. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2009 - Out of 243 papers, 185 were single-arm retrospective studies, and another 35 studies were prospective … Seven studies (3 percent) focused on a pediatric population; most of the remaining studies reported mean … Two studies had mean followup longer than 10 years. … studies (46 percent), cancer specific survival; and 210 studies (86 percent), other surrogate outcomes … photon radiation for other cancers (six studies); surgery (three studies).

193. Measuring-Blood-Pressure Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Further, no two studies used exactly the same mode of additional support, and even the studies that … There were no studies in children. … across studies. 14 Table A. … • Conclusion: The evidence is weak due to inconsistency across studies or poor- quality studies … Moderately rated bodies of evidence contain fewer than 2 quality A studies or such studies lack long-term

194. Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The risk of bias of eligible studies … Information about these studies will be made available in appendices. … from those studies. … / (5579) exp case control studies/ (586243) exp cohort studies/ (1234174) Case control.tw. (63924 … studies)).tw. (33920) (observational adj (study or studies)).tw. (33241) Longitudinal.tw. (115334

195. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Candida auris | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - of Effectiveness Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness Description of Included Studies … Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies … Original studies (Randomized controlled trials or observational studies with a comparison group, including … Description of Included Studies To efficiently describe eligible studies, the full … criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

196. Undescended-Testicle Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - Eighteen studies pertain to KQ1a, 2 studies to KQ1b, 14 studies to KQ2, 26 studies to KQ3, 23 studies … to KQ4, and 11 studies to KQ5. … Modifiers of Treatment Twenty-three studies reported modifier data, including 18 imaging studies (1 … studies and draw Table D. … Research Gaps Although a number of studies are available on US and MR approaches, very few studies

197. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2006 - , all 25 angioplasty studies, all 4 medical studies, 2 natural history studies, and 2 surgical cohort … studies reported blood pressure outcomes. … Natural history studies Associations between baseline variables and outcomes in natural history studies … Mortality Weak • 1 RCT, 3 nonrandomized comparative studies, and 31 cohort studies of various interventions … Angioplasty N/A • 5 comparative studies and 15 cohort studies analyzed baseline variables as possible

198. Schedule of Visits and Use of Telemedicine for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - studies (KQ 1 & 2) We will search for studies and existing systematic reviews in MEDLINE (via PubMed … Search strategies include filters to remove nonhuman studies and articles that are not primary studies … for the quantitative studies. … Qualitative studies (KQ 3) Eligible qualitative studies will be extracted in Google sheets (to allow … Qualitative studies (KQ 3) For qualitative studies, we will assess risk to rigor using the Critical

199. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     September 19, 2023 - trials, and observational studies with a comparison group … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. … Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity of Individual Studies. U.S. … Eligibility Criteria for Studies of Effectiveness We will search for original studies and systematic

200. Strategies To Reduce Cesarean | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - ); insurance type/status (9 studies); nutritional status (2 studies); provider and institutional policy … and maternal age (>15 studies); sleep and fatigue (2 studies); maternal weight, obesity, body mass index … , and height (35 studies); and miscellaneous topics, including studies examining large cohorts of women … with multiple contributing risk factors (>50 studies). … For observational studies (specifically the pre- and post-studies of health systems changes), we will