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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-future_research.pdf
April 01, 2013 - FRN 35 - Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine in Adults: Future Research Needs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 35
Preventive
Pharmacological
Treatments for Migraine
in Adults: Future
Research Needs
Future Research Needs Paper
Number 35
Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine
in A…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-presentation-format_research.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Whenever
statistical comparisons are reported, they are based on nonparametric tests (Fisher’s exact … health effects and
costs
2007 Lancet
18199700 The impact of response to the results of diagnostic tests … Including application to multiple non-
independent tests
1985 Med Decis Making
3882734 Treatment … valuation in managed care
1998 Med Care.
9554104 Quantitative information of specific diagnostic tests
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-health-systems-guidelines-development.pdf
February 01, 2019 - Methods Research Report Improving Access To And Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guideline Development
Methods Research Report
Improving Access to and Usability of Systematic
Review Data for Health Systems Guidelines
Development
Methods Research Report
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ch_5-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
January 01, 2012 - 59
Abstract
This chapter discusses considerations for comparator selection in observational comparative effectiveness
research (CER). Comparison groups should reflect clinically meaningful choices in real world practice
and be chosen based on the study question being addressed. Recognizing the implications and pote…
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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/TND_0311_06-17-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0176
Document Completion Date: 6-8-10
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Troponin cardiac marker interpretation during renal function impairment will go forward for refinement
as a systematic review via the AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Cen…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/schwitzer_eccs2012.pdf
July 23, 2012 - Schwitzer_ECCS2012
Slide 1: Addressing
Tensions
When Popular Media and Evidence-‐Based Care
Collide
Gary
Schwitzer
Publisher,
HealthNewsReview.org
Slide 2: Infoxication
We are drowning people who are thirsty for just a sip of balanced infor…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_surveillance.pdf
October 01, 2012 - Investigator Other Experts
Conclusion from SCEPC
Microalbuminuria and eGFR
are sensitive screening tests … or exp proteinuria/ or exp glomerular filtration rate/ or exp creatinine/
or exp kidney function tests … / or exp proteinuria/ or exp glomerular filtration rate/ or exp creatinine/
or exp kidney function tests … New Evidence:
Microalbuminuria and eGFR are sensitive
screening tests for detecting
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/grades-predictive-values_white-paper.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Results of Hosmer-Lemeshow tests for different expected and observed
proportions of stability .... … Results of Hosmer-Lemeshow tests for different expected and observed proportions of
stability
Levels … Construct validity
in psychological tests. Psychological
Bulletin. 1955 Jul;52(4):281-302. … Goodness of fit
tests for the multiple logistic regression
model.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/grading.ppt
January 01, 2013 - This module primarily addresses comparative effectiveness reviews of interventions and not medical tests … Inconsistent
Unknown or not applicable (single study cannot be assessed)
Meta-analysis:
Use appropriate tests … If meta-analysis is appropriate, EPC reviewers can evaluate consistency by using statistical tests and … link between use of the intervention and proxy, surrogate, or intermediate measures (e.g., laboratory tests
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
May 29, 2013 - The section on diagnostic tests
contains no recommendations as to the appropriate
tests for those with … would be
better to define PAD in terms of the clinical
manifestations and non-invasive diagnostic tests … There is a section on diagnostic
tests and clinical classification or manifestation in the
Main report
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/single-group-studies_white-paper.pdf
January 01, 2013 - These two reviews included mostly individuals that had received
both diagnostic and reference tests … Because two CERs on diagnostic tests were excluded,
we extracted information from the 32 or iginal … CERs evaluating interventions that were not
exclusively focused on diagnostic tests, plus … Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests
for Breast Abnormalities [Internet].
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0012_03-21-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Effective Health Care
Topic Number(s): 0064
Document Completion Date: 11-18-09
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Subclinical hypothyroidism will go forward for refinement as a comparative effectiveness or
effectiveness review. Although the topic was initially thought to be cove…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/comparator-selection-in-observational-chapter-5.pptx
January 01, 2013 - Slide 1
Comparator Selection in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov
Comparator Selection in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
This slide set is based on a user guide titled Developing a Protocol for Observation…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
November 06, 2012 - cites non-rehabilitation specific
references to claim that patient-centered rather than instrumental tests … therapy benefits should
address patient-centered outcomes rather than the
results of instrumental tests … Others included KOOS: Symptoms subscale or
functional performance tests involving multiple
tasks. … These
performance-based tests (identified in this report as intermediate
outcomes) are essential to … We acknowledge that gait speed and function,
transfers, and other performance-based tests are
essential
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/outcome-definition-and-measurement-chapter-6.pptx
January 01, 2013 - patients
Item Response Theory (IRT) and Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
IRT is a framework for developing tests … Item Response Theory (IRT) and Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
IRT is a framework for developing tests
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/registries-guide_executive.pdf
April 01, 2007 - • It is preferable to use scales and tests that have been validated when such tools exist for the purpose … The practice of making inferences about causation largely on the outcome of tests of
statistical significance
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer_executive.pdf
February 01, 2008 - Layout 1
Background and Key
Questions
Prostate cancer is the most common
nondermatologic cancer in men. In 2007 an
estimated 218,890 men were diagnosed
with, and 27,050 deaths were attributed to,
prostate cancer in the United States.
Approximately 90 percent of men with
prostate cancer have disease considered
confine…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/horizon-scan_research-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - AHRQ is interested in innovations
in drugs and biologics, medical devices, screening and diagnostic tests … undertaken to identify technological
and system innovations (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tests … pertains to identifying new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals,
medical devices, diagnostic tests … Assuming about 10% of TB tests in the United States are performed with
Xpert MTB testing at a cost of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-anemia_executive.pdf
May 01, 2006 - differently in each arm; five trials (N=1,853)
reported no significant differences between arms.
2 Tests