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421. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - of blood glucose (SMBG) by fingerstick replaced the assessment of glucose by urine dipstick to allow … an interaction between types of intensive insulin-delivery methods and blood glucose-monitoring systems … , adjustment to insulin therapy, definitions of hypoglycemia, definitions of diabetes, assessment of … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health

422. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - of experts’ comments and assessment of potential impact, and we present summaries below. … Pancreas Device Systems,” to inform the sponsors of IDE studies of artificial pancreas device systems … Based on this input, our overall assessment is that this intervention is in the lower end of the high … While the FDA mandated risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) assessment is a step in the right … One health systems expert thought that the availability and amount of reimbursement for the Iluvien

423. Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 11, 2011 - , the Health Technology Assessment Database, and the United Kingdom National Health Service Economic … Feedback from the Senior Research Analyst(s) and the Director of the Health Technology Assessment/EPC … Assessment of Methodological Risk-of-Bias of Individual Studies As stated above, due to the possibility … it at a later stage in the assessment of the strength of evidence, specifically when assessing the possibility … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

424. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     September 22, 2011 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … We resolved disagreements through discussion. 4 Quality Assessment of Individual Studies We used … Preventive Services Task Force20 and the Newcastle- Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale21 (specific to cohort … : equal, reliable, and valid (including blinding of outcome assessment) • Adequacy of followup of cohorts … made to the systems and settings in which HCV care is received; the packaging and delivery of medications

425. Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 26, 2013 - pedestrian injuries. 23 In addition, AUDs can complicate the assessment and treatment of other medical … If appropriate (based on our assessment of clinical and methodological heterogeneity, and availability … Alcohol-use Disorders: The NICE Guidelines on Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Harmful Drinking … United Kingdom and United States healthcare providers' recommendations of abstinence versus controlled … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

426. FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - , and representatives from related consumer and patient advocacy groups. … , health care decision- and policymakers, and representatives from related consumer and patient advocacy … , health care decisionmakers and policymakers, and representatives from related consumer and patient … Costs may impact consumers, patients, health care systems, or payers. … Electronic medical records are more useful, but are not universally used, and systems may not be compatible

427. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238 Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting (pdf file)
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     March 22, 2021 - its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and … the mother and fetus based on the sample and strength of evidence. … We support the review’s examination of the relative risks and outcomes of outpatient interventions … their fetuses based on the small sample of combined studies, the low and insufficient strength of … the studies, the rare adverse outcome in thoses samples, lack of study of maternal and/or fetal surveillance

428. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - Although none made mention of sources of noise or bias in the imaging systems described, most studies … This Key Informant was referring to a quantitative assessment of treatment response related to standard … Systems are now available in a range of wide coverage designs. … Iterative reconstruction is available on new systems and also as an upgrade to many installed base systems … base systems.

429. Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 21, 2014 - assessed as being at low risk of bias, according to the AMSTAR quality assessment tool. 14,15 If systematic … of Systematic Reviews, Health Technology Assessment, National Health Sciences Economic Evaluation Database … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Predefined criteria will be used to … during assessment using the criteria outlined above. 18,20 An example of a study with a fatal flaw … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

430. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2016 - lead to psychotic symptoms that are ruled out by appropriate use of diagnostic criteria and assessment … assessment process and will undergo the procedures described in the following sections. … Assessment procedure to ascertain sufficiency of evidence: All studies will undergo quality assessment … selected key outcome will undergo full assessment and synthesis as described in the following sections … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health

431. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - the overall assessment of the body of evidence. … and included in the review but did not use in the strength of evidence assessment. … To that end, EPCs will continue to refine and improve grading systems to be most applicable and useful … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal … Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence.

432. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - • Inconsistency in the selection of data sources and evaluation of their quality for assessment of … the EPC and GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approaches … • A need to develop a consistent and structured approach to the assessment of applicability. … range of patient outcomes on decisions to use a medical test, and the assessment of studies of genetic … Clinical Assessment of the Reliability of the Examination- Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease Group

433. Disposition of Comments Report for Primary Care Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2013 - that report the assessment of risk of bias and other domains across the body of evidence for a particular … Statistical methods consist almost entirely of assessment of appropriateness of the methods used in … For KQ1B, risk of bias associated with blinding of patients, personnel and outcome assessment was … The rigor of outcome assessment is as critical as study power of allocation of treatment We have … and classification that have been addressed by the FIGO nomenclature and PALM-COEIN systems.

434. Untitled (pdf file)
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     November 16, 2015 - with recurrent AOM who have a normal ear examination at the time of assessment for tube candidacy.1 … Analytic Framework To guide the assessment of studies that examine the association between tympanostomy … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies – We will assess the methodological … Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 2014 Jan;18(5):1-118. PMID: 24438691. 3. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

435. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
     December 16, 2011 - health care systems (see Data Abstraction below), and resource allocation. … eight items assessing sample selection, comparability of cohorts, and the assessment of outcomes. … We will extract data from graphs using the measurement tool of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (Adobe Systems Inc … The development of the QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

436. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 10, 2022 - We will use DistillerSR® to improve efficiency in screening articles and risk of bias assessment. … consistency and validity of the evaluation, the initial assessment will be independently reviewed by … We will provide a qualitative summary of our assessment. … Contemporary statewide practice pattern assessment of the palliative treatment of bone metastasis. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

437. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - -year basis, depending on risk assessment.25 Differences in the practice of medicine can be difficult … An assessment of the number of patients who would potentially meet the enrollment criteria for the … Case Report Forms CRFs are used to systematically collect information from health care providers, either … The assessment schedule must be consistent with the study aims, length of recall for the response options … discussed above, assessment of the regulatory, ethical, and legal environments in which a multinational

438. Research White Paper Multinational Registries Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - -year basis, depending on risk assessment.25 Differences in the practice of medicine can be difficult … An assessment of the number of patients who would potentially meet the enrollment criteria for the … Case Report Forms CRFs are used to systematically collect information from health care providers, either … The assessment schedule must be consistent with the study aims, length of recall for the response options … discussed above, assessment of the regulatory, ethical, and legal environments in which a multinational

439. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Systematic Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 07, 2017 - how to increase the dissemination of point-of-care tools to improve risk assessment and guide treatment … We will use a checklist to guide the assessment of applicability. … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … , including patients and caregivers, practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations … "[Mesh] OR "Point-of-Care Systems"[Mesh] OR "decision"[tiab]) AND ("2011/08/01"[Date - Publication] :

440. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Assessment of each criteria, based on consultation with local experts and a scan of the literature, … The review identified shortcomings in the development and assessment of currently available applications … , including failure to include health care providers in the development of the applications and incorporation … assigned in the reviews †Planned enrollment Summary of Assessment Criteria Value and Impact • … Assessment of each criteria determined the need to evaluate the next one.