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9681. Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Research Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypofractionated-radiation-therapy-protocol.pdf
      April 17, 2024 - access to prostate-specific antigen-based (PSA) screening and high- quality prostate cancer care, as well … and treatments for some populations.4,6,7 Prostate cancers vary in rates of progression, with some being … If the evidence permits a conclusion, all else being equal, a set of studies at low risk of bias

9682. Presenting Facts and Addressing Misinformation to Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/covid19-vaccine-confidence-curriculum-learning-guide-staff.pdf
      March 01, 2021 - • Staff can return to work without viral testing for COVID-19 if they feel well enough and are willing … Six women in the Moderna vaccine clinical trial and 12 in the Pfizer trial became pregnant after being … SAY: • Being aware of the risks to your unborn or newborn child is critical in making the right decision … still is a chance you can contract COVID-19 and test positive as a result, but experts believe that being

9683. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2021 - evaluate both the presence of CVD risk factors (ie, dyslipidemia, dia- betes, hypertension, or smoking) as well … Some studies found that Black adults have a decreased likelihood of being prescribed a statin14 and statin … likelihood of statin use, as was having multiple vulnerabilities (defined as age 65 years or older, being … a woman, being Black, area poverty level of 10% or greater, or no health insurance).15 Older age, having

9684. Section 5, Figure 1 and Tables 1-5 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-166-fecc-figure-1-tables-1-5.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - Braner27 Cross-sectional study Patients admitted to the PICU for > 3 days and their families, as well … multiple medications - repeated hospitalizations and/or ED visits - dependence on technology needs not being … model provided home visits (including sick visits), family support, and services coordination, as well … condition for inclusion in the review f In the patient subgroup classified prior to intervention as being … Having a medical home including, having providers who spent enough time with them, communicated well

9685. Gjqj 6Nehz7Xahypfhvr33 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - In a study assessing repeat as well as cross-reader assignment of BI-RADS density categories by 19 radiologists … Breast density findings can change because of mul- tiple factors related to the woman being examined, … categorization may result in different mandated communications in states with breast density notification, as well … To define meaningful clinical outcomes of supplemental screen- ing of women with dense breasts, well-designed … KQ 4: What are the harms associated with being identified as having dense breasts, including psychological

9686. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_9.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - , the NIS design ensured that hospitals drawn for the sample in one year had a high probability of being … NIS statistics were generally parallel to NHDS estimates, as well. … AHA discharges and lengths of stay were adjusted to include well newborns. … AHA discharges and lengths of stay were adjusted to include well newborns. … AHA discharges and lengths of stay were adjusted to include well newborns.

9687. Developing and Using Valid Clinical Quality Metrics for HIT with HIE (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017067-kaushal-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - identified need to be addressed widely, as they are likely to arise in meaningful use reporting as well … We reviewed these responses, as well as suggestions from our expert panel, to identify areas for de … Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who had a follow-up visit within 30 days after being … We identified 5 topics not well represented among existing metrics: test ordering, medication management … In sum, the existing metrics in our study are well aligned with and support the conceptual underpinnings

9688. Towards Effective and Efficient Health Information Technology Adoption in Home Care - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs022352-koru-final-report-2014.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - Rather than being an end in itself, health IT should be viewed as a vehicle that facilitates a contextual … and to make recommendations about key solutions and strategies that can be implemented by HHAs as well … Often, medical equipment, devices, and medication have to move to patients’ home as well. … The interviews were based upon (i) well-established systems analysis techniques to explore the HHAs’ … The patient-centered social norms of the HHA clinicians are well-aligned with the purpose of deriving

9689. Final Progress Report: Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - then evaluate this framework SDLC process, including its associated SE tools, we applied it to a well-known … “preventable harms” and includes the harms data that had been collected from the Emerge project as well … measures of organizational design to ascertain erosion of the capacity of providers to monitor patient well-being … the time period, we are likely to achieve more robust findings that could guide staffing policies as well

9690. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2009 - The Framingham risk score predicts major CHD events well in different demographic and ethnic groups ( … Most studies use a hazard ratio (or other risk ratio) to measure how well a new risk factor predicts … Studies may also measure how well a new prognostic risk factor improves discrimination when incorporated … better approach is to calculate the Framingham risk score, classify all participants, and then see how well … multidetector computed tomography scanner, provides better visualization of the coronary arteries and is also being

9691. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2002_Design_Report.pdf
      January 01, 2002 - In the 10% subsamples, each discharge has a 10% chance of being drawn. … Longitudinal Analyses All frame hospitals within a stratum have an equal probability of being selected … The stratification and weighting scheme will adjust for the hospitals that are being dropped. … These sorts ensured further geographic generalizability of hospitals within the frame states, as well … For example, it is well known that the percentage of variance explained by a regression, R2, is generally

9692. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2003_Design_Report_Edited_012506.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - In the 10% subsamples, each discharge has a 10% chance of being drawn. … Longitudinal Analyses All frame hospitals within a stratum have an equal probability of being selected … The stratification and weighting scheme should adjust for the hospitals that are being excluded. … These sorts ensured further geographic generalizability of hospitals within the frame states, as well … For example, it is well known that the percentage of variance explained by a regression, R2, is generally

9693. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2004_Design_Report.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - In the 10% subsamples, each discharge has a 10% chance of being drawn. … Longitudinal Analyses All frame hospitals within a stratum have an equal probability of being selected … The stratification and weighting scheme should adjust for the hospitals that are being excluded. … These sorts ensured further geographic generalizability of hospitals within the frame states, as well … For example, it is well known that the percentage of variance explained by a regression, R2, is generally

9694. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2001_Design_Report.pdf
      January 01, 2001 - In the 10% subsamples, each discharge has a 10% chance of being drawn. … The stratification and weighting scheme will adjust for the hospitals that are being dropped. … The Texas statute that exempts rural providers from being required to submit data defines a hospital … These sorts ensured further geographic generalizability of hospitals within the frame states, as well … For example, it is well known that the percentage of variance explained by a regression, R2, is generally

9695. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-1996
      January 01, 1996 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening (2019) This topic is being … develop other illnesses associated with HIV infection. 4 A small proportion (5-10%) of persons remain well … submit specimens (blood or saliva) collected at home for anonymous testing, using coded identifiers, are being … HIV testing and counseling reduces HIV transmission is complicated by many factors: 119 a paucity of well-controlled … The effect of testing and counseling varies with the specific behavior and population being targeted.

9696. HCUP_methods_series_cover.ai (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_2.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - Consistency Assuming PNUM_R values are present and the data element is well-constructed, a third desirable … the “all other” list.2 This deletion was done to account for the possibility of maternity patients being … for Wisconsin data because the limited PNUM length resulted in almost all non-newborn observations being

9697. Evidence Summary: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/hypertension-in-adults-screening
      April 27, 2021 - included studies in the prior review and a subset of previously excluded studies were also evaluated, as well … Specificity was low for both modalities, with self-OBPM being substantially worse (0.50 [95% CI, 0.40 … modalities other than ABPM alone will incur a considerable number of missed cases of masked hypertension as well … How well does a shortened time interval characterize results of a full ambulatory blood pressure monitoring … Masked nocturnal hypertension and target organ damage in hypertensives with well-controlled self-measured

9698. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary12/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
      October 18, 2011 - regarding test performance for detection of CIN2+ (CIN2, CIN3, or cancer) or CIN3+ (CIN3 or cancer), as well … For RCTs of HPV screening, we report results for each round of screening, as well as cumulative results … the trials may reflect between-trial differences in colposcopy referral and retesting protocols, as well … For women with positive as well as negative results on HPV screening, ongoing research into HPV subtypes … the data from trials involving HPV testing are reported in many publications, with updated results being

9699. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2019Introduction.pdf
      September 01, 2021 - *** All users of the NEDS must take the online HCUP Data Use Agreement (DUA) Training Course as well … because it contains detailed information about geographic, hospital, and patient characteristics as well … injury by poisoning I10_INJURY_STRUCK External cause of morbidity codes indicating injury involving being … struck by or against something: (0) no injury involving being struck by or against, (1) injury involving … being struck by or against I10_INJURY_SUFFOCAT ION External cause of morbidity codes indicating

9700. Type-2-Diabetes-Medications-Update Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/type-2-diabetes-medications-update_surveillance.pdf
      December 31, 2013 - Medical Association, British Medical Journal, Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine), as well … withdrawn from the market, a black box warning) or the availability of a new drug within class (the latter being … Weight-related quality of life, health utility, psychological well-being, and satisfaction with exenatide … sulphonylurea Placebo with metformin and sulphonylurea RCT 1058 patients with type 2 diabetes being … Both treatments were generally well tolerated with a low and similar incidence of hypoglycemia.