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AHRQ Systematic Reviews Original Methods Research Reports
Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008-.
In an effort to improve the transparency, consistency, and scientific rigor of the work of the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program, through a collaborative effort, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Scientific Resource Center, the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), and the DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network have developed a variety of methods resources for faculty, researchers, and policymakers.
Contents
2024
- Living Systematic Reviews: Examining Excluded Full-Text Articles To Better Understand the Evidence Base on Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic PainInvestigators: Roger Chou, Azrah Y. Ahmed, Suchitra Iyer, Tracy Dana, Christina Bougatsos, and Benjamin J. Morasco.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2024.
2022
- Health System Panel To Inform and Encourage Use of Evidence Reports: Findings From the Implementation and Evaluation of Two Evidence-Based ToolsInvestigators: Kathryn Paez, Rachel Shapiro, Lee Thompson, Erica Shelton, Lucy Savitz, Sarah Mossburg, Susan Baseman, and Amy Lin.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2022.
- Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An UpdateInvestigators: Ian J. Saldanha, Andrea C. Skelly, Kelly Vander Ley, Zhen Wang, Elise Berliner, Eric B. Bass, Beth Devine, Noah Hammarlund, Gaelen P. Adam, Denise Duan-Porter, Lionel L. Bañez, Anjali Jain, Susan L. Norris, Timothy J. Wilt, Brian Leas, Shazia M. Siddique, Celia V. Fiordalisi, Cecilia Patino-Sutton, and Meera Viswanathan.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2022.
- Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving EvidenceRoger Chou, Azrah Y. Ahmed, Suchitra Iyer, Benjamin J. Morasco, Christina Bougatsos, and Devan Kansagara.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2022.
- Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center ProgramInvestigators: Marian S. McDonagh, Roger Chou, Jesse Wagner, Azrah Y. Ahmed, Benjamin J. Morasco, Suchitra Iyer, and Devan Kansagara.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2022.
- Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final ReportInvestigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Costas Boussios, Robert L. Phillips, Jr., Diana Clarke, Barry Sarvet, Aziz Boxwala, and Richard Gliklich.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2022.
2021
- Creating Efficiencies in the Extraction of Data From Randomized Trials: A Prospective Evaluation of a Machine Learning and Text Mining ToolInvestigators: Allison Gates, Michelle Gates, Shannon Sim, Sarah A. Elliott, Jennifer Pillay, and Lisa Hartling.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2021.
- Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Yun Yu, Rongwei Fu, Jesse Wagner, Azrah Ahmed, Connor Smith, and Roger Chou.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2021.
- Improving the Utility of Evidence Synthesis for Decision Makers in the Face of Insufficient EvidenceInvestigators: M. Hassan Murad, Stephanie M. Chang, Celia Fiordalisi, Jennifer S. Lin, Timothy J. Wilt, Amy Tsou, Brian Leas, Shazia Siddique, Andrew R. Zullo, Ethan Balk, Carolyn M. Rutter, Karen Robinson, Craig Coleman, Olivia Costa, Elizabeth Stoeger, Mark Helfand, and Meera Viswanathan.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2021.
- Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Data Use and Governance ToolkitInvestigators: Haley S. Friedler, Michelle B. Leavy, Eric Bickelman, Barbara Casanova, Diana Clarke, Danielle Cooke, Andy DeMayo, Bailey Egan, Debbie Gibson, Sarah Hajjar, and Richard Gliklich.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2021.
- A Prioritized Research Agenda for Using the Harmonized Outcome Measures To Support Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in DepressionInvestigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Anna Swenson, and Richard Gliklich.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2021.
- A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining ToolsInvestigators: Robin A. Paynter, Celia Fiordalisi, Elizabeth Stoeger, Eileen Erinoff, Robin Featherstone, Christiane Voisin, and Gaelen P. Adam.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2021.
- Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome MeasuresInvestigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2021.
- Standardized Library of Lung Cancer Outcome MeasuresInvestigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2021.
2020
- Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement Study Data Extraction for Health SystemsInvestigators: Adrian V. Hernandez, Yuani M. Roman, and C. Michael White.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2020.
- The Evidence Base for Telehealth: Reassurance in the Face of Rapid Expansion During the COVID-19 PandemicAnnette M. Totten, Marian S. McDonagh, and Jesse H. Wagner.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2020.
- Integrating Health System Data With Systematic Reviews: A Framework for When and How Unpublished Health System Data Can Be Used With Systematic Reviews To Support Health System Decision MakingInvestigators: Jennifer S. Lin, M. Hassan Murad, Brian Leas, Jonathan R. Treadwell, Roger Chou, Ilya Ivlev, and Devan Kansagara.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2020.
- Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Report on Registry ConfigurationInvestigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Danielle Cooke, Sarah Hajjar, Eric Bikelman, Bailey Egan, Diana Clarke, Debbie Gibson, Barbara Casanova, and Richard Gliklich.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2020.
- Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide. 4th editionEditors: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Nancy A. Dreyer.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2020.
- Roadmap for Narratively Describing Effects of Interventions in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Martha Gerrity, Celia Fiordalisi, Jennifer Pillay, Timothy J. Wilt, Elizabeth O’Connor, Leila Kahwati, Adrian V. Hernandez, Carolyn M. Rutter, Roger Chou, Ethan M. Balk, Dale W. Steele, Ian J. Saldanha, Orestis A. Panagiotou, Stephanie Chang, and M. Hassan Murad.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2020.
- Standardized Library of Depression Outcome MeasuresInvestigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2020.
- Testing a Machine Learning Tool for Facilitating Living Systematic Reviews of Chronic Pain TreatmentsInvestigators: Roger Chou, Tracy Dana, and Kanaka D. Shetty.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2020.
2019
- Assessing the Accuracy of Machine-Assisted Abstract Screening With DistillerAI: A User StudyInvestigators: Gerald Gartlehner, Gernot Wagner, Linda Lux, Lisa Affengruber, Andreea Dobrescu, Angela Kaminski-Hartenthaler, and Meera Viswanathan.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2019.
- Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons LearnedInvestigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Claudia Schur, Ferhat Q. Kassamali, Margaret Edder Johnson, Raj Sabharwal, Paul Wallace, and Richard E. Gliklich.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2019.
- Facilitating the Implementation of EPC Reports in Learning Health Systems Engaged in Quality Initiatives: an EPC Pilot Project on ADHDInvestigators: Allison S. Morrow, Mary Butler, and M. Hassan Murad.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2019.
- Improving Access to and Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guidelines DevelopmentInvestigators: Annette M. Totten, Connor Smith, Kenneth Dunham, Rebecca M. Jungbauer, and Elaine Graham.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2019.
- Improving Health Systems’ Access to High-Quality Evidence: AHRQ EPC 2018 Pilot Projects SummaryInvestigators: Celia V. Fiordalisi, Amanda Borsky, Stephanie Chang, Martha Gerrity, Allison M. Schmidt, and Jeanne-Marie Guise.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2019.
- Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews: A Comparative Evaluation of Three ToolsInvestigators: Allison Gates, Samantha Guitard, Jennifer Pillay, Sarah A. Elliott, Michele P. Dyson, Amanda S. Newton, and Lisa Hartling.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2019.
- Pilot To Promote Entry of Structured Data Into the Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR)Investigators: Ian J. Saldanha, Birol Senturk, Bryant T. Smith, and Karen A. Robinson.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2019.
- Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome MeasuresInvestigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2019.
- Tools and Technologies for Registry Interoperability, Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide, 3rd Edition, Addendum 2Editors: Richard E. Gliklich, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Michelle B. Leavy, Head, and Nancy A. Dreyer, Chief Scientific Officer.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2019.
- Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record IntegrationInvestigators: Jeremy Michel, Emilia Flores, Nikhil Mull, and Amy Y. Tsou.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2019.
- Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive ReportsInvestigators: Thomas A. Trikalinos, Gaelen P. Adam, Jens Jap, Birol Senturk, Stacey Springs, Gillian Sanders-Schmidler, Kathryn Lallinger, Mary Butler, Michelle Brassure, Lionel Banez, Elise Berliner, Aysegul Gozu, and Ethan Balk.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2019.
2018
- Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems DecisionmakersInvestigators: Lisa Hartling, Allison Gates, Jennifer Pillay, Megan Nuspl, and Amanda S. Newton.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2018.
- Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three ProductsInvestigators: Karen A. Robinson.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2018.
- EPC Pilot Project: A Dual Approach To Facilitate Health Systems Uptake of Evidence Synthesis Reports. Anxiety in ChildrenInvestigators: Allison S. Morrow, Stephen P. Whiteside, Leslie Sim, Juan P. Brito, Zhen Wang, and M. Hassan Murad.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2018.
- Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of EvidenceInvestigators: Jennifer S. Lin, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Tracy L. Beil, and Susanne Hempel.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2018.
- Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome MeasuresInvestigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2018.
- Use of a Clinical Pathway To Facilitate the Translation and Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings: FY2018 Dissemination Pilot: Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile
Investigators: E. Flores, J. Jane Jue, Gina Giradi, K. Schoelles, and C.A. Umscheid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2018.
2017
- Discerning the Perception and Impact of Patients Involved in Evidence-based Practice Center Key Informant InterviewsInvestigators: Deborah H Cornman and C Michael White.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2017.
- A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health SystemsInvestigators: Karen Schoelles, Craig A Umscheid, Jennifer S Lin, Thomas W Concannon, Andrea C Skelly, Meera Viswanathan, Christine Chang, Elizabeth Kato, Eric Bass, Julia Lavenberg, Kim Peterson, Amanda Newton, Evan Meyers, Stacey Springs, Vivian Christensen, Nicole Floyd, Celia Fiordalisi, Jeanne-Marie Guise, and M Hassan Murad.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2017.
- Modeling and Simulation in the Context of Health Technology Assessment: Review of Existing Guidance, Future Research Needs, and Validity AssessmentInvestigators: Issa J Dahabreh, Jeffrey A Chan, Amy Earley, Denish Moorthy, Esther E Avendano, Thomas A Trikalinos, Ethan M Balk, and John B Wong.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2017.
- Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health Care for Children and AdolescentsInvestigators: Meera Viswanathan, Jennifer Cook Middleton, and Valerie L Forman-Hoffman.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2017.
- Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for InfertilityInvestigators: John W Williams, Jr, Jennifer L Eaton, Jennifer M Gierisch, Varsha Masilamani, Megan von Isenburg, and Megan Chobot.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2017.
- Supplemental Project to Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular DiseaseInvestigators: Stacey Springs, Gaelen P Adam, Valerie Langberg, Chris Halliday, and Thomas A Trikalinos.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2017.
- Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis MediaInvestigators: Gaelen P Adam, Stacey Springs, Valerie Langberg, Chris Halliday, and Thomas A Trikalinos.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2017.
- Understanding Health-Systems' Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform DecisionmakingInvestigators: C Michael White, Gillian D Sanders Schmidler, Mary Butler, Zhen Wang, Karen Robinson, Matthew D Mitchell, Nancy Berkman, Jillian Henderson, Celia Fiordalisi, Lisa Hartling, Sydne J Newberry, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Amanda Borsky, David Niebuhr, Diana Pham, Aysegul Gozu, Suchitra Iyer, and Lionel Bañez.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2017.
2016
- EPC Methods: AHRQ End-User Perspectives of Rapid ReviewsInvestigators: Lisa Hartling, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Susanne Hempel, Robin Featherstone, Matthew D Mitchell, Makalapua L Motu'apuaka, Karen A Robinson, Karen Schoelles, Annette Totten, Evelyn Whitlock, Timothy Wilt, Johanna Anderson, Elise Berliner, Aysegul Gozu, Elisabeth Kato, Robin Paynter, and Craig A Umscheid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2016.
- EPC Methods: An Exploration of the Use of Text-Mining Software in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Robin Paynter, Lionel L Bañez, Elise Berliner, Eileen Erinoff, Jennifer Lege-Matsuura, Shannon Potter, and Stacey Uhl.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2016.
2015
- Assessing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades: A Meta-Epidemiological StudyInvestigators: Gerald Gartlehner, Andreea Dobrescu, Tammeka Swinson Evans, Carla Bann, Karen A Robinson, James Reston, Kylie Thaler, Andrea Skelly, Anna Glechner, Kimberly Peterson, Christina Kien, and Kathleen N Lohr.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2015.
- Challenges in Conducting EPC Reviews of Behavior Change InterventionsInvestigators: Melissa McPheeters, Mary Butler, Margaret Maglione, Meera Viswanathan, Maya O'Neil, Richard Epstein, Johanna Anderson, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Aysegul Gozu, Karli Kondo, and Christine Chang.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2015.
- Change Score or Followup Score? An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Choice of Mean Difference EstimatesInvestigators: Rongwei Fu and Haley K Holmer.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2015.
- Comparison of Effects as Evidence Evolves From Single Trials to High-Quality Bodies of EvidenceInvestigators: Gerald Gartlehner, Andreea Dobrescu, Tammeka Swinson Evans, Kylie Thaler, Barbara Nussbaumer, Isolde Sommer, and Kathleen N Lohr.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2015.
- EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid ReviewsInvestigators: Lisa Hartling, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Elisabeth Kato, Johanna Anderson, Naomi Aronson, Suzanne Belinson, Elise Berliner, Donna Dryden, Robin Featherstone, Michelle Foisy, Matthew Mitchell, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Hussein Noorani, Robin Paynter, Karen A Robinson, Karen Schoelles, Craig A Umscheid, and Evelyn Whitlock.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2015.
2014
- Assessment of a Method to Detect Signals for Updating Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Paul G Shekelle, Aneesa Motala, and Breanne Johnsen.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.
- Contextual Frameworks for Research on the Implementation of Complex System InterventionsInvestigators: Lucia Rojas Smith, Mahima Ashok, Sydney Morss Dy, Roberta C Wines, and Stephanie Teixeira-Poit.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.
- Defining the Benefits of Stakeholder Engagement in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Erika Cottrell, Evelyn Whitlock, Elisabeth Kato, Stacey Uhl, Suzanne Belinson, Christine Chang, Ties Hoomans, David Meltzer, Hussein Noorani, Karen Robinson, Karen Schoelles, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Johanna Anderson, Robin Paynter, and Jeanne-Marie Guise.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.
- The Empirical Evidence of Bias in Trials Measuring Treatment DifferencesInvestigators: Nancy D Berkman, P Lina Santaguida, Meera Viswanathan, and Sally C Morton.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2014.
- Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests for Hepatic FibrosisInvestigators: Shelley Selph and Roger Chou.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2014.
- Integration of Existing Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Karen A Robinson, Evelyn P Whitlock, Maya E O'Neil, Johanna K Anderson, Lisa Hartling, Donna M Dryden, Mary Butler, Sydne J Newberry, Melissa McPheeters, Nancy D Berkman, Jennifer S Lin, and Stephanie Chang.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2014.
- Observational Evidence and Strength of Evidence Domains: Case ExamplesInvestigators: Maya O'Neil, Nancy Berkman, Lisa Hartling, Stephanie Chang, Johanna Anderson, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Jeanne-Marie Guise, and Marian McDonagh.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2014.
- Systematic Reviews of Complex Multicomponent Health Care InterventionsInvestigators: Jeanne-Marie Guise, Christine Chang, Meera Viswanathan, Susan Glick, Jonathan Treadwell, Craig A Umscheid, Evelyn Whitlock, Rochelle Fu, Elise Berliner, Robin Paynter, Johanna Anderson, Pua Motu'apuaka, and Tom Trikalinos.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.
- Use of Evidence-Based Practice Center Comparative Effectiveness Reviews by Clinical Point-of-Care ToolsInvestigators: Michelle Brasure, Mary Forte, Mary Butler, and Robert L Kane.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2014.
2013
- Assessing Risk of Bias and Confounding in Observational Studies of Interventions or Exposures: Further Development of the RTI Item BankInvestigators: Meera Viswanathan, Nancy D Berkman, Donna M Dryden, and Lisa Hartling.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2013.
- Assessing the Accuracy of Google Translate to Allow Data Extraction From Trials Published in Non-English LanguagesInvestigators: Ethan M Balk, Mei Chung, Minghua L Chen, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Lina Kong Win Chang.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.
- A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment ComparisonsInvestigators: Hwanhee Hong, Bradley P Carlin, Haitao Chu, Tatyana A Shamliyan, Shiyi Wang, and Robert L Kane.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.
- Case Study Comparing Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches for Multiple Treatment ComparisonsInvestigators: Bradley P Carlin, Hwanhee Hong, Tatyana A Shamliyan, François Sainfort, and Robert L Kane.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2013.
- Decision and Simulation Modeling in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Karen Kuntz, Francois Sainfort, Mary Butler, Brent Taylor, Shalini Kulasingam, Sean Gregory, Eric Mann, Joseph M Anderson, and Robert L Kane.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.
- Empirical and Simulation-Based Comparison of Univariate and Multivariate Meta-Analysis for Binary OutcomesInvestigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, David C Hoaglin, and Christopher H Schmid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2013.
- Engaging Patients in Information Sharing and Data Collection: The Role of Patient-Powered Registries and Research NetworksThomas A Workman.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2013.
- EPC Response to IOM Standards for Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Joseph Lau, Stephanie Chang, Nancy Berkman, Sara J Ratichek, Howard Balshem, Michelle Brasure, and David Moher.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2013.
- Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple TestsInvestigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, David C Hoaglin, Kevin M Small, and Christopher H Schmid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.
- Evaluation of the Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Comparison of Quantitative ApproachesInvestigators: Milo A Puhan, Sonal Singh, Carlos O Weiss, Ravi Varadhan, Ritu Sharma, and Cynthia M Boyd.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2013.
- Findings of Bayesian Mixed Treatment Comparison Meta-Analyses: Comparison and Exploration Using Real-World Trial Data and SimulationInvestigators: Daniel E Jonas, Tania M Wilkins, Shrikant Bangdiwala, Carla M Bann, Laura C Morgan, Kylie J Thaler, Halle R Amick, and Gerald Gartlehner.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.
- Framework for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Review: EvaluationInvestigators: Karen A Robinson, Oluwaseun Akinyede, Tania Dutta, Veronica Ivey Sawin, Tianjing Li, Merianne Rose Spencer, Charles M Turkelson, and Christine Weston.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.
- Global Health Evidence Evaluation FrameworkInvestigators: Paul G Shekelle, Margaret A Maglione, Jill Luoto, Breanne Johnsen, and Tanja R Perry.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.
- Harmonization of Cognitive Measures in Individual Participant Data and Aggregate Data Meta-AnalysisInvestigators: Lauren Griffith, Edwin van den Heuvel, Isabel Fortier, Scott Hofer, Parminder Raina, Nazmul Sohel, Hélène Payette, Christina Wolfson, and Sylvie Belleville.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2013.
- Identifying and Managing Nonfinancial Conflicts of Interest for Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Meera Viswanathan, Timothy S Carey, Suzanne E Belinson, Elise Berliner, Stephanie Chang, Elaine Graham, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Stanley S Ip, Margaret A Maglione, Douglas McCrory, Melissa McPheeters, Sydne J Newberry, Priyanka Sista, and C Michael White.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2013.
- Mechanistic Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Conceptual FrameworkInvestigators: Steven N Goodman and Jason Gerson.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2013.
- Meta-Analytic Statistical Inferences for Continuous Measure Outcomes as a Function of Effect Size Metric and Other AssumptionsInvestigators: Blair T Johnson and Tania B Huedo-Medina.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2013.
- Observational Studies: Empirical Evidence of Their Contributions to Comparative Effectiveness ReviewsInvestigators: Jennifer C Seida, Donna M Dryden, and Lisa Hartling.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2013.
- A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older AdultsInvestigators: David H Feeny, Elizabeth Eckstrom, Evelyn P Whitlock, and Leslie A Perdue.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2013.
- Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life?Investigators: Steven I Gutman, Margaret Piper, Mark D Grant, Ethan Basch, Denise M Oliansky, and Naomi Aronson.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2013.
- The Refinement of Topics for Systematic Reviews: Lessons and Recommendations From the Effective Health Care ProgramInvestigators: David I Buckley, Mohammed Ansari, Mary Butler, Clara Williams, and Christine Chang.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.
- Reporting the Findings of Updated Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness: How Do Users Want To View New Information?Investigators: Sydne J Newberry, Paul G Shekelle, Mary Vaiana, and Aneesa Motala.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2013.
- Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Comparative Effectiveness ReviewsInvestigators: Stanley Ip, Jessica K Paulus, Ethan M Balk, Issa J Dahabreh, Esther E Avendano, and Joseph Lau.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.
- Simulation-Based Comparison of Methods for Meta-Analysis of Proportions and RatesInvestigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, Paul Trow, and Christopher H Schmid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2013.
- Surveillance and Identification of Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews: Implementation and Early ExperienceInvestigators: Sydne J Newberry, Nadera Ahmadzai, Aneesa Motala, Alexander Tsertsvadze, Margaret Maglione, Mohammed T Ansari, Susanne Hempel, Sophia Tsouros, Jennifer Schneider Chafen, Roberta Shanman, Becky Skidmore, David Moher, and Paul G Shekelle.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2013.
- Through the Quality Kaleidoscope: Reflections on the Science and Practice of Improving Health Care Quality: Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the ScienceInvestigators: Kathryn M McDonald, Christine Chang, and Ellen Schultz.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.
- Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-AnalysesInvestigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, Issa J Dahabreh, Byron C Wallace, Christopher H Schmid, and Joseph Lau.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2013.
2012
- Accuracy of Data Extraction of Non-English Language Trials with Google TranslateInvestigators: Ethan M Balk, Mei Chung, Nira Hadar, Kamal Patel, Winifred W Yu, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Lina Kong Win Chang.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2012.
- Assessing Equivalence and NoninferiorityInvestigators: Jonathan Treadwell, Stacey Uhl, Kelley Tipton, Sonal Singh, Lina Santaguida, Xin Sun, Nancy Berkman, Meera Viswanathan, Craig Coleman, Tatyana Shamliyan, Shi-Yi Wang, Rema Ramakrishnan, and Adam Elshaug.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2012.
- Assessing the Impact of Economic Evidence on Policymakers in Health Care—A Systematic ReviewInvestigators: Louis W Niessen, John Bridges, Brandyn D Lau, Renee F Wilson, Ritu Sharma, Damian G Walker, Kevin D Frick, and Eric B Bass.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2012.
- Best Practices for Conducting Economic Evaluations in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment ToolsInvestigators: Damian G Walker, Renee F Wilson, Ritu Sharma, John Bridges, Louis Niessen, Eric B Bass, and Kevin Frick.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2012.
- Comprehensive Overview of Methods and Reporting of Meta-Analyses of Test AccuracyInvestigators: Issa J Dahabreh, Mei Chung, Georgios D Kitsios, Teruhiko Terasawa, Gowri Raman, Athina Tatsioni, Annette Tobar, Joseph Lau, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Christopher H Schmid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2012.
- Detection of Associations Between Trial Quality and Effect SizesInvestigators: Susanne Hempel, Jeremy Miles, Marika J Suttorp, Zhen Wang, Breanne Johnsen, Sally Morton, Tanja Perry, Diane Valentine, and Paul G Shekelle.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2012.
- An Empirical Assessment of Bivariate Methods for Meta-Analysis of Test AccuracyInvestigators: Issa J Dahabreh, Thomas A Trikalinos, Joseph Lau, and Christopher Schmid.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.
- Empirical Assessment of Within-Arm Correlation Imputation in Trials of Continuous OutcomesInvestigators: Ethan M Balk, Amy Earley, Kamal Patel, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Issa J Dahabreh.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.
- A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in the Design of Primary Research StudiesInvestigators: Matthew Thompson, Arpita Tiwari, Rongwei Fu, Esther Moe, and David I Buckley.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2012.
- Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention EvaluationsInvestigators: Susanne Hempel, Kanaka D Shetty, Paul G Shekelle, Lisa V Rubenstein, Marjorie S Danz, Breanne Johnsen, and Siddhartha R Dalal.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2012.
- Methods for Benefit and Harm Assessment in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Cynthia M Boyd, Sonal Singh, Ravi Varadhan, Carlos O Weiss, Ritu Sharma, Eric B Bass, and Milo A Puhan.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.
- Peer Review of Search StrategiesInvestigators: Rose Relevo and Robin Paynter.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2012.
- A Pilot Study Using Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge To Facilitate Comparative Effectiveness Review UpdatingInvestigators: Siddhartha R Dalal, Paul G Shekelle, Susanne Hempel, Sydne J Newberry, Aneesa Motala, and Kanaka D Shetty.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2012.
- Proposed Governance and Data Management Policy for the Systematic Review Data RepositoryInvestigators: Joseph Lau, Nira Hadar, Ramon Iovin, Stanley Ip, and Ethan M Balk.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2012.
- Quality of Reporting in Systematic Reviews of Implantable Medical DevicesInvestigators: Gowri Raman, James M Gaylor, Madhumathi Rao, Jeffrey Chan, Amy Earley, Lina Kong Win Chang, Priyanka Salvi, Jenny Lamont, and Joseph Lau.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.
- Reliability Testing of the AHRQ EPC Approach to Grading the Strength of Evidence in Comparative Effectiveness ReviewsInvestigators: Nancy D Berkman, Kathleen N Lohr, Laura C Morgan, Emily Richmond, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Sally Morton, Meera Viswanathan, Douglas Kamerow, Sue West, and Elizabeth Tant.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2012.
- Selective Outcome Reporting as a Source of Bias in Reviews of Comparative EffectivenessInvestigators: Susan L Norris, Haley K Holmer, Lauren A Ogden, Rongwei Fu, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Meera S Viswanathan, and Melissa L McPheeters.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2012.
- Systematizing the Use of Value of Information Analysis in Prioritizing Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Ties Hoomans, Justine Seidenfeld, Anirban Basu, and David Meltzer.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2012.
- Use of Mixed Treatment Comparisons in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Craig I Coleman, Olivia J Phung, Joseph C Cappelleri, William L Baker, Jeffrey Kluger, C Michael White, and Diana M Sobieraj.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2012.
- Usefulness of Economic Evaluation Data in Systematic Reviews of EvidenceInvestigators: Kevin Frick, Louis Neissen, John Bridges, Damian Walker, Renee F Wilson, and Eric B Bass.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2012.
- Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability Testing of Quality Assessment InstrumentsInvestigators: Lisa Hartling, Michele Hamm, Andrea Milne, Ben Vandermeer, P Lina Santaguida, Mohammed Ansari, Alexander Tsertsvadze, Susanne Hempel, Paul Shekelle, and Donna M Dryden.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2012.
2011
- Addressing Challenges in Genetic Test Evaluation: Evaluation Frameworks and Assessment of Analytic ValidityInvestigators: Fang Sun, Wendy Bruening, Eileen Erinoff, and Karen M Schoelles.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.
- Correcting for Publication Bias in the Presence of CovariatesInvestigators: Sue Duval and Eric Weinhandl.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.
- Development of Quality Criteria To Evaluate Nontherapeutic Studies of Incidence, Prevalence, or Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases: Pilot Study of New ChecklistsInvestigators: Tatyana A Shamliyan, Robert L Kane, Mohammed T Ansari, Gowri Raman, Nancy D Berkman, Mark Grant, Gail Janes, Margaret Maglione, David Moher, Mona Nasser, Karen A Robinson, Jodi B Segal, and Sophia Tsouros.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2011.
- Development of the RTI Item Bank on Risk of Bias and Precision of Observational StudiesInvestigators: Meera Viswanathan and Nancy D Berkman.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.
- Empirical Evidence of Associations Between Trial Quality and Effect SizeInvestigators: Susanne Hempel, Marika J Suttorp, Jeremy NV Miles, Zhen Wang, Margaret Maglione, Sally Morton, Breanne Johnsen, Diane Valentine, and Paul G Shekelle.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.
- Feasibility Study of a Wiki Collaboration Platform for Systematic ReviewsInvestigator: Eileen G Erinoff.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.
- A Framework for "Best Evidence" Approaches in Systematic ReviewsInvestigators: Jonathan R Treadwell, Sonal Singh, Ripple Talati, Melissa L McPheeters, and James T Reston.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.
- Identifying Priorities for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research for Serious Mental IllnessInvestigators: Dan Jonas, Alyssa J Mansfield, Pam Curtis, John Gilmore, Lea Watson, Shannon Brode, Karen Crotty, Meera Viswanathan, Elizabeth Tant, Cathy Gordon, Samantha Slaughter-Mason, and Brian Sheitman.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.
- Identifying Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews: A Comparison of Two MethodsPaul G Shekelle, Sydne J Newberry, Helen Wu, Marika Suttorp, Aneesa Motala, and Yee-Wei Lim. Ethan M Balk, Mei Chung, Winifred W Yu, Jounghee Lee, and James M Gaylor. David Moher, Mohammed T Ansari, Rebecca Skidmore, and Chantelle Garritty.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.
- A Process for Robust and Transparent Rating of Study Quality: Phase 1Investigators: Stanley Ip, Georgios D Kitsios, Mei Chung, and Joseph Lau.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2011.
2010
- Comparative Effectiveness Review Methods: Clinical HeterogeneityInvestigators: Suzanne L West, Gerald Gartlehner, Alyssa J Mansfield, Charles Poole, Elizabeth Tant, Nancy Lenfestey, Linda J Lux, Jacqueline Amoozegar, Sally C Morton, Timothy C Carey, Meera Viswanathan, and Kathleen N Lohr.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2010.
- Developing and Testing a Tool for the Classification of Study Designs in Systematic Reviews of Interventions and ExposuresInvestigators: Lisa Hartling, Kenneth Bond, Krystal Harvey, P Lina Santaguida, Meera Viswanathan, and Donna M Dryden.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2010.
2009
- Assessment of the Need to Update Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Report of an Initial Rapid Program Assessment (2005–2009)Investigators: Paul Shekelle, Project Leader, Sydne Newberry, Reviewer and Medical Editor, Margaret Maglione, Project Manager and Reviewer, Roberta Shanman, Research Librarian, Breanne Johnsen, Research Assistant, Jason Carter, Project Assistant, Aneesa Motala, Project Assistant, Ben Hulley, Reviewer, Zhen Wang, Reviewer, Dena Bravata, Reviewer, Michael Chen, Reviewer, and Jennifer Grossman, Reviewer.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 10, 2009.
- Medical Tests-White Paper SeriesRockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2009.
- AHRQ Systematic Reviews Original Methods Research ReportsAHRQ Systematic Reviews Original Methods Research Reports
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