DM Bravata, KM McDonald, KG Shojania, V … - Annals of internal …, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Some important health policy topics, such as those related to the delivery, organization, and
financing of health care, present substantial challenges to established methods for evidence
synthesis. For example, such reviews may ask: What is the effect of for-profit versus ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►annals.org D Atkins, K Fink, J Slutsky - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians To provide decision makers with the best available evidence, the Agency for Healthcare Research
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PL Santaguida, M Helfand, P Raina - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Increasingly, consumers, clinicians, regulatory bodies, and insurers are using systematic reviews
of drug interventions to select treatments and set policies. Although a systematic review cannot
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J Slutsky, D Atkins, S Chang, BA Collins Sharp - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier In 2005, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality established the Effective Health Care
(EHC) Program. The EHC program aims to provide understandable and actionable information
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- ►annals.org DB Matchar, EV Westermann-Clark, DC … - Annals of internal …, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians On the basis of interviews with EPC directors, AHRQ staff, and representatives of public and
private users of EPC reports, we summarize the variety of efforts to disseminate the work of the
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RL Fischer, K Schaeffer, RL Hunter - Contraception, 2005 - Elsevier Anonymous questionnaires were distributed to 310 residents from 18 programs. The survey asked
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M Pignone, S Saha, T Hoerger, KN Lohr, S … - Annals of internal …, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Economic analyses, including cost-effectiveness analyses, cost–utility analyses, cost–benefit
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T Watts, J Merrell, F Murphy, A … - Journal of Advanced …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com A critical review of the research literature published in English between 1996 and 2002 was
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PG Shekelle, SC Morton, MJ Suttorp, N … - Annals of internal …, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues to grow in the United
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M Kelson - Evidence-based healthcare and public health, 2005 - Elsevier In contrast, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has made a substantial
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