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How can we make valid and useful comparisons of different health care systems?.

Health services research

Street A, Smith P.
PMID: 34755335
Health Serv Res. 2021 Dec;56:1299-1301. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13883.

No abstract available.

Approaches to the interpretation of quality-of-life scales.

Medical care

Lydick E.
PMID: 10982105
Med Care. 2000 Sep;38(9):II180-3. doi: 10.1097/00005650-200009002-00028.

No abstract available.

On outcomes.

Journal of clinical epidemiology

Tovey D, Tugwell P.
PMID: 34489051
J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Aug;136:A4-A5. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.08.015.

No abstract available.

How valid is the quantity and quality relationship in CABG surgery? A review of the literature.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Lancey RA.
PMID: 21044159
J Card Surg. 2010 Nov;25(6):713-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01146.x. Epub 2010 Oct 11.

Numerous analyses have identified an inverse relationship between case volume in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and mortality, and have led some to call for the consideration of minimum-volume standards for open-heart surgery programs. These findings, however, have...

Clinical trials and systematic reviews addressing similar interventions for the same condition do not consider similar outcomes to be important: a case study in HIV/AIDS.

Journal of clinical epidemiology

Saldanha IJ, Li T, Yang C, Owczarzak J, Williamson PR, Dickersin K.
PMID: 28249722
J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Apr;84:85-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.02.005. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

BACKGROUND: The usefulness of clinical trials and systematic reviews is compromised when they report different outcomes. We compared outcomes in reviews of HIV/AIDS and the trials included in the reviews.STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We examined all Cochrane reviews of...

Use of outcome data by purchasers and consumers: new strategies and new dilemmas.

International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care

Hibbard JH.
PMID: 9928589
Int J Qual Health Care. 1998 Dec;10(6):503-8. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/10.6.503.

OBJECTIVE: The complexities involved in measuring outcomes of care are perceived as a core challenge of health services research. However, the complexities associated with making outcomes data useable for purchasers and consumers are just beginning to be recognized. The...

Role of Commercial Weight-Loss Programs in Medical Management of Obesity.

Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America

Gudzune KA, Clark JM.
PMID: 32418590
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2020 Jun;49(2):275-287. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2020.02.006. Epub 2020 Apr 09.

Rates of obesity counseling are low among physicians because of the lack of time and training in this area. In recognition of this challenge, recent national guidelines encourage physicians to refer patients with obesity to intensive, comprehensive lifestyle programs...

Acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for persons with psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Schizophrenia research

Jansen JE, Gleeson J, Bendall S, Rice S, Alvarez-Jimenez M.
PMID: 31780349
Schizophr Res. 2020 Jan;215:25-37. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.016. Epub 2019 Nov 26.

BACKGROUND: Acceptance- and mindfulness-based approaches have gained popularity in recent years.OBJECTIVE: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of acceptance- and mindfulness-based therapies for persons with a psychotic or schizophrenia spectrum disorder.METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, relevant...

Assessing risk of bias judgments for blinding of outcome assessors in Cochrane reviews.

Journal of comparative effectiveness research

Barcot O, Dosenovic S, Boric M, Pericic TP, Cavar M, Jelicic Kadic A, Puljak L.
PMID: 32459105
J Comp Eff Res. 2020 Jun;9(8):585-593. doi: 10.2217/cer-2019-0181. Epub 2020 May 27.

No abstract available.

Indirect comparisons of treatment effects: Network meta-analyses.

Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)

Sormani MP.
PMID: 28273772
Mult Scler. 2017 Apr;23(4):510-512. doi: 10.1177/1352458517690272. Epub 2017 Feb 17.

Many therapeutic options are now available for patients with multiple sclerosis. While the efficacy of each drug has been assessed against placebo or, more recently, against interferon, no direct comparisons of these new therapies have been conducted in randomized...

[Randomized controlled trials terminated prematurely: beneficial therapy effects].

Der Urologe. Ausg. A

Kluth LA, Rink M, Ahyai SA, Fisch M, Shariat SF, Dahm P.
PMID: 23712423
Urologe A. 2013 Aug;52(8):1080-3. doi: 10.1007/s00120-013-3144-2.

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) stopped prematurely for beneficial therapy effects are becoming increasingly more prevalent in the urological literature and often receive great attention in the public and medical media. Urologists who practice evidence-based medicine should be aware of...

Process evaluation outcomes from a global child obesity prevention intervention.

BMC public health

Pettigrew S, Borys JM, du Plessis HR, Walter L, Huang TT, Levi J, Vinck J.
PMID: 25065414
BMC Public Health. 2014 Jul 28;14:757. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-757.

BACKGROUND: While it is acknowledged that child obesity interventions should cover multiple ecological levels (downstream, midstream and upstream) to maximize their effectiveness, there is a lack of evaluation data to guide the development and implementation of such efforts. To...

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