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A Bayesian method for evaluating medical test operating characteristics when some patients' conditions fail to be diagnosed by the reference standard.

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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Randomized Control Trial of a Tailored, Multifactorial Program to Prevent Falls Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

A Smartphone Application to Deliver a Treat-to-Target Insulin Titration Algorithm in Insulin-Naive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

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A U-shaped Association Between Blood Pressure and Cognitive Impairment in Chinese Elderly

scientific article published on February 2017

A clinical decision and economic analysis model of cancer pain management

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Accuracy and reliability of apical S3 gallop detection

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Advanced chronic kidney disease practice patterns among nephrologists and non-nephrologists: a database analysis.

scientific article published on 3 January 2007

Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

scientific article published on 03 April 2011

Assessing risk of breast cancer in an ethnically South-East Asia population (results of a multiple ethnic groups study).

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Assessing uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analyses: application to a complex decision model.

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At-Home Versus In-Clinic INR Monitoring: A Cost-Utility Analysis from The Home INR Study (THINRS)

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

Breakout IV. Health professional concerns in the practice setting.

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Bundled Payment and Care of Acute Stroke: What Does it Take to Make it Work?

scientific article published on 09 April 2015

Chapter 11: challenges in and principles for conducting systematic reviews of genetic tests used as predictive indicators

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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Chapter 5: assessing risk of bias as a domain of quality in medical test studies

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Chapter 6: assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews

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Chapter 7: grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests

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Charlson Index comorbidity adjustment for ischemic stroke outcome studies

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Clinical and Radiographic Findings That Lead to Intervention in Diabetic Patients With Foot Ulcers: A nationwide survey of primary care physicians

scientific article published on 01 July 1996

Clinical effectiveness of coronary stents in elderly persons: results from 262,700 Medicare patients in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry

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Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation

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Commentary: a new era in epilepsy care. Guidelines address first steps in diagnosis and treatment

Comorbid visual and cognitive impairment: relationship with disability status and self-rated health among older Singaporeans

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Comparison and meta-analysis of randomized trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Cost effectiveness analysis of early zidovudine treatment of HIV infected patients

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Cost efficiency of anticoagulation with warfarin to prevent stroke in medicare beneficiaries with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 09 December 2010

Cost of multiple sclerosis by level of disability: a review of literature.

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Cost-effective models for flutamide for prostate carcinoma patients: are they helpful to policy makers?

scientific article published in May 1996

Cost-effectiveness analysis of strategies for diagnosing celiac disease

scientific article published on 13 October 2007

Cost-effectiveness of ancrod treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: results from the Stroke Treatment with Ancrod Trial (STAT).

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Decision making in the face of uncertainty: the case of carotid endarterectomy

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Depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of older adults: insights from the Singapore Survey on Informal Caregiving

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Detecting Germline PTEN Mutations Among At-Risk Patients With Cancer: An Age- and Sex-Specific Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

Determining clinically important differences in health status measures: a general approach with illustration to the Health Utilities Index Mark II.

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Diagnostic performance of short portable mental status questionnaire for screening dementia among patients attending cognitive assessment clinics in Singapore

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

Disease management in healthcare organizations: results of in-depth interviews with disease management decision makers

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Dissemination of Evidence-based Practice Center reports

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Do anticoagulation management services improve care? Implications of the Managing Anticoagulation Services Trial

scientific article published in December 2003

Do healthcare needs-based population segments predict outcomes among the elderly? Findings from a prospective cohort study in an urbanized low-income community

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Effect of Home Testing of International Normalized Ratio on Clinical Events

scientific article published on October 21, 2010

Effects of Self-Care for Older PErsons (SCOPE) on Functional and Physiological Measures: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Epidemiology of recurrent cerebral infarction: a medicare claims-based comparison of first and recurrent strokes on 2-year survival and cost.

scientific article published on February 1999

Evidence-based practice center network and health technology assessment in the United States: bridging the cultural gap.

scientific article published in January 2006

Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2012 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

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Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update

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Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update

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Executive summary: heart disease and stroke statistics--2013 update: a report from the American Heart Association

scientific article published on January 2013

Expert estimates of caregiver hours for older Singaporeans with dementia

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FDG-PET for management of cervical and ovarian cancer.

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Facilitated process improvement: an approach to the seamless linkage between evidence and practice in CKD.

scientific article published in March 2006

Gender, educational and ethnic differences in active life expectancy among older Singaporeans

scientific article published on 14 April 2015

Geographic variation and trends in carotid imaging among medicare beneficiaries, 2001 to 2006.

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Geographic variation in carotid revascularization among Medicare beneficiaries, 2003-2006.

scientific article published in July 2010

Global judgments versus decision-model-facilitated judgments: are experts internally consistent?

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association

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Guidelines for carotid endarterectomy: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Headache management program improves outcome for chronic headache.

scientific article published in July 2003

Health Status of Individuals With Mild Stroke

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Health policy and outcomes research 2004.

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Health policy in stroke: translating what we know into what we do

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2013 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Heart disease and stroke statistics--2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association

scientific article (publication date: February 2011)

Heart disease and stroke statistics--2014 update: a report from the American Heart Association

journal article; published in 2014

Higher persistence in newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with dabigatran versus warfarin

scientific article published on 06 August 2013

How can modeling best contribute to the assessment of secondary stroke prevention strategies?

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challenges.

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Hypertension improvement project: randomized trial of quality improvement for physicians and lifestyle modification for patients

scientific article published on December 2009

Impact of social support on outcome in first stroke

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

Implications of long-term care capacity response policies for an aging population: A simulation analysis

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Improving the process of developing technical reports for health care decision makers: using the theory of constraints in the evidence-based practice centers.

scientific article published on January 2006

Improving the quality of anticoagulation of patients with atrial fibrillation in managed care organizations: results of the managing anticoagulation services trial

scientific article published in July 2002

Improving the reliability of stroke subgroup classification using the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria.

scientific article published in May 2001

Inaccuracy of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) in identifying the diagnosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.

scientific article published on September 1997

Influence of projected complication rates on estimated appropriate use rates for carotid endarterectomy. Appropriateness Project Investigators. Academic Medical Center Consortium

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Isotope-dilution assay for urinary methylmalonic acid in the diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency. A prospective clinical evaluation

scientific article published on 01 May 1987

Lifetime cost-effectiveness analysis of ticagrelor in patients with acute coronary syndromes based on the PLATO trial: a Singapore healthcare perspective

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Linking dementia research to policy: an example using fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment

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Long-term clinical outcomes following coronary stenting

scientific article published in August 2008

Making evidence-based practice improvement more than a comforting sentiment

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Management of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published in September 1994

Management of recalled pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a decision analysis model.

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Meta-analysis of survival and relief of angina pectoris after transmyocardial revascularization.

scientific article published in May 2005

Methods guide for authors of systematic reviews of medical tests: a collaboration between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Journal of General Internal Medicine

scientific article published in June 2012

Multicenter Review of Preoperative Risk Factors for Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

New transient ischemic attack and stroke: outpatient management by primary care physicians

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

Noninvasive imaging for coronary artery disease: a technology assessment for the Medicare Coverage Advisory Commission

scientific article published on February 2007

Older person behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPS) and functional limitations mediate the association between older person cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms in the caregiver

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Opportunities for improving management of advanced chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Outcomes of second revascularization procedures after stent implantation

scientific article published in April 2008

Performance of the serum cobalamin assay for diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Physical Performance Predictor Measures in Older Adults With Falls-Related Emergency Department Visits

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Population Segmentation Based on Healthcare Needs: Validation of a Brief Clinician-Administered Tool

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Population segmentation based on healthcare needs: a systematic review

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Pre-discharge prognostic factors of physical function among older adults with hip fracture surgery: a systematic review

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Primary care physician-reported secondary and tertiary stroke prevention practices. A comparison between the United States and the United Kingdom.

scientific article published in April 1997

Projection of young-old and old-old with functional disability: does accounting for the changing educational composition of the elderly population make a difference?

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Quality of anticoagulation management among patients with atrial fibrillation: results of a review of medical records from 2 communities.

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Race, presenting signs and symptoms, use of carotid artery imaging, and appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Racial variation in initial stroke severity.

scientific article published in March 2000

Relationship between test frequency and outcomes of anticoagulation: a literature review and commentary with implications for the design of randomized trials of patient self-management.

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Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

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Short-Term Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Stroke Survivors and Their Family Caregivers

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Should we just let the anticoagulation service do it? The conundrum of anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Simulating the impact of long-term care policy on family eldercare hours

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Stakeholders' perspective on issues and challenges associated with care and treatment of aging-related cognitive impairment disorders in Singapore.

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Standards for Measures Used for Public Reporting of Efficiency in Health Care

scientific article published on 06 October 2008

Standards for Measures Used for Public Reporting of Efficiency in Health Care

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Strategies for antiviral stockpiling for future influenza pandemics: a global epidemic-economic perspective

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Strategies for incorporating resource allocation and economic considerations: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition).

scientific article published on June 2008

Symposium introduction: technology assessment and guideline development: concerns and opportunities for academic general internists.

scientific article published in September 1990

Testing for von Willebrand disease in women with menorrhagia: a systematic review.

scientific article published in August 2004

The Stroke Prevention Policy Model: linking evidence and clinical decisions

scientific article published on October 1997

The chronic kidney disease model: a general purpose model of disease progression and treatment.

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The cost of visual impairment: purposes, perspectives, and guidance

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

The headache management trial: a randomized study of coordinated care

scientific article published on 10 June 2008

The influence of hyperglycemia on outcome of cerebral infarction

scientific article published on 01 September 1992

The value of stroke prevention and treatment

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Theories explaining racial differences in the utilization of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for cerebrovascular disease.

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To what extent should quality of care decisions be based on health outcomes data? Application to carotid endarterectomy.

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Toward evidence-based management of migraine

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Trajectories of positive aspects of caregiving among family caregivers of stroke-survivors: the differential impact of stroke-survivor disability

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Transient ischemic attacks in a man with coronary artery disease: two strategies neck and neck

scientific article published on 01 October 1986

Treating QALYs with a heavy dose of social values: is the cure worth the cost?

scientific article published in September 2000

Treatment considerations for persons with metastatic prostate cancer: survival versus out-of-pocket costs

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US national survey of physician practices for the secondary and tertiary prevention of ischemic stroke. Design, service availability, and common practices.

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Utilities for major stroke: results from a survey of preferences among persons at increased risk for stroke.

scientific article published in October 1998

Utility of the advanced chronic kidney disease patient management tools: case studies

scientific article published on 27 February 2008

VA Stroke Study: neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes.

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Vitamin D Levels and the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Chinese Elderly People: the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

When should functional neuroimaging techniques be used in the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's dementia? A decision analysis.

scientific article published in September 2003

When to stress over triptans: a Markov analysis of cardiovascular risk in migraine treatment.

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Which approach to anticoagulation management is best? Illustration of an interactive mathematical model to support informed decision making

scientific article published on October 1, 2002