Prepared by:
Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center based at
RAND, Santa Monica, CA
Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.
Center Director / Project Director
Sally Morton, Ph.D.
Center Co-Director
Eduardo Ortiz, M.D., M.P.H.
Martin Eccles, M.D.
Jeremy Grimshaw, M.D.
Steven Woolf, M.D., M.P.H.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01title.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 32KB 2 pages Contents: Title Page, Suggested Citation __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02pref.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 23KB 1 page Contents: Preface __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03abstr.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 32KB 1 page Contents: Structured Abstract: Objectives, Search Strategy, Data Collection and Analysis, Main Results, Conclusions __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04conts.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 2 pages Contents: Table of Contents __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 67KB 7 pages Contents: Summary: Introduction, Methodology, Findings, Table: Evaluation of AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines, Conclusions __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 61KB 8 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Conceptual Model, Operational Method, Analysis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08fig1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 37KB 1 page Contents: Figure 1. Model for Assessing When Guidelines Need Updating __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09tbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 41KB 1 page Contents: Table 1. AHRQ Guidelines Assessed for Current Validity __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10tbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 79KB 16 pages Contents: Table 2. Search Methodology for Limited Literature Search __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11tbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 42KB 1 page Contents: Table 3. Key Specialty Journals Used in Search Strategy __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12tbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 1 page Contents: Table 4. Publication Dates and Lit Search End Dates for AHCPR Guidelines __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13tbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 86KB 9 pages Contents: Table 5. Guidelines Published after AHCPR Guidelines Publication Dates __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Expert Opinion, Limited Literature Searches __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15tbl6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 1 page Contents: Table 6. Relevant Clinical Disciplines not Represented on the Original Panel __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16tbl7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 54KB 1 page Contents: Table 7. Distribution and Response Rates of Guideline Documents __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17tbl8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 951KB 21 pages Contents: Table 8. Results of Assessment of Validity __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18tbl9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 54KB 1 page Contents: Table 9. Titles Identified in the Limited Literature Searches __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19tbl10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 49KB 2 pages Contents: Table 10. Number of Abstracts and Articles Reviewed __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 39KB 3 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Summary Recommendations __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21tbl11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 52B 3 pages Contents: Table 11. Evaluation of AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 5. Conclusions __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 2 pages Contents: References __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 148KB 21 pages Contents: Bibliography __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix A. Questionnaire Sent to Panel Chair(s) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 60KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Excerpt of Survey Sent to Panel Members __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 1 page Contents: Appendix C. Contributors __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 1 page Contents: Appendix D. Acronyms and Abbreviations __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-0035
Current as of September 2002
Internet Citation:
Current Validity of AHRQ Clinical Practice Guidelines. File Inventory, Technical Review Number 6. AHRQ Publication No. 02-0035, September 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cpgvainv.htm
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