In This Week’s Issue:
1. Save the Date: PIPC Hosts Panel Discussion on QALYs (July 21), click here for details, and here to RSVP.
2. Register Now: PIPC on BPC Panel on The Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research, click here to RSVP.
3. PIPC Submits Comments for Reducing Regulatory Burden, click here to view.
4. Take the iHOPE Hospital Questions Survey: Have you ever left the hospital with unanswered questions? Click here to complete the survey.
5. PCPCC: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization, click here to read the report.
6. Lupus: FDA Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting, click here to register.
7. MedPage Today: Under the Radar — PCORI Helps Patients Make Good Decisions, click here to read the article.
8. Epilepsy Foundation: 2017-2018 AAHD Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability, click here to apply.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.
1. Save the Date: PIPC Hosts Panel Discussion on QALYs (July 21), click here for details, and here to RSVP.
2. Register Now: PIPC on BPC Panel on The Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research, click here to RSVP.
3. PIPC Submits Comments for Reducing Regulatory Burden, click here to view.
4. Take the iHOPE Hospital Questions Survey: Have you ever left the hospital with unanswered questions? Click here to complete the survey.
5. PCPCC: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization, click here to read the report.
6. Lupus: FDA Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting, click here to register.
7. MedPage Today: Under the Radar — PCORI Helps Patients Make Good Decisions, click here to read the article.
8. Epilepsy Foundation: 2017-2018 AAHD Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability, click here to apply.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below
10. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.
1. Save the Date: PIPC Hosts Panel Discussion on QALYs (July 21)
Please join the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) next Friday July 21 at 9am for a discussion on using QALY-based cost effectiveness analyses to make coverage and payment decisions -- including recent proposals in the Veterans’ Affairs and Medicaid programs -- and the implications for patients and persons with disabilities.
Continued concern about rising health care costs has prompted renewed interest in using cost-effectiveness to make coverage and payment decisions in public insurance programs. Currently, the most common method for determining incremental cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions is based on a calculation of quality-adjusted-life-years (QALY).
Last year, CMS abandoned a proposal to use cost-effectiveness analyses conducted by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in Medicare after hearing strong opposition from patients. Earlier this month, ICER announced they would be collaborating with the Veterans’ Administration to determine coverage of prescription drugs for veterans. In addition, state Medicaid programs are also considering aggressive use of cost-effectiveness thresholds that would further limit access for low-income patient populations.
The use of cost-per-QALY thresholds hold significant, and potentially troubling, implications for patients. Come hear from patients and thought-leaders with an expertise on how QALYs are calculated and used to better understand the implications of using cost-per-QALY thresholds to determine patient access to care.
Click here to view the invitation.
Date: July 21, 2017
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: Reserve Officers Association, Washington D.C.
Kindly RSVP to: [email protected]
2. Register Now: PIPC on BPC Panel on The Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Join PIPC Executive Director Sara Traigle van Geertruyden at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s second educational forum on comparative effectiveness research that will discuss federal funding levels, private sector leadership, regulatory barriers, dissemination and uptake of research results, and new areas for research. Click here to RSVP. Can’t join in person? The event will be webcast here. Join the discussion or submit a question on Twitter by using @BPC_Bipartisan #BPClive
3. PIPC Submits Comments for Reducing Regulatory Burden
PIPC submitted comments in response to the Request for Comment on “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Healthcare Choices to Empower Patients.” Tony Coelho stated, "We are grateful that the administration wants to empower patients and promote consumer choice, as well as enhance affordability. In this age of personalized medicine, we strongly believe that the value of health care is defined by achieving outcomes that matter to patients in our health care system, not by imposing policies that drive one-size-fits-all treatment decisions. We look forward to patients and people with disabilities who are served by health systems having a seat at the table as policymakers determine how best to address the myriad of regulations that impact their care.” Click here to view.
PIPC’s recommendations include:
4. Take the iHOPE Hospital Questions Survey: Have you ever left the hospital with unanswered questions?
The Improving Hospital Outcomes through Patient Engagement (iHOPE) Steering Committee needs participants for a survey that will help research teams learn the questions that patients, families, caregivers, and other healthcare stakeholders want answered. “Are you a healthcare provider or a member of a healthcare-related organization? Are there any uncertainties about patient care during and after the hospital stay, or areas where you feel there should be more evidence to guide care? This could include any aspect of care - treatments, processes, decision-making, discharge planning, etc. “ Click here to complete the survey.
5. PCPCC: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborativee recently released a report entitled “The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization.” “The sixth annual PCPCC report, authored by the Robert Graham Center of the American Academy of Family Physicians and published with support from the Milbank Memorial Fund, employed broader search terms and more rigorous search criteria that evaluated studies, reports, and evaluations published between November 1, 2015 to February 28, 2017. It also features examples and data from PCMH programs, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, which leads one of the oldest PCMH programs, now in its eighth year with seven years of data; the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative launched by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; and state primary care initiatives including Colorado, Minnesota, and Oregon.” Click here to read the report.
6. Lupus: FDA Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting
On September 25, 2017, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, the FDA will hold a Patient-Focused Drug Development meeting to advance their understanding of the lupus patient perspective. The goal of the Lupus PFDD Meeting is to inform how FDA officials – particularly those reviewing potential new treatments for lupus – think about this disease. We want agency officials to know what it is like to live with lupus day-in and day-out, how the disease impacts your daily life, what benefits you expect in future treatments and what level of risk you may be willing to accept in exchange for these benefits. Following the meeting, the organizers will write a report summarizing the survey results and the meeting, calling out the most important points and perspectives. This document will be conveyed to the FDA, pharmaceutical developers and researchers to ensure they know how lupus impacts people and families, what our community values most and what we want to see in new treatments. Click here to register!
7. MedPage Today: Under the Radar — PCORI Helps Patients Make Good Decisions
Joyce Frieden reports on the history of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and the role it continues to play to develop patient-centered decision making. ‘PCORI has been instrumental in developing an effective way to structure a large clinical trial involving many hospitals,’ Concannon said in a phone interview. ‘There are all sorts of governance issues regarding hospitals using data for research purposes, both competitive issues and patient protection issues,’ he said. For example, ‘If you're a health system with a high number of patients receiving a high-revenue service, it's easy to identify which hospital it is if that data goes to research,’ even when the data have been scrubbed of individual patient identifiers.” Click here to read the article.
8. Epilepsy Foundation: 2017-2018 AAHD Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability
The American Association on Health and Disability’s Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability is currently accepting applications. The scholarship honors Frederick J. Krause, a lifelong advocate for those with disabilities who passed away in 2014. Beginning with his role as a special education teacher, Mr. Krause’s distinguished career in advocacy included service in the federal government and the cofounding of the American Association on Health and Disability. The scholarship pays tribute to Mr. Krause by awarding scholarships to students with disabilities that are pursuing an education on disability-related topics. Click here to apply.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars
PCORI Online LOI Submission Webinar for Cycle 2 2017 Applicants
July 17, 2017
Click here for details.
Webinar: Same Condition, Different Costs: Should Patients Pay Different Amounts?
July 18, 2017
Click here for details.
PCORI Board of Governors Meeting
July 18, 2017
Click here for details.
Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in Research: Strategies for Initiating Research Partnerships
July 19, 2017
Click here for details.
The Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research
July 25, 2017
Click here for details.
Understanding Key Evidence Gaps in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: A Stakeholder Workshop
July 26, 2017
Click here for details.
Research!America's 2017 National Health Research Forum
September 7, 2017
Click here for details.
Lupus Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Meeting
September 25, 2017
Click here for details.
Introduction to HEOR: Principles and Practice in Health Care Decision Making
October 5-8
Click here for details.
ASHRM 2017 Conference and Exhibition
October 15-18
Click here for details.
2017 PCORI Annual Meeting
October 31-November 2
Click here for details.
10. Medical Journal Articles
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Severities in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Injectable Versus Oral Treatments, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness of Surgery Versus Antibiotics in Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review Stephanie D Talutis and Frederick Thurston Drake, click here to view.
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Hematology: Is It Time to Focus More on Them in Clinical Trials and Hematology Practice? Click here to view.
Discrete Event Simulation-Based Resource Modelling in Health Technology Assessment, click here to view.
Patient Preferences: A Trojan Horse for Evidence-Based Medicine? Click here to view.
Patient-Reported Outcomes — Are They Living Up to Their Potential? Click here to view.
The Mediatory Role of Medication Adherence in Improving Patients' Medication Experience Through Patient–Physician Communication among Older Hypertensive Patients, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness: 18F-FDG-PET/CT versus CT for Post-Treatment Follow-Up of Patients with Lung Cancer, click here to view.
Does the Offer of Free Prescriptions Increase Generic Prescribing? Click here to view.
Attitudes Toward Comparative Effectiveness Research and Patient Engagement among Reproductive Health Clinicians, click here to view.
Patient Engagement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Challenges, Facilitators and Actions to Strengthen the Field, click here to view.
Comparative effectiveness research: what to do when experts disagree about risks, click here to view.
Evidence Based Medicine Manifesto for Better Healthcare, click here to view.
A Retrospective Analysis of the Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medication Among Individuals with Mental Illness in Community-Based Mental Health and Addictions Treatment Settings, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness and Costs of Insulin Pump Therapy for Diabetes, click here to view.
Experiences in Adapting European Network for Health Technology Assessment Rapid Reviews to Inform Local Decision Making, click here to view.
Impact of a Value-Based Insurance Design for Physical Therapy to Treat Back Pain on Care Utilization and Cost, click here to view.
Visions of Stakeholders about Instutionalization of Health Technology Assessment in Chile: S Qualitative Study, click here to view.
Oncology Drugs for Orphan Indications: How Are HTA Processes Evolving for this Specific Drug Category, click here to view.
Delivery of Meaningful Cancer Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study Assessing Cost and Benefit with the ASCO and ESMO Frameworks, click here to view.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review Update -- Research Protocol, click here to view.
Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults – An Update -- Research Protocol, click here to view.
Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review Update -- Research Protocol, click here to view
Tympanostomy Tubes in Children with Otitis Media -- Final Report, click here to view
Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review -- Final Report, click here to view.
Assessment Tools for Palliative Care -- Final Report, click here to view.
Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain, click here to view.
The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma, click here to view
Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy -- Final Report, click here to view.
Systematic Review of Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and of Long-acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma, click here to view.
Interventions to Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer's-Type Dementia -- Final Report, click here to view
First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update -- Final Report, click here to view.
Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living With HIV/AIDS -- Disposition of Comments, click here to view.
Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review -- Research Protocol, click here to view.
Please join the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) next Friday July 21 at 9am for a discussion on using QALY-based cost effectiveness analyses to make coverage and payment decisions -- including recent proposals in the Veterans’ Affairs and Medicaid programs -- and the implications for patients and persons with disabilities.
Continued concern about rising health care costs has prompted renewed interest in using cost-effectiveness to make coverage and payment decisions in public insurance programs. Currently, the most common method for determining incremental cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions is based on a calculation of quality-adjusted-life-years (QALY).
Last year, CMS abandoned a proposal to use cost-effectiveness analyses conducted by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in Medicare after hearing strong opposition from patients. Earlier this month, ICER announced they would be collaborating with the Veterans’ Administration to determine coverage of prescription drugs for veterans. In addition, state Medicaid programs are also considering aggressive use of cost-effectiveness thresholds that would further limit access for low-income patient populations.
The use of cost-per-QALY thresholds hold significant, and potentially troubling, implications for patients. Come hear from patients and thought-leaders with an expertise on how QALYs are calculated and used to better understand the implications of using cost-per-QALY thresholds to determine patient access to care.
Click here to view the invitation.
Date: July 21, 2017
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: Reserve Officers Association, Washington D.C.
Kindly RSVP to: [email protected]
2. Register Now: PIPC on BPC Panel on The Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Join PIPC Executive Director Sara Traigle van Geertruyden at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s second educational forum on comparative effectiveness research that will discuss federal funding levels, private sector leadership, regulatory barriers, dissemination and uptake of research results, and new areas for research. Click here to RSVP. Can’t join in person? The event will be webcast here. Join the discussion or submit a question on Twitter by using @BPC_Bipartisan #BPClive
3. PIPC Submits Comments for Reducing Regulatory Burden
PIPC submitted comments in response to the Request for Comment on “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Healthcare Choices to Empower Patients.” Tony Coelho stated, "We are grateful that the administration wants to empower patients and promote consumer choice, as well as enhance affordability. In this age of personalized medicine, we strongly believe that the value of health care is defined by achieving outcomes that matter to patients in our health care system, not by imposing policies that drive one-size-fits-all treatment decisions. We look forward to patients and people with disabilities who are served by health systems having a seat at the table as policymakers determine how best to address the myriad of regulations that impact their care.” Click here to view.
PIPC’s recommendations include:
- CMMI should establish and consistently apply a clear process for seeking input from patients, caregivers and other stakeholders early in the process of developing and testing new APMs.
- Establish criteria for patient-centeredness in CMMI payment models;
- Balance consideration of reduced regulatory burden with the need for patients and consumers to be fully informed about their treatment options, the out-of-pocket costs associated with their treatment options, and incentives for physicians to adhere to care protocols or pathways that could limit their treatment options.
- Partner with PCORI and the Person Centered Research Foundation to focus on the rapid generation of head-to-head studies on the value of high-impact treatments, tests and health care interventions.
- Develop and use of high-quality decision-support tools would drive value in health care by informing patients and their providers on the impact of treatments stratified by individual health outcomes that represent tradeoffs that patients must consider, as well as patient characteristics and subpopulations.
- Partner with PCORI to establish databases to assist decision-makers in identifying patient-centered value.
4. Take the iHOPE Hospital Questions Survey: Have you ever left the hospital with unanswered questions?
The Improving Hospital Outcomes through Patient Engagement (iHOPE) Steering Committee needs participants for a survey that will help research teams learn the questions that patients, families, caregivers, and other healthcare stakeholders want answered. “Are you a healthcare provider or a member of a healthcare-related organization? Are there any uncertainties about patient care during and after the hospital stay, or areas where you feel there should be more evidence to guide care? This could include any aspect of care - treatments, processes, decision-making, discharge planning, etc. “ Click here to complete the survey.
5. PCPCC: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborativee recently released a report entitled “The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization.” “The sixth annual PCPCC report, authored by the Robert Graham Center of the American Academy of Family Physicians and published with support from the Milbank Memorial Fund, employed broader search terms and more rigorous search criteria that evaluated studies, reports, and evaluations published between November 1, 2015 to February 28, 2017. It also features examples and data from PCMH programs, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, which leads one of the oldest PCMH programs, now in its eighth year with seven years of data; the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative launched by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; and state primary care initiatives including Colorado, Minnesota, and Oregon.” Click here to read the report.
6. Lupus: FDA Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting
On September 25, 2017, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, the FDA will hold a Patient-Focused Drug Development meeting to advance their understanding of the lupus patient perspective. The goal of the Lupus PFDD Meeting is to inform how FDA officials – particularly those reviewing potential new treatments for lupus – think about this disease. We want agency officials to know what it is like to live with lupus day-in and day-out, how the disease impacts your daily life, what benefits you expect in future treatments and what level of risk you may be willing to accept in exchange for these benefits. Following the meeting, the organizers will write a report summarizing the survey results and the meeting, calling out the most important points and perspectives. This document will be conveyed to the FDA, pharmaceutical developers and researchers to ensure they know how lupus impacts people and families, what our community values most and what we want to see in new treatments. Click here to register!
7. MedPage Today: Under the Radar — PCORI Helps Patients Make Good Decisions
Joyce Frieden reports on the history of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and the role it continues to play to develop patient-centered decision making. ‘PCORI has been instrumental in developing an effective way to structure a large clinical trial involving many hospitals,’ Concannon said in a phone interview. ‘There are all sorts of governance issues regarding hospitals using data for research purposes, both competitive issues and patient protection issues,’ he said. For example, ‘If you're a health system with a high number of patients receiving a high-revenue service, it's easy to identify which hospital it is if that data goes to research,’ even when the data have been scrubbed of individual patient identifiers.” Click here to read the article.
8. Epilepsy Foundation: 2017-2018 AAHD Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability
The American Association on Health and Disability’s Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability is currently accepting applications. The scholarship honors Frederick J. Krause, a lifelong advocate for those with disabilities who passed away in 2014. Beginning with his role as a special education teacher, Mr. Krause’s distinguished career in advocacy included service in the federal government and the cofounding of the American Association on Health and Disability. The scholarship pays tribute to Mr. Krause by awarding scholarships to students with disabilities that are pursuing an education on disability-related topics. Click here to apply.
9. Upcoming Events and Webinars
PCORI Online LOI Submission Webinar for Cycle 2 2017 Applicants
July 17, 2017
Click here for details.
Webinar: Same Condition, Different Costs: Should Patients Pay Different Amounts?
July 18, 2017
Click here for details.
PCORI Board of Governors Meeting
July 18, 2017
Click here for details.
Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in Research: Strategies for Initiating Research Partnerships
July 19, 2017
Click here for details.
The Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research
July 25, 2017
Click here for details.
Understanding Key Evidence Gaps in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: A Stakeholder Workshop
July 26, 2017
Click here for details.
Research!America's 2017 National Health Research Forum
September 7, 2017
Click here for details.
Lupus Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Meeting
September 25, 2017
Click here for details.
Introduction to HEOR: Principles and Practice in Health Care Decision Making
October 5-8
Click here for details.
ASHRM 2017 Conference and Exhibition
October 15-18
Click here for details.
2017 PCORI Annual Meeting
October 31-November 2
Click here for details.
10. Medical Journal Articles
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Severities in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Injectable Versus Oral Treatments, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness of Surgery Versus Antibiotics in Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review Stephanie D Talutis and Frederick Thurston Drake, click here to view.
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Hematology: Is It Time to Focus More on Them in Clinical Trials and Hematology Practice? Click here to view.
Discrete Event Simulation-Based Resource Modelling in Health Technology Assessment, click here to view.
Patient Preferences: A Trojan Horse for Evidence-Based Medicine? Click here to view.
Patient-Reported Outcomes — Are They Living Up to Their Potential? Click here to view.
The Mediatory Role of Medication Adherence in Improving Patients' Medication Experience Through Patient–Physician Communication among Older Hypertensive Patients, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness: 18F-FDG-PET/CT versus CT for Post-Treatment Follow-Up of Patients with Lung Cancer, click here to view.
Does the Offer of Free Prescriptions Increase Generic Prescribing? Click here to view.
Attitudes Toward Comparative Effectiveness Research and Patient Engagement among Reproductive Health Clinicians, click here to view.
Patient Engagement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Challenges, Facilitators and Actions to Strengthen the Field, click here to view.
Comparative effectiveness research: what to do when experts disagree about risks, click here to view.
Evidence Based Medicine Manifesto for Better Healthcare, click here to view.
A Retrospective Analysis of the Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medication Among Individuals with Mental Illness in Community-Based Mental Health and Addictions Treatment Settings, click here to view.
Comparative Effectiveness and Costs of Insulin Pump Therapy for Diabetes, click here to view.
Experiences in Adapting European Network for Health Technology Assessment Rapid Reviews to Inform Local Decision Making, click here to view.
Impact of a Value-Based Insurance Design for Physical Therapy to Treat Back Pain on Care Utilization and Cost, click here to view.
Visions of Stakeholders about Instutionalization of Health Technology Assessment in Chile: S Qualitative Study, click here to view.
Oncology Drugs for Orphan Indications: How Are HTA Processes Evolving for this Specific Drug Category, click here to view.
Delivery of Meaningful Cancer Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study Assessing Cost and Benefit with the ASCO and ESMO Frameworks, click here to view.
11. AHRQ Effective Program Updates
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review Update -- Research Protocol, click here to view.
Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults – An Update -- Research Protocol, click here to view.
Psychological and Pharmacological Treatments for Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review Update -- Research Protocol, click here to view
Tympanostomy Tubes in Children with Otitis Media -- Final Report, click here to view
Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review -- Final Report, click here to view.
Assessment Tools for Palliative Care -- Final Report, click here to view.
Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain, click here to view.
The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma, click here to view
Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy -- Final Report, click here to view.
Systematic Review of Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids and of Long-acting Muscarinic Antagonists for Asthma, click here to view.
Interventions to Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer's-Type Dementia -- Final Report, click here to view
First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update -- Final Report, click here to view.
Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living With HIV/AIDS -- Disposition of Comments, click here to view.
Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review -- Research Protocol, click here to view.
