The mission of our Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) is to perform rigorous systematic reviews of important topics in clinical medicine and public health. The mission of our DEcIDE Center (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) is to perform studies of the effectiveness and safety of medications and other medical interventions. The EPC and DEcIDE Center are part of the Effective Health Care Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Progress in Community Health Partnerships is a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to supporting research, education, and action involving community-based participatory research methods.

Evidence based medicine, comparative effectiveness research, community health partnerships

159. Segal JB, Griswold M, Achy-Brou A, Herbert R, Bass EB, Dy SM, Millman AE, Wu AW, Frangakis CE. Using propensity scores subclassification to estimate effects of longitudinal treatments: an example using a new diabetes medication. Medical Care 2007; 45:S149-S157.

160. Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice TN, Cofrancesco J. Effect of residency duty-hour limits. Arch Intern Med. 2007; 167(14): 1487-1492.

161. Chang MA, Fine HF, Bass EB, Bressler SB, Schachat AP, Solomon SD, Bressler NM. Patients’ preferences in choosing therapy for retinal vein occlusions. Retina 2007; 27(6): 789-797.

162. Jenckes MW, Catlett CL, Hsu EB, Kohri K, Green GB, Robinson KA, Bass EB, Cosgrove SE. Development of evaluation modules for use in hospital disaster drills. Am J Disaster Med 2007; 2(2): 87-95.

163. Segal JB, Dy SM, Millman EA, Herbert R, Bass EB, Wu A. Diffusion into use of exenatide for glucose control in diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study of a new therapy. Clin. Ther. 2007; 29(8): 1784-94.

164. Bolen S, Feldman L, Vassy J, Wilson L, Yeh HC, Marinopoulos S, Wiley C, Selvin E, Wilson R, Bass EB, Brancati FL. Systematic review: comparative effectiveness and safety of oral medications for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern ed. 2007; 147(6): 386-399.

165. Gozu A, Beach MC, Price EG, Gary TL, Robinson K, Palacio A, Smarth C, Jenckes M, Feuerstein C, Bass EB, Powe NR, Cooper LA. Self-administered instruments to measure cultural competence of health professionals: a systematic review. Teaching Learning Med. 2007; 19(2): 180-190.

166. Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass, EB, Rice T, Cofrancesco J. Effect of residency duty-hour limits: views of key clinical faculty. Archiv Intern Med. 2007; 167:1487-92.

167. Tilburt J, Ford JG, Howerton MW, Gary TL, Lai GY, Bolen S, Baffi C, Wilson RF, Tanpitukpongse TP, Powe NR, Bass EB, Sugarman J. Applying justice in clinical trials for underrepresented populations. Clinical Trials. 2007; 4:264-9.

168. Bordeaux BC, Wiley C, Tandon SD, Horowitz CR, Brown PB, Bass EB. Guidelines for writing manuscripts about community-based participatory research for peer-reviewed journals. Progress in Community Health Partnerships. 2007; 1.3: 281-8.

169. Ratanawongsa N, Thomas PA, Marinopoulos SS, Dorman T, Wilson LM, Ashar BH, Magaziner JL, Miller RG, Prolopowicz GP, Qayyum R, Bass, EB. The Reported Validity and Reliability of Methods for Evaluating Continuing Medical Education: A Systematic Review. Acad. Med. 2008; 83: 274-283.

170. Ford JG, Howerton MW, Lai GY, Gary TL, Bolen S, Gibbons MC, Tilburt J, Baffi C, Tanpitukpongse TP, Wilson RF, Powe NR, Bass EB. Barriers to recruiting underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: a systematic review. Cancer 2008; 112: 228-242.

171. Marchionni L, Wilson RF, Wolff AC, Marinopoulos S, Parmigiani G, BassEB, Goodman SN. Systematic review: gene expression profiling assays in early-stage breast cancer. Am Intern Med. 2008; 148(5): 358-369.

172. Gozu A, Windish DM, Knight AM, Thomas PA, Kolodner K, Bass EB, Sosspm SD. Lerm DE. Long-term follow-up of a 10-month programme in curriculum development for medical educators: a cohort study. Med Educ. 2008 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]

173. Lanzkron S, Strouse JJ, Wilson R, Beach MC, Haywood C, Park H, Witkop C, Bass EB, Segal JB. Systmatic Review: Hydroxyurea for the treatment of adults with sickle cell disease. Ann Intern Med. 2008; 148: 939-955.

174. Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice T, Cofrancesco J. Impact of duty hour regulations on medical students’ education: views of key clinical faculty. J Gen Intern Med 2008; 23(7): 1084-9.

175. Streiff MB, Segal JB, Tamariz LJ, Jenckes MW, Bolger DT, Eng J, Krishnan JA, Bass EB. Duration of vitamin K antagonist therapy for venous thromboembolism: a systematic review of the literature. Am J Hematol (in press).

176. Golden SH, Bennett WL, Baptist-Roberts K, Wilson LM, Barone B, Gary TL, Bass EB, Nicholson WK. Characteristics of the antepartum oral glucose tolerance test as predictors of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women with prior gestational diabetes: a systematic review. Gender Medicine (in press).

177. Submacular Surgery Trials Research Group (Writing team for this report included: Bass EB, Gilson MM, Mangione CM, Hawkins BS, Miskala PH, Mann AL, Bressler NM). Surgical removal versus observation for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with ocular histoplasmosis syndrome or idiopathic. III. Vision Preference Value Scale findings from a randomized clinical trial: SST Group H Trial. SST Report Number 17. Arch Ophthalmol (in press).

178. Qayyum R, Bolen S, Maruthur N, Feldman L, Wilson LM, Marinopoulos SS, Ranasighe P, Amer M, Bass EB. Comparative effectiveness and safety of premixed insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes: A Systematic Review. Ann Intern Med (in press).