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Acknowledgments

Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Contract No. 290-02-0022).

Kevin M. Chin, MD, MS; Benjamin Wessler, BA; Priscilla Chew, MPH; and Joseph Lau, MD

Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center

750 Washington Street, NEMC #63
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-636-0734
Fax: 617-636-8628
E-mail: kchin@tufts-nemc.org

This report is based on research conducted by the Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-02-0022). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s) who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this article should be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information in this report is intended to help health care decision-makers; patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality of health care services. This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. Decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in the same way as any medical reference and in conjunction with all other pertinent information, i.e., in the context of available resources and circumstances presented by individual patients.

Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank AHRQ Task Order Officer, Dr. Gurvaneet Randhawa, for his invaluable contributions throughout the process of producing this technology assessment.

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