Methods and Background: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

About the Task Force

 Task Force Ratings
Strength of Recommendations and Quality of Evidence

USPSTF Fact Sheet
Questions and Answers
Resource Links

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Methods and Processes

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  USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening (PDF File, 185 KB)—New!
  Update on Methods: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (PDF File, 90 KB)
  Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development (PDF File, 100 KB)
  How To Read the New Recommendation Statement: Update (PDF File, 300 KB)

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Commentary from the USPSTF

 Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health

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Background

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 Preface (PDF file, 58 KB)
 Introducing the 3rd USPSTF (PDF file, 52 KB)
 AHRQ and the USPSTF (PDF file, 49 KB)
 Evolving Role (PDF File, 97 KB)
 Shared Decisionmaking About Screening and Chemoprevention (PDF File, 105 KB)

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Methods

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 Behavioral Counseling Interventions (PDF file, 176 KB)
 Current Methods (PDF file, 122 KB)
 Cost-Effectiveness (PDF file, 95 KB)
Meaning of the Task Force "I" Recommendation: Screening for Hepatitis C
Screening for Type 2 Diabetes: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis (PDF File, 800 KB)

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Internet Citation:

Methods and Background. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstmeth.htm

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