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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Methods and Background

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Background

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

Methods

arrow Behavioral Counseling Interventions (PDF file, 176 KB).
arrow Current Methods (PDF file, 122 KB).
arrow Cost-Effectiveness (PDF file, 95 KB).
arrow Screening for Type 2 Diabetes: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis (PDF File, 800 KB)

Task Force Ratings
Strength of Recommendations and Quality of Evidence


Internet Citation:

Methods and Background. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. May 2004. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstmeth.htm


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