Uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org
| Uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org | |
| Organization: | U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
| Website: | https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/ |
| Wikipedia: | U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
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Uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org is domain for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. It is associated with [[]].
Description
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of non-Federal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The USPSTF conducts scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical preventive health care services (such as screening, counseling, and preventive medications) and develops recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems. These recommendations are published in the form of 'Recommendation Statements.' -- Note added 6/26/13 17:01
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services".[1] The task force, a volunteer panel of primary care clinicians (including those from internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, nursing, and psychology) with methodology experience including epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, decision sciences, and health economics, is funded, staffed, and appointed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.