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1. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 01, 1996 - The annual Pap test: a dubious policy success. … Laboratory reliability of the Papanicolaou smear. … Women's concerns about abnormal Papanicolaou test results. … The Papanicolaou test for cervical cancer detection: a triumph and a tragedy. … Papanicolaou smear quality assurance: providing feedback to physicians.

2. Barriers to follow-up of an abnormal Pap smear in Latina women referred for colposcopy. | Digital Healthcare Research
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   January 01, 2023 - Barriers to follow-up of an abnormal Pap smear in Latina women referred for colposcopy. … Barriers to follow-up of an abnormal Pap smear in Latina women referred for colposcopy.

3. Statistical Brief #173: Use of the Pap Test as a Cancer Screening Tool among Women Age 18–64, U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005 (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2007 - test (also called the Pap smear test) is to detect cancer or abnormal cells that may lead to cancer … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) found evidence that cervical cytology (Pap smear) screening … The USPSTF suggests Pap smear screening at least every three years for women age 18–64. … Highlights Almost 14 percent of women age 18–64 reported not having received a Pap smear test within … Pap test The Pap test (sometimes called a Pap smear) is a way to examine cells collected from the cervix

4. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 07, 2003 - D Women who have had a total hysterectomy The USPSTF recommends against routine Pap smear screening … smear screening. … smear. 5 , 6 Because sensitivity of a single Pap test for high-grade lesions may only be 60-80 percent … A previous review estimated that the sensitivity of a single Pap test was 60-80 percent for high-grade … The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result.

5. Screening for Cervical Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2010 - • The USPSTF recommends against routine Pap smear screening in women who have had a total hysterectomy … smear screening. … smear.5,6 Because sensitivity of a single Pap test for high-grade lesions may only be 60% to 80%, however … A previous review estimated that the sensitivity of a single Pap test was 60% to 80% for high-grade lesions … The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result.

6. Health Living: Adult Women | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2015 - Overall Rate: In 2013, the percentage of women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years … smear in the last 3 years regardless of educational level. … About half of Asian women with less than a high school education (49.8%) received a Pap smear compared … smear in the last 3 years. … smear in the last 3 years.

7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   August 12, 2009 - Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications for quality of care and … Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications for quality of care and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-quality-data-provided-pap-test-requisitions-implications-quality … - care-and-patient Clinical information provided on Papanicolaou smear requisitions was generally reliable … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-quality-data-provided-pap-test-requisitions-implications-quality-care-and-patient

8. Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications for quality of care and patient safety. | PSNet
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   March 15, 2017 - Study Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications … Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications for quality of care and … Clinical information provided on Papanicolaou smear requisitions was generally reliable, but the requisitions … Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications for quality of care and

9. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cancer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2018 - smear in the last 3 years Worse Narrowing Invasive cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 women … Cervical Cancer Screening Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years, by race/ethnicity … Trends: From 2000 to 2010, the percentage of women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 … Groups With Disparities: In all years, the percentage of women who received a Pap smear was lower … In all years, the percentage of women who received a Pap smear was lower among uninsured Hispanic women

10. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cancer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - smear in the last 3 years Same No Change Invasive cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 women … Pap Smears Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years, by race, 2000-2013, and by … Trends: From 2000 to 2013, the percentage of women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 … Groups With Disparities: In all years, the percentage of women who received a Pap smear was lower … In 2013, uninsured Black women (65.8%) were less likely to receive a Pap smear compared with Black women

11. Clinical Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - smear in the last 3 years. … Receipt of Pap Smear Women ages 21-65 years who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years, by education … Overall: In 2013, 80.7% of women ages 21-65 had received a Pap smear in the last 3 years. … Trends: From 2000 to 2013, the percentage of women ages 21-65 years who received a Pap smear in the … Groups With Disparities: In all years, the percentage of women who received a Pap smear was lower:

12. Impact of Health IT on Lab Order Use in Community Health Centers (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2011 - lab test followup we measured the number of patients with abnormal Pap smears without a subsequent Pap … smear within a 3- to 5-month period. … Area Two or more Viral Load tests within a 7-day period Duplicate lab tests Women Abnormal Pap … smear without a followup Pap smear within 3 to 5 months. … smear test automatically populates the EHRS.

13. Litzelman DK et al. 1993 "Requiring physicians to respond to computerized reminders improves their compliance with preventative care protocols." | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 1993 - Obtaining a Pap smear requires many minutes by the physician and consent and cooperation by the patient

14. Chartbook #8: Disparities and Gender Gaps in Women’s Health, 1996
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    November 01, 2001 - 1996, black women were more likely than women from any other racial/ethnic group to have had a Pap … smear or complete physical exam within the past 2 years. … Black women were more likely to have had a Pap smear or a complete physical exam within the … smear 70.6% 76.5% 69.0% 58.2% Mammograma 64.9% 63.3% 63.8% 50.4% Complete … Women with higher incomes (who often have more education) were more likely to have a Pap smear

15. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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    January 13, 2025 - There are different ways to screen for cervical cancer: • A Pap test, also called a Pap smear or cervical … A Pap test is done with a swab of the cervix, usually at the same time as a pelvic exam. … • Co-testing is a type of screening that combines an HPV test and a Pap test. … Most adult women should be screened regularly: • Women ages 21–29 should get a Pap test every 3 years … Alternatively, they can get a Pap test every 3 years or co-testing test every 5 years.

16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2004 - The patient reported having a Pap smear approximately 18 months earlier, read as "unsatisfactory, obscured … It is well known that the Pap smear is an imperfect test, failing to correctly diagnose up to 50% of … Meta-analysis of Pap test accuracy. Am J Epidemiol. 1995;141:680-9.[ go to PubMed ] 16.

17. Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding | PSNet
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    July 06, 2022 - The patient reported having a Pap smear approximately 18 months earlier, read as "unsatisfactory, obscured … It is well known that the Pap smear is an imperfect test, failing to correctly diagnose up to 50% of … Meta-analysis of Pap test accuracy. Am J Epidemiol. 1995;141:680-9.[ go to PubMed ] 16.

18. Improving Quality through Health Information Technology : Testing the Feasibility and Assessing the Impact of Using Existing Health Information Technology Infrastructure for Better Care Delivery - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2009 - Improving Quality through Health Information Technology : Testing the Feasibility and Assessing the Impact of Using Existing Health Information Technology Infrastructure for Better Care Delivery - 2009 Project Name Improving Quality through Health Information Technology: Testing the Feasibility and …

19. NLP-enabled decision support for cervical cancer screening and surveillance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - smear cytology or Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) testing. … test) or Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) tests. … test. 2.3 Intervention Women identified as appropriate candidates for the intervention were sent … test. … CDSS also could not identify women who had their Pap test follow-up completed at an outside facility

20. Archived: Risk Factors and Other Epidemiologic Considerations for Cervical Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 15, 2011 - rates from, cervical cancer and the proportion of U.S. women aged 65 years or older who have had a Papanicolaou … smear within 3 years have decreased since 2000. … Colposcopy with biopsy is performed when evaluation of an abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is needed … test during the previous 3 years, compared with about 85% of women with some college or higher-level … Papanicolaou smear history and diagnosis of invasive cervical carcinoma among members of a large prepaid