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December 01, 2014 - Current Practice
A review of health care claims of 4296 male and fe-
male patients presenting for general … by the similarity
of participants, health care services, and available screening
tests. … Changes in the 2010 STD
Treatment Guidelines: What Adolescent Health Care Providers Should Know. … Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Bos-
ton, Massachusetts); Jessica Herzstein … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto
Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stan
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April 05, 2016 - (D recom-
mendation) (Figure 1)
Rationale
Importance
About 14% of US adults aged 40 to 79 years have … Patients
IMPORTANCE About 14% of US adults aged 40 to 79 years have chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease … visits.4 Health care costs associated with COPD are
an estimated $32 billion per year.3 The prevalence … (García); Harvard Medical School and Harvard
Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston,
Massachusetts ( … The US Congress mandates that
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) support the operations
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan36/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
January 23, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … in KQ 3. … in KQs 5 and 6. … traditional risk factors (e.g., hypertension, hypercholesterolemia) in the reduction of fatal or nonfatal … in the “asymptomatic” group.
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January 23, 2014 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … in KQ 3. … in KQs 5 and 6. … traditional risk factors (e.g., hypertension, hypercholesterolemia) in the reduction of fatal or nonfatal … in the “asymptomatic” group.
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June 18, 2018 - of women without health insurance and 25.5% of women with
no regular health care clinician reported … :
A Marker for Low Access to Health Care in Poor Communities.”19
Other Considerations
Implementation … increases to 37.1% if the
patient has no regular health care provider.13 A Kaiser Permanente
registry … Care System, Palo Alto, California
(Owens); Stanford University, Stanford, California
(Owens); Harvard … Excess Cervical
Cancer Mortality: A Marker for Low Access to Health
Care in Poor Communities.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
March 01, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Importance
Impairment of visual acuity is a serious public health problem in older adults. … Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts); Jessica Herzstein, … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stanford … Accessed at http://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Annual-Womens-Health-Care/FOR-PATIENTS/Pt-Health-Topics-Age
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-in-pregnant-women-screening-2009
June 15, 2009 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Importance
An estimated 24,000 infants are born each year to women in the United States who … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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June 01, 2021 - • The topic's relevance to prevention and primary care
• Its importance for public health
• The … Developing the Draft Research Plan
• The Task Force, with support from Agency for
Healthcare Research … (Grade B)”
• Importance: Description of Topic X, prevalence,
burden of disease – why prevention of … )
• Supporting Evidence: Description of the evidence the Task Force considered in
developing the recommendation … • Research Needs and Gaps: Discussion of gaps in the evidence on
Preventive Service for Topic X and
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May 01, 2014 - They should not be
construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality … The US Congress mandates that
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality support the
operations of … of
health care services to individuals. … RATIONALE
Importance
Dental caries is the most common
chronicdisease inchildren in theUnited
States … Owens, MD,
MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health
Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford
University, Stanford
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December 07, 2021 - IMPORTANCE Dental caries is the most common chronic disease in children in the US. … to a den-
tal health care professional) that have possible benefits in pre-
venting caries. … The rationale for this decision was that
primary care clinicians are more likely than dental health care … a dental health care profes-
sional on caries incidence. … with special health care needs.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/cost-effectiveness-analyses-of-population-based-screening-for-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-evidence-synthesis/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
February 15, 2005 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The sources of key parameter estimates were not presented in the published article, although the authors … No statement in this article should be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2005. … illness/ or cost sharing/ or "deductibles and coinsurance"/ or medical savings accounts/ or health care
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
March 09, 2004 - Background: We wanted to evaluate the benefits and harms of screening children in primary health-care … Conclusions: No trials of the effectiveness of screening in a health-care setting have been published … persons in a health-care setting. … opportunities to screen older children in the context of usual health care. … . 73
Evaluations of the feasibility of screening procedures and interventions in health-care settings
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August 01, 2013 - and behav-
ioral counseling interventions, and influences from the health care
system that promote or … Electronic screening and brief intervention can be deliv-
ered in various settings, such as health care … of
screening and behavioral counseling interventions, and in-
fluences on the health care system that … Committee on
Health Care for Underserved Women. … Owens, MD, MS (Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health
Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stanford
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-children-and-adolescents-primary-care-interventions-2013
August 15, 2013 - Importance
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. … , such as face-to-face or phone interaction with a health care provider, print materials, and computer … varied in the evidence review, ranging from no in-person interaction with a health care professional … small groups in a health care or similar setting; had control groups that offered minimal or no treatment … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, and Stanford University, Stanford
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May 01, 2009 - Role of the Funding Source
The general work of the USPSTF is supported by the
Agency for Healthcare … , Agency for Healthcare Re-
search and Quality librarian; Mary Barton, Scientific Director of the
USPSTF … Requests for Single Reprints: Reprints are available from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality … Wolff and Miller: Agency for Health-
care Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850 … Preventing neural tube defects: the importance of
periconceptional folic acid supplements.
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March 19, 2024 - Systemic or structural racism results in policies and practices, includ-
ing health care delivery, that … of health (eg, economic stability and health care access)
and include a home visiting component.1 Some … example, rates of
ED visits or hospitalizations could reflect changes in health care
access associated … MacMillan HL; Canadian Task Force on
Preventive Health Care. … Preventive health care,
2000 update: prevention of child maltreatment.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
September 27, 2022 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … , and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. … A summary of the evidence is presented in the Table . … (from 24% of total diagnoses in 2007 to 19% in 2014) in the proportion of secondary syphilis infections … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), US Department of Health and Human Services, under
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August 02, 2018 - Rationale
Importance
The USPSTF uses the term “unhealthy alcohol use” to define a spec-
trum of behaviors … States an
estimated $249 billion in loss in workplace productivity, health care
expenses, criminal justice … adolescents in the medical home.55 The
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists56 and WHO57 … Care System, Palo Alto, California
(Owens); Stanford University, Stanford, California
(Owens); Harvard … Committee on Health Care for
Underserved Women.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-1996
January 01, 1996 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … characteristics -- intensity, pitch, and duration -- of importance in predicting stenosis. 13 In addition … The power of the study was insufficient to exclude up to a 20% reduction in stroke in the surgically … Canadian guide to clinical preventive health care.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tuberculosis-infection-screening-immunization-1996
February 11, 2014 - Two-step testing has become more common in screening health care workers 21 and other population groups … in health care facilities, which include specific recommendations on the categories of health care workers … the patient by a health care worker as the medication is taken — may be indicated in patients who are … Canadian guide to clinical preventive health care. … Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities,