Preventive Services Task Force (http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip), as two of the organizations whose
clinical preventive service recommendations receive coverage without copayments and deductibles for certain health plans.
* The multinomial logistic regression approach used to estimate the impact of factors that may determine
clinical preventive service utilization.
The report calls for developing and promoting policy recommendations for enhancing
clinical preventive service delivery and community public health strategies in the next two to three years among adults ages 50 to 64.
Also included on the Healthy People Web site are links to community and
clinical preventive service guidelines.
Insurance status and visit type were the strongest predictors of
clinical preventive service delivery.
The panel's mission is to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about
clinical preventive services such as screenings, counselling services and preventive medications.
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of non-federal experts, makes recommendations about
clinical preventive services, such as screenings, counseling, and preventive medications.
Amanda Borsky, Dr.P.H., from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Md., and colleagues examined receipt of 15 high-priority
clinical preventive services among 2,186 U.S.
So we'll be focusing on those behaviors and
clinical preventive services that we know are successful in keeping individuals healthy.
Clinical preventive services for women: closing the gaps.
Family physicians have come to rely on the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for rigorous, evidence-based recommendations on the use of
clinical preventive services. Still, many such services reach too few individuals who need them.
It addresses
clinical preventive services for cancers and other aging-related issues, strategies for empowering older adults, and strategies for exercise, nutrition and weight management, complementary and alternative medicine, health education, mental health, community health, long-term and end-of-life care, and public health policy and diversity.