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Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2012


Description

The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical considerations for each topic. This new pocket guide is an authoritative source for making decisions about preventive services.

The 2012 guide covers USPSTF recommendations from 2004 through March 2012, topics in development, background about the USPSTF, and additional resources. This edition features at-a-glance clinical summary tables for ease of use.

The guide includes the following:
  • Section 1: Preventive services recommended by the USPSTF
  • Section 2: Recommendations for adults
  • Section 3: Recommendations for children and adolescents
  • Section 4: Immunizations
  • Section 5: Topics in progress
  • Appendixes

Developer

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Funding Sources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


QualityTool Topic

Disease/Condition-Related; Prevention and wellness


History

  • Release Date: 11/2012
  • Original Summary: 02/2013
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Last updated: March 13, 2013.