PMID- 17576997
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070726
LR  - 20190619
IS  - 1539-3704 (Electronic)
IS  - 0003-4819 (Linking)
VI  - 147
IP  - 2
DP  - 2007 Jul 17
TI  - How to read the new recommendation statement: methods update from the U.S. 
      Preventive Services Task Force.
PG  - 123-7
AB  - Since 2001, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has worked to refine 
      its methods of evidence review and assessment and to create more usable documents 
      in response to clinicians' needs. These changes have resulted in a revised 
      grading system, as well as a new format and new language for the recommendation 
      statement. This paper focuses on the changes to and the new look of the USPSTF 
      recommendation statement. The new recommendation statement comprises 9 sections. 
      Important changes include standardization of the format of the summary statement 
      to specify what service is being recommended in what population; standardization 
      of the headings in the rationale section; a change in the wording of the grade C 
      recommendation and the I statement; and a new section, called "Other 
      Considerations," in which salient issues related to cost-effectiveness, mandates, 
      and other implementation issues are described.
FAU - Barton, Mary B
AU  - Barton MB
AD  - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and 
      Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, 
      Maryland 20850, USA.
FAU - Miller, Therese
AU  - Miller T
FAU - Wolff, Tracy
AU  - Wolff T
FAU - Petitti, Diana
AU  - Petitti D
FAU - LeFevre, Michael
AU  - LeFevre M
FAU - Sawaya, George
AU  - Sawaya G
FAU - Yawn, Barbara
AU  - Yawn B
FAU - Guirguis-Blake, Janelle
AU  - Guirguis-Blake J
FAU - Calonge, Ned
AU  - Calonge N
FAU - Harris, Russell
AU  - Harris R
CN  - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
DEP - 20070618
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann Intern Med
JT  - Annals of internal medicine
JID - 0372351
SB  - IM
MH  - Advisory Committees/*organization & administration
MH  - Evidence-Based Medicine/*methods
MH  - Information Dissemination
MH  - Practice Guidelines as Topic/*standards
MH  - Preventive Health Services/methods/*organization & administration
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2007/06/20 09:00
MHDA- 2007/07/27 09:00
CRDT- 2007/06/20 09:00
PHST- 2007/06/20 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/07/27 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/06/20 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 0000605-200707170-00171 [pii]
AID - 10.7326/0003-4819-147-2-200707170-00171 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jul 17;147(2):123-7. doi: 
      10.7326/0003-4819-147-2-200707170-00171. Epub 2007 Jun 18.