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Putting Evidence Into Practice: An Update on the US Preventive Services Task Force Methods for Developing Recommendations for Preventive Services

Michael J. Barry, Tracy A. Wolff, Lori Pbert, Karina W. Davidson, Tina M. Fan, Alex H. Krist, Jennifer S. Lin, Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez, Carol M. Mangione, Justin Mills, Douglas K. Owens and Wanda K. Nicholson
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2023, 21 (2) 165-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2946
Michael J. Barry
Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Barry)
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  • For correspondence: mbarry@mgh.harvard.edu
Tracy A. Wolff
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Lori Pbert
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Pbert)
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Karina W. Davidson
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York (Davidson)
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Tina M. Fan
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Alex H. Krist
Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Fairfax, Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (Krist)
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Jennifer S. Lin
Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon (Lin)
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Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Carol M. Mangione
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California (Mangione)
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Justin Mills
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Douglas K. Owens
Department of Health Policy and Center for Health Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, California (Owens)
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Wanda K. Nicholson
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Nicholson).
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Estimates of the benefits and harms of PSA screening for prostate cancer.

PSA = prostate-specific antigen.

Note: Reprinted with permission from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, acting on its own behalf and that of the US Preventive Services Task Force.

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Putting Evidence Into Practice: An Update on the US Preventive Services Task Force Methods for Developing Recommendations for Preventive Services
Michael J. Barry, Tracy A. Wolff, Lori Pbert, Karina W. Davidson, Tina M. Fan, Alex H. Krist, Jennifer S. Lin, Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez, Carol M. Mangione, Justin Mills, Douglas K. Owens, Wanda K. Nicholson
The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2023, 21 (2) 165-171; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2946

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Michael J. Barry, Tracy A. Wolff, Lori Pbert, Karina W. Davidson, Tina M. Fan, Alex H. Krist, Jennifer S. Lin, Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez, Carol M. Mangione, Justin Mills, Douglas K. Owens, Wanda K. Nicholson
The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2023, 21 (2) 165-171; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2946
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