• N C Med J · Sep 2015

    The US Preventive Services Task Force: What Is It and What Does It Do?

    • Virginia Moyer and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo.
    • past chair, US Preventive Services Task Force; vice president, Maintenance of Certification and Quality, American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina vmoyer@abpeds.org.
    • N C Med J. 2015 Sep 1; 76 (4): 238-42.

    AbstractThe US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent body comprised of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The primary audience for the USPSTF's work is primary care clinicians, and many consider the Task Force's recommendations to be definitive standards for preventive services. ©2015 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment. All rights reserved.

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