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United States Preventive Services Task Force
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<p>The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the <a href="/facts/Evidence-based_medicine/InK1lB9l">evidence of effectiveness</a> and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services". The task force, a volunteer panel of primary care clinicians (including those from internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, nursing, and psychology) with methodology experience including epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, decision sciences, and <a href="/facts/Health_economics/1144ntRd">health economics</a>, is funded, staffed, and appointed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' <a href="/facts/Agency_for_Healthcare_Research_and_Quality/r3QXI6H1">Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality</a>. </p>