Fewer adverse events from
invasive screenings and interventions
Improved quality of life
Fewer hospital visits,
hospital admissions and emergency room visits.
The main benefit of
prevention however, is reduction in morbidity and mortality.
The value of
prevention can only be enhanced by effective screening, appropriate
interventions, patient compliance, and sufficient access to care.
Age-
adjusted mortality from stroke has decreased by more than 50% since 1972,
a trend attributed in part to earlier detection and treatment of
hypertension. Dramatic reductions in the incidence of invasive cervical
cancer and in cervical mortality have occurred following the
implementation of screening programs using Papanicolaou testing to detect
cervical dysplasia.
Guide
to Clinical Preventive Services:
Second Edition (1996)
o
Value of Prevention
(Overview: Chapter i, pp 25,6* of 93)
o
Cost Effectiveness and
Clinical Preventive Services
(section v, pp 85- 90 of 93*)
Canadian
Guide to Clinical Preventive Health Care
-
Preventive Guidelines: Their Role in Clinical Prevention and Health
Promotion
(pp
1 – 6 of 6*)
-
Methodologic Report: How to Evaluate Evidence
-
Summary of Maneuvers to be Included in Clinical Preventive Care
-
Summary of Maneuvers that should not be included in Clinical Preventive
Care
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Summary of Recommendations by Strength of the Evidence
The
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Canadian Task Force
on the Periodic Health Examination (CTFPHE) has been collaborating in a
binational effort to review evidence of clinical effectiveness and provide
recommendations on preventive services.
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