Table 1.

Selected preventive services recommended by United States Preventive Service Task Force for average-risk persons.

Screening type	Eligibility criteria		Screening method, interval	Diagnosis and procedure criteria for excluding person-time from analyses
	Sex	Age
Dyslipidemia	Male and female	Male: 35–65 years	Lipid panel, every 5 years	Diabetes mellitus (based on POINT definition)
		Female: 45–65 years		ICD diagnosis code or
				HgbA1c > 7.5 or
				Prescribed medication
				Cardiovascular disease
				1 inpatient diagnosis or
				≥2 outpatient diagnoses on separate days within 12 months
				Dyslipidemia
				1 inpatient diagnosis or ≥ 2 outpatient diagnoses or
				≥1 outpatient diagnosis + ≥1 prescribed medication or
				≥2 prescribed medication on separate days within 12 months
Hypertension	Male and female	≥18 years	Blood pressure, every 2 years	Hypertension
				1 inpatient diagnosis or
				≥2 outpatient diagnosis or
				≥1 outpatient diagnosis + ≥1 prescribed medication on separate days within 12 months
Influenza vaccination	Male and female	All ages	Every year	None
Breast cancer	Female	50–69 years	Mammogram, 2 years	Breast cancer
				Bilateral mastectomy
Cervical cancer	Female	21–29 years	Pap, every 3 years	Cervical cancer
		30–65 years	HPV co-testing, every 5 years	Hysterectomy
Colorectal cancer	Male and female	50–80 years	Fecal occult blood test, every year	Colorectal cancer, polyposis, ulcerative colitis, or Crohn's disease
			Sigmoidoscopy, every 5 years	1 inpatient diagnosis or
			Colonoscopy, every 10 years	≥2 outpatient diagnoses on separate days within 12 months