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USPSTF Process for Development of Recommendations
- Define question and outcomes of interest
- Search for benefits and harms of the service
- Evaluate QUALITY of individual studies
- Synthesize and judge STRENGTH of available evidence
- Determine balance of BENEFITS and HARMS
- Link recommendation to judgment about net benefits
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