# U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Organization · id `core:uspstf` · Cardiovascular Atlas · release `f6f6f1b6f50379ed` (public)

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Also called: USPSTF; United States Preventive Services Task Force

## In plain language

A group of volunteer experts in prevention and medicine in the United States. Working from evidence, it makes recommendations on preventive care, such as screening, counseling and preventive medicines, and grades each one.

## Technical summary

Created in 1984. By its own account it is a volunteer panel whose scientific work is independent. Congress has authorized the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to convene it since 1998, and ROR 027yjc737 gives AHRQ as its parent. ROR types it as a nonprofit, while the Task Force describes itself as a panel that AHRQ convenes, so no sector is recorded. Each recommendation receives a letter grade (A, B, C or D) or an I statement. This identity states nothing about any recommendation or grade.

## Connected pages

- Authored: USPSTF 2021: screening for hypertension in adults (`cardio:guideline-uspstf-2021-hypertension-screening`)
- Authored: USPSTF 2022: screening for atrial fibrillation (`cardio:guideline-uspstf-2022-af-screening`)
- Authored: USPSTF 2022: aspirin use to prevent CVD (`cardio:guideline-uspstf-2022-aspirin`)
- Authored: USPSTF 2022: statin use for primary prevention of CVD in adults (`cardio:guideline-uspstf-2022-statin`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 765e078d05995ef33263bf923386644d4c50a57d069b2999b492d1e90a8d4349
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14