Systematic Review: The Value of the Periodic Health Evaluation

  1. L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH;
  2. Spyridon Marinopoulos, MD, MBA;
  3. Karran A. Phillips, MD, MSc;
  4. Constance W. Hwang, MD;
  5. Kenric Maynor, MD;
  6. Dan Merenstein, MD;
  7. Renee F. Wilson, MSc;
  8. George J. Barnes, BA;
  9. Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH;
  10. Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA; and
  11. Gail L. Daumit, MD, MHS
  1. From the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
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      Figure 1. Conceptual framework developed to guide assessment of the value of the periodic health evaluation.

      Pap = Papanicolaou.

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      Figure 2. Summary of literature search and review process (number of articles).

      *Total may exceed 1284; several reasons for exclusion at the abstract level were allowed. †A total of 50 articles were included in the data abstraction. These 50 articles represented 33 studies that reported multiple outcomes and multiple follow-ups. ‡Total may exceed 769; several reasons for exclusion at the article inclusion/exclusion review level were allowed. CINAHL = Cumulative Index of Nursing and Alliance Health Literature; PHE = periodic health evaluation.

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    1. Ann Intern Med February 20, 2007 vol. 146 no. 4 289-300
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