Between October 18–21, this website will move to a new web address (from health.gov to odphp.health.gov). During that time, some functions might not work as expected. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we’re working to make this transition as smooth as possible.

Increase the proportion of adults who get recommended evidence-based preventive health care — AHS‑08

Status: Getting worse

  
Image
Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
5.3 percent (2020)

Target:
11.5 percent 1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
8.5 percent of adults aged 35 years and over received all of the recommended high priority appropriate clinical preventive services in 2015

Increase the proportion of adults who receive appropriate evidence-based clinical preventive services

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

Access to preventive health care can prevent both disease and early death. The number of people getting preventive services has increased in recent years, but there are disparities by age and race/ethnicity. Strategies like providing team-based care and reducing copays can help people get recommended preventive care services.



1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.