Decision Matrix

Secretary’s Discretionary Advisory Committee Decision Matrix
for Nominated Conditions for the
Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (Approved January 31, 2013)

HIGH

A3
Screening for the
condition has a
high certainty of
significant net
benefits and
screening has
high or moderate
feasibility. Public
health
departments are
unprepared for
screening.

MOD

A2
Screening for the
condition has a high
certainty of
significant net
benefits and
screening has high or
moderate feasibility.
Public health
departments have
only developmental
readiness.

B 1-4
There is moderate certainty that screening would have a
significant benefit.

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C 1-4
There is high or moderate certainty that adoption of
screening for the targeted condition would have a small to
zero net benefit.

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MOD/HIGH

A1
Screening for the
condition has a
high certainty of
significant net
benefits, screening
has high or
moderate
feasibility. Most
public health
departments are
ready to screen.

D 1-4
There is high or moderate certainty that adoption of
screening for the targeted condition would have a negative
net benefit.

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LOW

Certainty

Unprepared

A4
There is high certainty that screening would have a
significant benefit; however, most health departments have
low feasibility of implementing population screening.

L 1-4
There is low certainty regarding the potential net benefit
from screening.

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Small to
ZERO
Benefit
Certainty

Developmental

LOW

NEG
Benefit

FEASIBILITY
Ready

HIGH or MODERATE

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READINESS

Feasibility

SIGNIFICANT Benefit

NET
BENEFIT/
CERTAINTY