Annual physical in the U.S. is one's chance to get a "relatively free" doctor visit for an issue they have. The conclusion that if you are healthy there is a h

Annual physical in the U.S. is one's chance to get a "relatively free" doctor visit for an issue they have. The conclusion that if you are healthy there is a higher chance to have a false positive is misleading. a) that is true by definition: they have asserted the patients are healthy already; b) statement assumes that in the U.S. people go to the doctor at the same rate as they go in other countries; and thus have a chance to test themselves / do checkups necessary to their particular family/individual risk profile; So drawing the directive that annual physicals are to be discarded is hypocritical. And to be substituted with "questionnaires" is .. [well I don't really have words.] They are stretching for a conclusion to remove the ~free annual requirement. (cc from your linked blog study/recommendation): > Second, they acknowledge that if the annual visit is to be discarded, primary care doctors will need to find a more proactive way to monitor their patients' attention to preventive care. They suggest that waiting for patients to keep their annual visits to review this is too "passive" an approach, and encourage practices to shift to "active engagement" of their patients. Ways to do this might include: online risk assessments, waiting-room questionnaires, and a review of preventive care at any visit to the doctor.