Lifetime Prevention Schedule

The Lifetime Prevention Schedule (LPS) looks at clinical prevention services for British Columbians. These include screening, behavioral interventions and preventive medications provided by a health-care provider, based on age and sex. The LPS reports show priorities for these services in B.C. based on each service’s clinical effectiveness, population health impact and cost effectiveness.

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2024 Lifetime Prevention Schedule Practice Guide, (PDF, 145KB)

This tool lists the clinical prevention services that have been modelled for B.C. which are supported by policy or guidelines.

 

 

 

Summary and Technical Reports

These reports establish priorities among effective clinical prevention services in British Columbia.

2024 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 4.1MB)

Since 2009, the LPS has reviewed and modelled a total of 31 clinical prevention services (CPS). The 2024 LPS Technical Report includes three updated CPS: screening for primary prevention of fragility fractures, cervical cancer screening, and screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus. A new CPS, screening for and treatment of anxiety in children and youth, was also modelled and included in this report. Evidence updates were completed for screening for chlamydial/gonococcal infections and routine aspirin use for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer. All models in this report reflect costs in 2022 Canadian dollars.

 

Establishing Priorities Among Effective Clinical Prevention Services in British Columbia: Reference Document and Key Assumptions (PDF, 1.3MB)

This document accompanies the 2024 Summary and Technical Report and explains the methodology of the Lifetime Prevention Schedule and key assumptions made in this year’s report.

 

 

 

An Overview of the Process (PDF, 396KB)

This document gives an overview of the process used for evaluating clinical prevention services for the Lifetime Prevention Schedule in British Columbia.

 

 

 

2023 Addendum to the 2022 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 1.0MB)

2022 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 4.1MB)

2021 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 4.1MB)

2020 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 3.7MB)

2019 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 3.7MB)

2018 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 2.6MB)

2017 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 2MB)

2016 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 1.2MB)

2015 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 1.1MB)

2014 LPS Technical Report (PDF, 2.2MB)

2014 LPS Technical Report for Children and Youth (PDF, 1.7MB)

2009 Report of the Clinical Prevention Policy Review Committee (PDF, 1.1MB)