Greater Use Of Preventive Services In U.S. Health Care Could Save Lives At Little Or No Cost

There is broad debate over whether preventive health services save money or represent a good investment. This paper analyzes the estimated cost of adopting a package of twenty proven preventive services--including tobacco cessation screening, alcohol abuse screening, and daily aspirin use--against t...

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Published in:	Health Affairs Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 1656 - 1660
Main Authors:	Maciosek, Michael V., Coffield, Ashley B., Flottemesch, Thomas J., Edwards, Nichol M., Solberg, Leif I.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE 01.09.2010
Subjects:	Alcohol abuse Aspirin Cost Cost analysis Cost control Cost estimates Cost reduction Cost Savings - statistics & numerical data Cost Savings - trends Counseling Disease prevention Efficiency, Organizational Evidence-Based Medicine Health care Health care expenditures Health care policy Health policy Health services Humans Immunization Medical screening Medical service Models, Organizational Money Mortality, Premature Personal health Policy making Preventive Health Services - economics Preventive Health Services - utilization Preventive medicine Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards Savings Smoking cessation Studies Task forces Tobacco United States United States United States > US
ISSN:	0278-2715, 2694-233X, 1544-5208, 2694-233X
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