Mobile Health Care: Preventative Medicine Returns $36 For Every Dollar Invested, Study Suggests
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 21:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed a prototype "return on investment calculator" that can calculate the value of prevention services delivered by mobile health clinics. Using a Boston-based mobile health clinic called the "Family Van" to test the tool, the team found that for the services provided in 2008, this program will return $36 for every dollar invested.
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