Calculating preventative medicine's return on investment

Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 01:56 in Health & Medicine

There are many reasons why health care costs in the US are spiralling out of control: ineffective use of resources, unmanaged chronic conditions and infrequent implementations of proven prevention strategies all contribute. While it stands to reason that preventative actions are one solution, no one has yet quantified the value of investing in non-traditional prevention programs...

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