Does prevention improve health care outcomes and lower costs?
by Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP The eighth paragraph of the modern Hippocratic Oath reads: “I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.” Support and encouragement of prevention are deeply rooted among physicians. Intuitively, to…
by Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP
The eighth paragraph of the modern Hippocratic Oath reads: “I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.”
Support and encouragement of prevention are deeply rooted among physicians. Intuitively, to prevent a deadly or disabling disease from occurring or stop it at an early stage seems like a bread-and-butter concept with obvious health benefits.
But it should also accrue cost savings by avoiding …
Does prevention improve health care outcomes and lower costs?
