An Ounce of Prevention
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چکیده
I look at prevention through an economic lens and make three main points. First, those advocating preventive measures are often asked how much money a given measure saves. This question is misguided. Rather, can be thought of as insurance, with certain cost in the present that may or not pay off future. In fact, although most medical improve expected health, they do save money. Various lifestyle early childhood interventions, however, both health. Second, measures, including life style heterogeneous their value, across within measure, individuals. As result, generalizations everyday discourse about value overly broad. Third, health insurance coverage for should generally more extensive than treatment condition, though full services necessarily optimal.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Perspectives
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0895-3309', '1944-7965']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.2.101