Medical and Pharmaceutical Industry: Prevention provides great savings in cost of health care

Prevention and public health services benefit the consumer and the government.

Not only do these preventive services help individuals by providing immunizations and health screenings, they keep entire communities healthy by preventing disease and help us respond to disasters.

These services also help the economy by preventing illness and helping to reduce out-of-control health care spending.

Investment in prevention saves lives and money. In the US seventy-five percent of that nation’s health care spending each year is on treatment of chronic disease such as obesity, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

For every euro 0.78 ( US $1 dollar) invested in chronic disease prevention, we stand to save euro 4.34 (US $5.60) in health spending, reports Trust for America’s Health.

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