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Preventing strokes: considerations for developing health policy.
Preventing strokes: considerations for developing health policy.
- Source :
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Health reports [Health Rep] 1994; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 216-23. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- As the national movement for health care reform gives priority to activities that will achieve better and more efficient delivery of health care services, the cost-effectiveness of services will need to be calculated in some type of standard fashion. Although the cost-effectiveness of preventing and controlling acute diseases (for example, through mass immunization programs) has been well appreciated, less attention has been paid to the chronic diseases, which, in fact, account for the majority of illness and death in the United States today. This paper uses prevention of a common chronic disease, stroke, as a model to illustrate how cost savings measures may be developed and used to guide public policy.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cerebrovascular Disorders economics
Child
Chronic Disease
Cost Savings
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Female
Health Expenditures
Humans
Hypertension economics
Hypertension prevention & control
Male
Policy Making
Primary Prevention
Risk Factors
United States
Cerebrovascular Disorders prevention & control
Health Policy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English; French
- ISSN :
- 0840-6529
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Health reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7919084