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Wouldn't the expected value of preventative care make it worth doing statistically? (cost of preventative care) < (cost of after-the-fact care) * 0.8
by pixelcort 13y ago
Wouldn't the expected value of preventative care make it worth doing statistically?
(cost of preventative care) < (cost of after-the-fact care) * 0.8
- arnsholt 13y agoSure it would. But the down-stream savings of preventative medicine don't show up in a balance sheet. There all you can see is money spent on people who don't really need it right now (or some variation on that general theme). That's a big part of the problem.
- Vivtek 13y agoWell, yes, actually they do show up in a balance sheet - that's why it's a good thing if your balance sheet is an entire population without the difficult cases jettisoned.