What Is Currently Spent on Prevention as Compared to Treatment?

Prevention vs. Treatment: What's the Right Balance?

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Miller, George ^a   Roehrig, Charles ^a   Hughes Cromwick, Paul ^a   Turner, Ani ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Expenditure; Nhea; Prevention; Primary prevention; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922798102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199837373.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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