Investing in Prevention Makes Good Financial Sense
Summary/Excerpts
Primary prevention—including screening and intervention before negative health outcomes occur—is relatively inexpensive, and the higher-risk behaviors it is designed to reduce are so costly to the healthcare system that it is staggeringly wasteful not to make sure that screening and treatment referral are readily implemented and faithfully reimbursed by insurers and that interventions are convenient for parents and their children.
Key Statistics
Higher-risk behaviors in patients aged 9-18 ... totaled more than $327 million, accounting for more than 10 percent of all hospital-related charges
Citation
NIDA. 2022, April 28. Investing in Prevention Makes Good Financial Sense. Retrieved from https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/noras-blog/2022/04/investing-in-prevention-makes-good-financial-sense on 2024, September 13