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Originally Posted by Fishteacher73
Actually one of the biggest expenitures in health care is the section of our population that only gets medical care when it is urgently needed. A big chunk of expenditure comes from those that do not recieve preventive care.
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Although this is a commonly held view, most preventative care does not save money (notable exception- prenatal care). The vast majority of preventative care (annual health exams, mammograms, cancer screening, flu shots, smoking cessation, etc) are net costs to the system.
The urgency "cost" problem is usually related to inappropriate choice of clinical setting. Patients go to ER instead of seeing a doctor in an office
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