title: Is preventive medical care worth the cost?
abstract: Preventive medical care is seen as a way to reduce medical costs because screening for diseases is likely to catch them earlier, thus making treatment less expensive. Such an argument does not take into account the costs associated with massive testing. Less expensive ways are described.
authors.affiliation: Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Szucs
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belisari
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Mantovani
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D010808:Physical Examination; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D012106:Research; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014612:Vaccines