Prevention now--lower health costs later.
Most of the attempts to control health care costs are focused on direct costs of diagnosis and therapy. However, what is needed is a more fundamental approach to cost containment. The key lies in the prevention and delay of onset of the chronic degenerative diseases.
D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D003363:Cost Control; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States