title: Prevention: a key component to saving lives and money.
abstract: It's no mystery that one of the chief culprits to our current economic crisis is skyrocketing costs of providing health care, particularly to our nation's growing baby boom population. This makes the case all the more compelling to practice as much preventative care as possible to avoid a myriad of conditions that could lead to lengthy and costly hospital stays, and potentially even death.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health / Q000592:standards; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*