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Paying for Prevention: A Critical Opportunity for Public Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jean C. O’Connor ,
Bruce J. Gutelius ,
Karen E. Girard ,
Danna Drum Hastings ,
Luci Longoria  and
Melvin A. Kohn
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Despite spending more on health care than every other industrialized country, the U.S. ranks 37th in health outcomes. These differences cannot be explained away with differences in age and income, or even with quality of care. And, the rate of growth in health care spending in the U.S. continues to increase. The share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) attributable to health care grew from 9% in 1980 to more than 17% in 2011. Health care costs are projected to account for more than one-fifth of our economy by 2021. Despite spending more and more, the U.S. does not have better health outcomes than other countries. Worse, our increasing spending is largely attributable to preventable conditions. More than 85 cents of every dollar spent on health in the U.S. are spent on the treatment and management of chronic diseases, such as those caused by preventable conditions related to obesity and tobacco use.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 41 , Issue S1 , Spring 2013 , pp. 69 - 72
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2013

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