Funding preventative care in the United States has created huge financial challenges. For example, most drinking water contains fluoride for the prevention of tooth decay; however, in implementing this prevention strategy, much financial efforts needed to be made.
It has been greatly advertised by politicians that preventative care saves money; however, in their arguments, neither data nor any scientific evidence was introduced, making this statement more of an opinion than a fact.
For this assignment, you are to discuss evidence-based findings that examine this. An example of an evidence based study that examines preventative care can be found in this article.
For this assignment, consider the following questions:
What is preventive care? Give examples.
Does preventive care save money in the health care sector?
Does preventive care increase the total cost of health care?
Provide specific instances for each scenario.
Is there a general rule in terms of the effect that preventative care has on expenditure, or is it purely circumstantial? Explain.
Reference
Cohen, J. T., Neumann, P. J., & Weinstein, M.C. (2008). Does preventative care save money?
Deliverable Length: 3-5 Pages