
Presentation
Public Health Spending, Preventable Outcomes, and Medical Cost Offsets: Questions for Health Reform
AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference
(2012)
Abstract
Uncertainty continues to surround the health and economic effects that can be expected from increased federal spending on public health and prevention strategies. Recent research provides some insight into the question of whether spending on public health strategies can offset the need for future spending on medical care.
Disciplines
Publication Date
February 13, 2012
Citation Information
Glen Mays. "Public Health Spending, Preventable Outcomes, and Medical Cost Offsets: Questions for Health Reform" AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/glen_mays/57/