[ExI] How to get a healthy country

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 17/10/2007, J. Andrew Rogers <andrew at ceruleansystems.com> wrote:

> Most of, at least, the economics literature I am aware of seems to
> indicate that prevention does not buy you anything worth the expense
> beyond the very rudimentary.  Aggressive prevention has a very low
> return on investment any way you calculate it and gives much better
> return invested in advanced and available treatment.  Are you arguing
> that this is incorrect?

It's not clear what you are referring to here. Would you say that it
easier to detect and treat lung cancer or emphysema than try to reduce
the rate of smoking in a country, for example?




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Stathis Papaioannou