Preventive medicine
From Conservapedia
Preventive medicine refers to medical methods taken to prevent diseases and/or injuries rather than treating them once they have already occurred.
According to the medical journal Lancet:
| “ | A substantial proportion of poor health in populations is preventable. Previous work from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study1 suggests that nearly half of all health burden in the USA is attributable to a list of 84 modifiable risk factors. Globally, it is also generally accepted that a quarter, or perhaps up to half, of all deaths fall into the category of preventable deaths,2 making illness that can at least theoretically be avoided an accepted part of our health accounting.
In The Lancet Public Health, Howard Bolnick and colleagues extend this logic in the US context and quantify the proportion of US health-care spending in 2016 that was due to preventable causes.3 They found that more than a quarter (27·0%, 95% uncertainty interval [UI] 25·7–28·4) of health-care spending was due to these preventable illnesses.[1] |
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Contents
Preventative medicine and self-care
Self-care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health.[2]
Journal articles
- Clinical Preventive Medicine in Primary Care: Background and Practice: 1. Rationale and Current Preventive Practices, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, VOLUME 75, ISSUE 2, P165-172, FEBRUARY 2000
- What is Preventive Medicine?, Canadian Family Physician. 1974 Nov; 20(11): 65–68.
See also
External links
- Preventive medicine, Britannica
- About preventative medicine, American College of Preventative Medicine
References
- ↑ The cost of preventable disease in the USA, Lancet, Open Access. Published: October, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30204-8
- ↑ Caring for Your Mental Health
