A Resounding YES. To qualify this with and example, here is an excerpt from an article that can be found at http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2007/july/0701.pdf. "The Kidney Help Trust of Chennai, under Dr Mani has run a programme to prevent chronic renal failure by regular screening of an entire population of 25,000 subjects, and treatment of diabetes and hypertension with the cheapest available drugs. This is one of the first grass roots level programmes aimed at prevention. Their total cost amounted to 25 cents per capita of the study population. Compare this with the cost of RRT at US $ 8000 for kidney transplantation and US $ 5000 for haemodialysis for a year in the face of a per capita income of US $ 430. This community based paradigm should be the other main pillar of a concerted programme to prevent CKD."
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Noela M Prasad, Consultant (Health Research and Community Ophthalmology)
| 11 12 2009 06:28:15 +0000
Prevention is always better than the cure. In every situation, whatever the case may be; it is always safe for our health, our environment and for our financial conditions also.
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Gitanjali Vyas, M.Sc student, CSKHPKV
| 09 20 2009 07:44:11 +0000
Well, there is a famous saying that prevention is better than cure. Modern diseases are not caused mainly by natural calamities but by human intervention with nature. Modern man hardly takes cares of his health. He does a lot of unhealthy things like intoxication. He is not bothered about preventive measures towards any diseases. Even the diet has also changed. All these together is making him ill. If he properly takes care of himself, he won't be needing money to spend on medicines and even in that condition also, he will be saving a lot since he won't be spending in unnecessary things...
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Ratnakar Naik, General Practitioner, Apollo Group
| 09 18 2009 08:20:51 +0000
Prevention definitely leads to saving money in the long run. Healthy food habits, exercising, keeping a regular life schedule, avoiding various things that could have a debilitating effect on the body, all contribute to good health. Cost effectiveness need not necessarily be measured in monetary terms, but when viewed with the quality of life attained, with a few carefully measured steps taken objectively. it speaks a lot. The number of man hours saved, by not falling sick, is the ultimate criteria. Statins are prescribed after the damage is already inflicted and is not strictly preventive as such!!
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dr ravindranath, consultant , Indus associates
| 09 18 2009 07:11:09 +0000
yes 100%
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vishwanath kushnarla, B.Tech/B.E. student, vidyavardhaka
| 09 17 2009 04:24:57 +0000
As with many aspects of healthcare, the integration of prevention (a component of "well-care") with treatment has great potential to improve people's health and wellbeing, while helping reduce (or delay) sick-care costs (see this link). The problem is that we simply have not done adequate research in either area to know what are the most cost-effective ways to prevent, control, and treat health problems for particular individuals in particular circumstances (see this link). Steve Beller, PhD
http://curinghealthcare.blogspot.com/
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Stephen E. Beller, PhD, CEO/President, National Health Data Systems, Inc.
| 09 16 2009 20:09:04 +0000
Hi All...I am working as Pathologist since last 8 years,my consistent observation is those who go for reguler cheque ups ,take necessary actions are conscious about health,are maintaining good health,are more cheerful,optimistic.Last but not least ,they are taking immediate steps to avoid further health problems if any ,found so far.
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Dr. Nitin Girish rathi, Pathologist, Own Pathology laboratory
| 09 16 2009 16:54:43 +0000
yes prevention is better than cure
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Mohammed Jaber Ahmed, Freelancer, Freelancer
| 09 15 2009 23:14:57 +0000
Preventive healthcare is a necessity for everybody to stay healthy and for that healthy lifestyle is needed. If one have healthy lifestyle cost incurred for such preventive measures would be less and it would be economical. No doubt that even to maintain healthy lifestyle one need to be very regular in good diet practices and enough physical activity so as to keep their mind and body healthy. If one does only these two no need of an extra care to be taken as preventive measures for e.g. if u have enough Vitamin C - u will not get infections; if u have enough calcium- u will not get osteoporosis...etc etc. This is just true for normal diseases. But for serious illness...if u take certain preventive healthcare measures it can be very helpful in saving money compared to spending money after u get the disease. For e.g. Blood Pressure and Heart diseases...if u take enough precautions and have regular body checkups say atleast after the age of 40..it would be more helpful to save money compared to after u get a heart attack plus u will save yr health too...
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Jugnu M Shah, Manager-Regulatory Affairs, Ronak Exim Pvt. Ltd.
| 09 15 2009 17:35:46 +0000
Dear Bindu, there are reasons for us to say that preventive healthcare will help us to save money. Preventable causes of death, such as tobacco smoking, poor diet and physical inactivity, and misuse of alcohol have been estimated to be responsible for large number of death every year. A lot of money has been spend on treatment of such kinds. So we can save money on our medical expenses by taking help of preventive health care. Dear Bindu, there are reasons for us to say that preventive healthcare will help us to save money. Preventable causes of death, such as tobacco smoking, poor diet and physical inactivity, and misuse of alcohol have been estimated to be responsible for large number of death every year. A lot of money has been spend on treatment of such kinds. So we can save money on our medical expenses by taking help of preventive health care.
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Sanjay Saha, Product/Brand Manager, Dr Reddy Labs
| 09 12 2009 11:14:08 +0000
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I dont believe that preventive health care helps us to save money. This would be true if preventive care itself did not cost any money. We can prevent people from developing serious illnesses like cardiovascular disease or diabetes through the use of preventive care. But some of the preventive health care measures are costly. For example, statin drugs may prevent or delay coronary heart disease in some people, but the drugs are costly.
money. We can prevent people from developing serious illnesses like cardiovascular disease or diabetes through the use of
preventive care. But some of the preventive health care measures are costly. For example, statin drugs may prevent or delay
coronary heart disease in some people, but the drugs are costI dont believe that preventive health care helps us to save money. This would be true if preventive care itself did not cost any money. We can prevent people from developing serious illnesses like cardiovascular disease or diabetes through the use of preventive care. But some of the preventive health care measures are costly. For example, statin drugs may prevent or delay coronary heart disease in some people, but the drugs are costly.
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Bindu Narayan, Product Development Manager, Care Biomedicals
| 09 12 2009 10:45:19 +0000
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