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Evaluating Preventive Care
Louise B. Russell
其他書名
Report on a Workshop
出版Brookings Institution, 1987
主題Medical / Preventive Medicine
ISBN08157762689780815776260
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7OQWAXq2SJ4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Recent advances in prevention offer exciting possibilities for improving health in middle and old age. As better health makes it possible for people to remain active longer, it may bring substantial changes in the financial demands on public and private programs, in the number of elderly people living in poverty, and in other areas important to public policy. To understand these consequences better it is necessary to evaluate carefully the costs and effects of prevention. In this timely and comprehensive volume, experts in medicine, epidemiology, and evaluation methods consider which areas of prevention are ready for evaluation. Six areas are reviewed : drug therapy for high blood pressure, smoking, exercise, dietary calcium, alcohol use, and obesity