Many say that prevention is better than cure. Most, obviously don't mean it.
This is not good governance.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
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National health campaigns encouraging people to be immunized against influenza and discouraging overuse of alcohol and cigarettes are less expensive than curing the diseases they cause. But OECD countries spend, on average, only 3% of their healthcare budgets on prevention and public awareness programmes.
That's one of the many statistics in the latest edition of Health at a Glance, a biennial publication from the OECD which provides a wide range of comparative statistics concerning health status, risk factors and healthcare resources and use. While governments search for ways to make their healthcare systems more efficient and cost-effective, the statistics show that life-style changes can make people healthier and reduce healthcare costs in the long run.
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