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by compiler-guy 3048 days ago
The article is a summary of a a study that reviews over 500 other papers dealing with how preventative care may or may not save money.

It concludes that only childhood immunizations and one other thing save money. And that fifteen additional interventions are extremely low cost.

This is an unintuitive result, but backed by a careful review of quite a bit of evidence.

What evidence shows preventative care does save money?