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Reforming Health Care: Second Brief in New Series Looks at Preventive Health Services
Media Advisory: May 3, 2010
Contact: Amy Berridge, (609) 945-3378
Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? The second brief in a new series from Mathematica summarizes evidence on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of preventive health services, noting that health reform brings significant new opportunities to improve access to preventive care.
The process of health care reform will require ongoing, creative thinking and vigorous dialogue among all stakeholders on important issues. Mathematica’s new series is intended to help policymakers understand the research base for the critical choices they will make in implementing the federal health reform law. Forthcoming topics will include evidence-based care, disease management, financial incentives, medical homes, and other topics.
“Encouraging Appropriate Use of Preventive Health Services”
Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet, and G. Gregory Peterson
About Mathematica: Mathematica Policy Research, a nonpartisan research firm, provides a full range of research and data collection services, including program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research assessment and interpretation, and program performance/data management, to improve public well-being. Its clients include federal and state governments, foundations, and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, N.J., Ann Arbor, Mich., Cambridge, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C., has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, international, disability, education, family support, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs.