Thursday, August 6, 2009

Preventable

"The first [insight] is 70% of all health-care costs are the direct result of behavior.

The second insight, which is well understood by the providers of health care, is that 74% of all costs are confined to four chronic conditions (cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity).

Furthermore, 80% of cardiovascular disease and diabetes is preventable, 60% of cancers are preventable, and more than 90% of obesity is preventable."

Source: WSJ

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