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Every additional dollar spent on antiplatelet therapy versus aspirin for the prevention of stroke in high-risk patients, has produced health gains valued between $2 and $6. [ Get More Details ]
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Analysis suggests that in the past 20 years, each additional dollar spent on health care services produced health gains valued at between $2.40 and $3.00. [ Get More Details ]
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The United States would have spent $634 billion less on health care in 2000 without many of the improvements in health and the associated investments that were seen between 1980… [ Get More Details ]
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Between 1980 and 2000, annual age adjusted per person health care costs increased by $2,254 (102%) but were accompanied by significant health gains including: a 16% decline in annual death… [ Get More Details ]
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Decline in Disability Rates for People Aged over 65 Years, 1982-2000 [ Get More Details ] -
Every additional dollar spent on statin therapy for diabetes patients without cardiovascular disease has produced health gains valued between $7 and $31. [ Get More Details ]
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Every additional dollar spent on screening and treating diabetic eye disease in type 2 diabetics on insulin has produced health gains valued at $36. [ Get More Details ]
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Every additional dollar spent on intensive blood glucose control for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients has produced health gains valued at $3.77. [ Get More Details ]
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Every additional dollar spent on the overall treatment of type 2 diabetes has produced health gains valued at $1.49. [ Get More Details ]
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Every additional dollar spent on the overall treatment of stroke has produced health gains valued at $1.55. [ Get More Details ]
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Every additional dollar spent on the routine use of beta-blockers (versus under-use) in acute heart attack patients has produced health gains valued as high as $38.44. [ Get More Details ]
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Because of reduced mortality rates, the number of stroke survivors who are non-institutionalized increased from 2.0 to 2.4 million between 1980 and 1991. [ Get More Details ]
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Between 1980 and 2000, stroke mortality rates fell from 96.2 to 60.8 per 100,000 persons. [ Get More Details ]
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Statin treatment soon after an acute heart attack reduces the risk of fatal heart disease or a recurrent heart attack by 24%. [ Get More Details ]
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Primary angioplasty reduces 30-day mortality risk by 34% to 50%. [ Get More Details ]
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Glycoprotein inhibitors have been shown to reduce the risk of death, a second heart attack, or the need for revascularization by 48% to 52% in patients who have suffered a… [ Get More Details ]
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Every additional dollar spent on overall breast cancer treatment has produced health gains valued at $4.80. [ Get More Details ]
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17 million Americans–approximately 6% of the population–have type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. [ Get More Details ]
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2.6% of all Americans have suffered a heart attack at some point in their lives. [ Get More Details ]