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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
3258.1: Monday, December 12, 2005 - 3:40 PM

Abstract #121901

Are we getting what we pay for?

Steve George, FFPH, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom, +44 238 079 6533, pluto@soton.ac.uk and Steven Julious, PhD, MSc, CStat, Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent's Court, Regent Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Against a background of rising demand for health care, rationing and other forms of limiting access to health care have become common. Predicting and managing demand for health care, especially where there are wide variations in life expectancy and economic disparities, is problematic. Moves towards funding for prevention as a means of addressing demand has been advocated; however, the data on which such considerations are often based are open to bias. In this paper the consequences of such bias on determining how to fund prevention is considered.

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Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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APHA President Session: APHA President Session: Funding for Prevention: A Global Perspective

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA