How CBO Analyzes Approaches to Improve Health Through Disease Prevention

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2020-06-15

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How CBO Analyzes Approaches to Improve Health Through Disease Prevention; Congessional Budget Office, June 15, 2020; https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56345

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Preventive medical care includes services that can prevent diseases from occurring and detect diseases before symptoms appear. This report describes how CBO estimates the effects on the federal budget of proposals to expand the use of such services.