作者通过批判对其“预防优于治疗吗”一文的误解,再次阐述预防的经济学的观点。预防措施总是增加医疗费用,降低医疗费用的极少。许多已进行的重要的预防措施被忽视。如预防癌症的普查检查,预防肺炎双球菌肺炎、流感、麻疹的疫苗接种。儿童铅中毒的普查。胆固醇含量的普查。高血压的检查和治疗等。这些预防费用通常被结算在 Does the author once again elaborate on the point of view of the economics of prevention by criticizing the misunderstanding of his article “Prevention is better than cure?” Precautionary measures always increase medical costs and reduce the cost of medical care. Many important preventive measures that have been carried out have been ignored. Such as cancer screening survey, prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza, measles vaccination. Child lead poisoning survey. Cholesterol content survey. Hypertension examination and treatment. These prevention costs are usually settled at