Smart investments in health: A tool for improving the management of non-communicable diseases

[1] It is significant that the return on investment in health field is almost twice of that in oil and gas fields and with smart investment in a specified time period achieved optimal productivity. The phenomenon of urbanization and lifestyle changes is rapidly increasing the burden of noncommunicab...

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Published in:Journal of research in medical sciences 2019-01, Vol.24 (1), p.78-78
Main Authors: Ataollahi, Fatemeh, Amiresmaili, Mohammadreza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Developing countries
LDCs
Letter to Editor
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Summary:[1] It is significant that the return on investment in health field is almost twice of that in oil and gas fields and with smart investment in a specified time period achieved optimal productivity. The phenomenon of urbanization and lifestyle changes is rapidly increasing the burden of noncommunicable diseases in developing countries; hence, investment and planning in noncommunicable diseases is important with regard to goals of social determinants of health to overcome health inequities and other unfair and avoidable differences in health status observed within and between countries. In the past, insurance organizations only provided therapeutic services; however, now, it has become evident that if insurance organizations invest in the primary health by providing insurance services to healthy people, lots of future expenditures for the treatment of patients could be reduced.
ISSN:1735-1995
1735-1995
1735-7136
DOI:10.4103/jrms.JRMS_42_19