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Prevention is better than cure: Out of a country's health budget, a large
proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and
preventative measures.
The rising costs of health care have become an issue for many countries in
the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the
state health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead
of treatment.First of all, many kinds of diseases are preventable and preventing
a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could
prevent catching a cold if they dress warmly and get good rest when the weather
first gets cold in the winter. But many people get sick because they fail to do
so and have to spend much more money seeing a doct123 Another case in point is
cancer, the leading cause of death in the world. But lung cancer, liver cancer
and many other kinds of cancer could all be effectively prevented if people take
measures for their health in an early stage. Small things such as smoking less
or eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming
bankrupt if the patients took measures for early cancer prevention.
In addition, health education also plays a key role in improving people's
health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help
people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve
it.However, emphasizing on disease prevention is not downplaying the
significance of medical treatment. After all, prevention and treatment are just
two different means toward the same e12In conclusion, we could save money in
health care and treat patients more successfully if our country uses more money
on health prevention and education. |
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:18:07