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Making the economic case for public health

Posted by: Kevin Fenton and Brian Ferguson, Posted on: 6 May 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing preventable deaths, Reducing the burden of disease

...around £5,000. A few key factors influence the cost-effectiveness calculation, and they’re not without their challenges. The first is the time-frame that’s used to measure the impact of public health....

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