Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities

Prevention Institute, Trust for America's Health, Urban Institute, New York Academy of Medicine, The California Endowment, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that:

• Small investments in community-level prevention have substantial returns
• Prevention can produce significant health care savings nationally and in every state
• The savings from investment in prevention accrue to both public and private health care payers
• Investing in prevention has a multiplier effect-multiple saving for multiple conditions
• Focusing prevention investments on communities with the most compromised health status could potentially lead to even greater returns