Take the United States as an example In the first 50 years of the 20th century, the American government unilaterally emphasized treatment and nursing, but neglected prevention. In the past 50 years, the government's health expenditure has increased by 10 times, but the national health has not improved as expected?
1979 in the book "Healthy People", the US Department of Health and Welfare put forward: "The most important task for a country to improve people's health is to concentrate medical and social resources and invest in disease prevention?" The book declares: "The era of prevention concept has arrived. Is our existing scientific knowledge enough to put forward good suggestions for improving health?"
The Ministry of Health conducted a survey of office workers in 10 cities, and found that 48% of them are in sub-health state, among which coastal cities are higher than inland cities, mental workers are higher than manual workers, and middle-aged people are higher than young people.
The annual economic loss caused by diseases in China is as high as 654.38+0.4 trillion yuan, which is equivalent to more than 654.38+0.4% of China's total GDP. Three killers that affect life (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, etc.). ) are increasing year by year.