Media Advisory - Fixing a sick health-care system - Does early intervention really work?

CALGARY, June 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Canada's health-care system offers help to those who need it. But treating people only when they become sick is expensive. As such, some experts have advocated for more early intervention services devoted to health promotion and disease prevention, in part to save Canada's over-burdened health-care system. But just how effective is health-care intervention?

Media are invited to a media conference where Professor Herb Emery will share the findings of a study that evaluates the costs and benefits of a preventative care pilot program operating independently of the publicly funded health care system. Emery will also speak to whether upstream programs should be part of the publicly funded health-care system.

What:	Media Conference with Herb Emery, Director of Health Policy, The School of Public Policy
When:	Wednesday June 19, 2013 10:00 a.m. MDT
Where:	The School of Public Policy 906 - 8^th Avenue SW, 5^th floor
	Calgary, AB

 

SOURCE: The School of Public Policy - University of Calgary

For more information or to set up interview, media should contact:

Morten Paulsen
403.399.3377
[email protected]