What characteristics of the medical care culture in the United States encourage a focus on treatment rather than prevention?”

Answer 1

Hi Jean, could you please be a little more specific on what you are asking. Medical care culture in the U.S. encourages focus on both treatment and prevention. It just depends on what exactly you are referring too. Are you asking from an acute care perspective such as someone who walks into the ED or someone in the outpatient setting visiting their PCP, or are in rehab or even chronically ill.