@article {Deyo47, author = {Richard A. Deyo}, title = {Cost-Effectiveness of Primary Care}, volume = {13}, number = {1}, pages = {47--54}, year = {2000}, doi = {10.3122/jabfm.13.1.47}, publisher = {The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine}, abstract = {The resident describes a new patient in clinic today, a 40-year-old woman with a cholesterol reading of 240 mg/dL, but no other coronary risk factors. She asks whether it would be cost-effective to begin therapy with {\textquotedblleft}statin{\textquotedblright} drugs to lower the patient{\textquoteright}s cholesterol. The attending physician, always skeptical of high technology and eager to promote preventive care, says {\textquotedblleft}Sure it is. Some of the statin drugs now cost about $50 a month. Compare that with $50,000 for a coronary bypass later on if she isn{\textquoteright}t treated now.{\textquotedblright}}, issn = {1557-2625}, URL = {https://www.jabfm.org/content/13/1/47}, eprint = {https://www.jabfm.org/content/13/1/47.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine} }