Strengthen Health Care System: A Case Study

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According to, Ezekiel Emanuel (2012) claims tertiary prevention "holds the greatest promise for strengthening the health care system." I on the other hand have to disagree. I feel that the primary prevention holds the greatest promise for strengthening the healthcare system. Reason being, primary prevention starts before the disease process even begins. By informing patients to change their lifestyles to become more healthy and prevent diseases from occurring. As stated by, Tamar N. Mohammad, "Primary prevention reduces the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure, decreases the need for coronary revascularization procedures, and extends and improves quality of life." (Mohamad,

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