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[quote=Anonymous]I hear a lot of people in general, not necessarily here but there have been a few, that the US is better at preventative care. There is one point I learned while living overseas, which was interesting. A lot goes into calculating the recommended intervals of preventative tests, one of those is risk factors to the general population. So for example, and I am just making up numbers for that example, someone in the US could say be recommended to have a mammogram once every 2 years starting at 40 because breast cancer is very prevalent for those over 40 whereas someone in France it might be recommended starting at 50 and in 10 year intervals because its been shown more people develop the cancer after 50 and its not more or less effective to have in more or less frequent intervals. I learned this because where I lived the recommended intervals were different (less frequent/started later) than in the US but tests were approved based on my having spent X amount of time in the US and so my individual risk factors were taken into account, even though the tests would not have been performed at those intervals on individuals from there. [/quote]

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