Scientific Definition
Profit pools concentrate around treating chronic illness, not preventing it.
Plain-English Definition
Profit pools concentrate around treating chronic illness, not preventing it.
Feynman Explanation
Prevention is a rounding error on the income statement.
Core Principle
Profit pools concentrate around treating chronic illness, not preventing it.
Mechanisms
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Profit pools concentrate around treating chronic illness, not preventing it.
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Where the margin lives, the strategy follows.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Prevention is a rounding error on the income statement.
Examples
- Diabetes management dwarfs diabetes prevention spend by orders of magnitude.
- Where the margin lives, the strategy follows.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Value-based and outcome-based reimbursement at population scale.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Value-based and outcome-based reimbursement at population scale.
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