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A Delachaux

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PubMed1978

[Insurance and preventive medicine].

Not only do insurance companies have to pay in case of death, injuries or disease, they are also concerned with their prevention. This is particularly true for the "Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund" (Caisse nationale suisse d'assurance en cas d'accidents--(CNA): for them the prevention of work related accidents and occupational diseases is required by law. Preventive activities in this area are very promising. The progress in the sickness insurance programmes for preventive medicine in the general population has, however, not been as successful. To date, the legislation denies payment for preventive medical care. Why is there this difference? In the case of accidents and occupational diseases, the cause of the pathologies are for the most part exogenous and develop in well known and controlled environments. In the case of disease or invalidity in the general population, the factors are in a large part endogenous and therefore very difficult to supervise, as they develop in much more complex and uncontrolled environments. Nevertheless progress has been done in this field as well. At present, some selected scientifically proven preventive examinations could be included in insurance programmes as part of a general plan and with strict quality control of laboratory findings.

Accidents, Occupational↗
PubMed1978

[Preventive medicine in private medical practice].

The basis of preventive medicine for the individual is composed of health education, certain examinations and preventive treatments. A coherent approach is essential for efficiency of a program and avoidance of costly and nonessential expenditures. In the Swiss health system, the doctor's office could become more and more the center of preventive medicine for the individual. It would concern a large part of the population (in the United States, 80% of the men and 90% of the women consult a doctor at least once a year); offering a direct contact with the doctor of choice, advice specific for each case and the possibility of regular examinations by the same doctors. In many situations both public and private sources are involved in preventive medicine (public health services, doctors involved in the educational system, doctors involved in controll of security of working conditions, out-patient clinics, various health organizations). A collaboration among these sources should be organized and a reasonable division of the work established. A list of examinations and preventive treatments is presented.

Physical Examination↗
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[Current developments in violent crime].

In the years 1960-1973 we see a great stability of all crimes of violence in Switzerland, while in the USA in the same years their increase was constant; in England and France, robberies with violence increased in the years 1960-1970.

Crime↗