Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42085422›Full record

ArticlePLoS medicine2026

Investment in preventive health needs to be seen as a driver of economic development.

Francesca Colombo, Sabine Vuik, Marion Devaux, Michele Cecchini

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Francesca ColomboOECD, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0344-1382
Sabine VuikOECD, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Paris, France.
Marion DevauxOECD, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0753-5871
Michele CecchiniOECD, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7634-6436

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevention delivers major gains in health and productivity but remains underfunded due to governance and technical barriers. Strategic investment in prevention is critical to reduce health system costs, boost productivity and sustain long-term prosperity.

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Economic DevelopmentInvestmentsPreventive Health ServicesHumans

Identifiers

PMID42085422
PMCPMC13143094

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