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A rare instance when preventative screening is worth the dollar cost

  • Written by David Hutton, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy , University of Michigan
A technician holds a blood sample that tested positive for the hepatitis B virus.Jarun Ontakrai/shutterstock.com

Very few people know about hepatitis B, the so-called silent killer, and the billions of dollars it costs the U.S. health care system. The hepatitis B virus can cause chronic infection that is usually asymptomatic for decades until it...

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