Dr. Rob Gillio
Clinical Lead · A Note Before You Begin
"Every health decision has a price tag — paid in dollars, in days, and in human pain. The cheapest, kindest care is almost always prevention. This tool exists to make that math impossible to ignore."
📋 What This Is
A clinically-grounded calculator that compares the best-case and worst-case path for common medical events — and shows the ROI of preventing them in the first place.
💡 Why It Matters
A $35 grab bar prevents a $40,000 hip fracture. Costs are sourced from CMS, AHRQ, and published outcomes data. When communities see the gap, they invest upstream.
🛠️ How To Use It
Pick a scenario in Compare Outcomes. Run the numbers in Prevention ROI. Then scale it across your community in Community Scale to show your funder, board, or council what one decision is worth.
⚖️ Compare Outcomes
🛡️ Prevention ROI
🌊 Community Scale
Choose a scenario to explore
💡 A grab bar costs $35 and 30 minutes to install. A hip fracture in an older adult costs an average of $40,000 in direct medical care — plus months of pain, lost independence, and family disruption. This calculator shows the return on investment for common home safety modifications.
Select a home modification to explore
🌊 Your drops become a watershed. When your community health workers prevent falls, infections, and medication errors — the savings compound. Adjust the sliders to see what prevention at scale looks like.
Scale the impact