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Date:7/18/2008

fited many patients, but it conversely adds to growing costs that have made health care insurance unattainable for many others. The United States spends twice per capita on health care compared to other advanced nations, yet it ranks comparatively low in length of life, infant mortality and other public health statistics. In the President's Symposium, Dr. Arnold Relman of Harvard Medical School (arelman@rics.bwh.harvard.edu) will explore why Americans do not seem to be getting their money's worth.

The root of the U.S. health care problem may be the dominant influence of entrepreneurial institutions. Large profits for inventors and manufacturers, coupled with powerful marketing and automatic insurance reimbursements, have led to what many see as an overuse of medical technology. In countries with less privatization, emphasis is placed on greater access to doctors and hospitals, with less spending on unproven or marginal use of technology.

The cost of high-tech medical procedures in the U.S. runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars -- a substantial fraction of the nation's $2.5 trillion health care bill. To avoid bankrupting the system, Relman recommends that the medical community enact reforms that ensure the continued introduction and availability of worthwhile new technology, while excluding procedures that cannot be rigorously justified. He invites the AAPM to be part of the vanguard of reform.

Relman's talk, "Technology and the Crisis in the U.S. Health Care System" (MO-C-AUD B-1) will be during The President's Symposium: Science, Medicine, and Society at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 28, 2008 in Auditorium B. Abstract: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/amos2/pdf/35-9952-86188-629.pdf

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Contact: Jason Bardi jbardi@aip.org 301-209-3091 American Institute of Physics Source:Eurekalert

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