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The Institute of Medicine: A Unique National Resource
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... Over the next 4 years, scientific and policy issues both predictable arid unpredictable will conDont the administration arid Congress. The health sector now constitutes more than 14% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDPi a level~projected to rise to 160/0 within the next few years.
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... The Institute's work centers principally on committee reports or studies on subjects ranging from HIV prevention to how to provide clinical care in extended space flight; from research opportunities at the National Institute of Health (NISI) to protecting the nation's food supply We also conduct Roundtables, workshops or symposia that provide an opportunity for public- and pnvate-sector experts to openly discuss contentious issues in an environment that facilitates evidence-based dialogue.
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... Depending on the request, studies may be narrow in scope, designed to answer very specific and technical questions, or they may be broad-based examinations that span myriad academic disciplines, industnes, and even international borders. Many of today's major news reports concern issues that we have previously addressed; others, like tobacco harry reduction, are currently under study.
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... The first section illustrates a number of reports that have provided a basis for developing or negotiating policy over a range of scientific issues; the second section samples work that we have recently completed or have under way, organized into areas of continuing national concern; arid the third section provides a comprehensive bibliography of IOM reports published over the past several years.
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