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Front matter	i-xii	(skim)
Overview and Introduction	1-3	(skim)
Opening Address	4-12	(skim)
Part I: The Big Picture	13-14	(skim)
World Population and Health	15-23	(skim)
Information and Communications	24-36	(skim)
Global Health	37-44	(skim)
Part II: Implications for Health	45-46	(skim)
Introduction to Afternoon Session	47-48	(skim)
Risk and Responsibility: The Evolution of Health Care Payment	49-64	(skim)
Institutions and Health	65-80	(skim)
New Knowledge for Heatlh	81-92	(skim)
The Workforce for Health	93-107	(skim)
25th Anniversary Keynote Address	108-113	(skim)
Concluding Remarks	114-116	(skim)
Contributor	117-120	(skim)

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This book contains the proceedings of the Institute of Medicine's 25th Anniversary Symposium. Its chapters comprise presentations by eminent health care professionals and policymakers concerning the challenges and opportunities that likely lie ahead for the United States--and internationally--over the next 25 years. These presentations cover such topics as world population and demography; global health; information and communications; risk, responsibility, and the evolution of health care payments; the role of institutions in health; and the health work force.

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