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What's CAM got to do with it?

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The current healthcare delivery system, which generates costs that comprise 17% of the gross domestic product, is well equipped to provide acute care and to conduct healthcare-related research and development. However, it is estimated that over seventy-five cents of each healthcare dollar spent goes to the treatment of chronic disease. This is precisely where the paths of conventional medicine and CAM meet. The premise of CAM – treating the patient as a whole – aligns perfectly with the management of chronic conditions and, when integrated with conventional medicine, often produces results superior to conventional medicine alone.


Phillippay, MBA, Tyler

 

The CHP Group

Complimentary/Alternative Medicine

May 1, 2010

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