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Measuring 'The Forgotten Factor' |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / IS RELIGION GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH? |
| Author: C.C. Heyde |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1996 |
| Size: 635 Words, 3,986 Characters |
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Many factors contribute to escalating costs. Larson et al. quote an American Medical Association commentary to the effect that "much of the growth in health care expenditures can be traced to lifestyle factors and social problems." This may be so, although it would not be easy to substantiate. However, the cost of new medical technology, and the increased use of it because it is available and is potentially beneficial, should not be discounted. The medical profession is under some pressure to ...
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...statistician, I feel that these questions can be sensibly addressed. However, the jury will still be deliberating for quite some time to come. Let us assume that the jury finds in favor of religion. What then? Some governments would be pleased to legislate accordingly, but this seems unthinkable in America. Might religion be the new health fad of the twenty-first century? Somehow I think not.
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