Increase Understanding of “real World” Patterns and Outcomes of Cam Use and Its Integration into Health Care and Health Promotion
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T wo defining features of CAM in the United States are its widespread use by the public and a relative paucity of research evidence regarding efficacy or safety to guide decisionmaking about that use by individuals, health care providers, and health policymakers. Indeed, NCCAM was established in 1998 because Congress believed that a concerted research effort at the NIH was needed to address these gaps in scientific evidence and public information.
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