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and 16.2 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, are projected to reach $4 trillion in 2015 and 20 percent of GDP. Approximately 31 percent of health care costs are administrative, 35 percent are elderly consumed, 75 percent relate to chronic disease management and 25 percent relate to spending linked to risky behaviors. These expenditures are expected to continue to be nearly evenly split between public funding and private funding. Thus, health care’s impact on the economy is substantial in relation to public spending, private funding and U.S. competitiveness in the international economy. The medical and health care industries are fragmented and complex, have multiple stakeholders and must accommodate dynamic, rapidly changing processes. Compared to other indusGeorgia Tech’s Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare partners with other organizations on a wide range of projects aimed at improving U.S. health care system. on multiple fronts