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Committee on the Costs of Medical Care  

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  • The Committee on the Costs of Medical Care (CCMC) was the most influential health services research group in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The CCMC, which was composed of 48 members, including physicians, dentists, public health professionals, and economists, was established to study the escalating costs of medical care, access to care problems, and distribution of health services in the nation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Committee on the Costs of Medical Care (CCMC)]

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