SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BECERRA 47 48 50 51 54 55 56 57 109 110 111 112 113 142 143 144 145 BIRGE 91 93 94 103 104 110 111 113 BOROWITZ 58 103 104 108 109 110 DETMER 16 32 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 46 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 GABRIEL 114 117 140 141 143 144 GOLDMAN 70 104 105 106 107 112 GUESS 123 141 142 143 144 145 KLECZKA 13 38 39 40 41 42 MCCRERY 42 44 45 46 47 SLOANE 93 94 111 112 THOMAS 11 13 16 31 32 35 37 38 42 47 51 53 56 57 70 91 93 94 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 113 114 117 123 140 141 142 145 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF DON E. DETMER, M.D., CHAIRMAN, U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS PAGE 16 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN M. BOROWITZ, M.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PEDIATRICS AND HEALTH EVALUATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA PAGE 58 STATEMENT OF JANLORI GOLDMAN, DIRECTOR, HEALTH PRIVACY PROJECT, INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND POLICY, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PAGE 70 STATEMENT OF JAMES BIRGE, M.D., MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MACGREGOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, HOUSTON, TEXAS; ACCOMPANIED BY JIM SLOANE, VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AMERICAN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, HOUSTON, TEXAS PAGE 91 STATEMENT OF SHERINE E. GABRIEL, M.D., M.SC., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY, MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA PAGE 114 STATEMENT OF HARRY A. GUESS, M.D., PH.D., HEAD, EPIDEMIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES, BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA; ON BEHALF OF MERCK & CO., INC., WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY PAGE 123 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING