JAMA Forum

Scanning the Health Care System in the US

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.1235

April 02, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This JAMA Forum discusses the declining costs and use of diagnostic imaging, the reasons for the imaging slowdown, and the future of imaging in the US health care system.

Corresponding Author: David M. Cutler, PhD, Harvard University Department of Economics, 1805 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (dcutler@fas.harvard.edu).

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