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Financial Support of Continuing Medical Education
Robert Steinbrook, MD
JAMA. 2008;299(9):1060-1062.
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Continuing medical education (CME) is a multibillion-dollar industry. In 2006, the CME providers accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) had a total income of $2.38 billion.1 In 1998, the income was $889 million, and most had come from the registration fees of participants or sponsoring organizations. Since 2003, however, most of the income for CME providers has come from industry.2
Commercial support for CME accredited by the ACCME quadrupled between 1998 and 2006–from $302 million to $1.2 billion–and doubled from other sources.1 In 2006, the combined for-profit support (commercial support and advertising and exhibit income) represented 60.6% of total income. An industry magazine stated in its annual medical education report: "For continuing education to continue, commercial funding must remain healthy. The future of CME depends on it."3
The profit margin for ACCME-accredited providers increased from 5.5% in 1998 to 31.0% in 2006.1 The . . . [Full Text of this Article] Funding for Different Types of CME Organizations
Author Affiliations: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group, White River Junction, Vermont.
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