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France has based its health care expenses containment on the maîtrise médicalisée des dépenses de santé (medical containment of health care expenses). For that purpose, an electronic data interchange system, based on the use of smart cards, will play an important part. Through SESAM-Vitale, France experiments the diffusion of patient and health professional cards and the use of electronic messages between professionals and the social security organisms.