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Publisher's Letter

Publisher's Letter William B. Walsh M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

From The Editor John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

The battle for control of health care V R Fuchs [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Future capital needs of community hospitals H M Ting and J D Valiante [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disease, mortality, and the promotion of health D Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Cost pressures and health policy reform J R Jones [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ethics, health care, and the Enthoven proposal L Stern, L F Rossiter, and G R Wilensky [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State rate setting: a status report D A Crozier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Issues, evidence, and the policymaker's dilemma S A Mitchell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: A State Rate-Setting Commission Harold A. Cohen and John M. Colmers [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reviews: a hospital financial officer M E Drebin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: An Economist Frank A. Sloan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: A State Department of Health Charles R. Buck, Jr. and Marsha Gold [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: A State Hospital Association Richard J. Davidson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health costs outstrip the GNP [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Appropriate health care technology transfer to developing countries L B Russell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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