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Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

Contributions from America's philanthropic foundations J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Rationing care in Oregon: the new accountability D M Fox and H M Leichter [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The national politics of Oregon's rationing plan L D Brown [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Practice guidelines and cholesterol policy A M Garber and J L Wagner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A new policy agenda for home care W G Weissert [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Ethics and priority setting in Oregon D Callahan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health care rationing: a critical evaluation A Etzioni [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Breaking American health policy gridlock U E Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A closer look at health care in Canada J Krasny and I R Ferrier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

U.S./Canadian health spending: methods and assumptions D R Waldo and S T Sonnefeld [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interpreting public opinion surveys R J Blendon and K Donelan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Basing policy on survey data: proceed with caution C Jajich-Toth and B W Roper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The health insurance picture in 1990 C B Sullivan and T Rice [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A new look at rising mental health insurance costs R G Frank, D S Salkever, and S S Sharfstein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare payment to psychiatric facilities: unfair and inefficient? J Cromwell, B Harrow, T G McGuire, and R P Ellis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Did 1980s legislation slow Medicare spending? S Christensen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disclosure of outpatient prescription drug benefits in HMOs M Anderson and J Dunn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Problems in gaining access to hospital information S J Singer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Hospital case management: bridging acute and long-term care J B Christianson, L H Warrick, F E Netting, F G Williams, W Read, and J Murphy [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New priorities for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation S A Schroeder [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants And Grant Outcomes [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants and Grant Outcomes

III. Grants. AIDS [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Savings for Medicaid drug spending M R Pollard and J M Coster [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Financing policy for mental health services S B Kanaan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

The Many Faces Of Social Policy Richard P. Nathan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Investing In Our Future: Improving The Economic Status Of Children Michael Hemesath [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Preparing Now For An Aging Society Marion Ein Lewin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

The Rising Costs In Health System Reform Dallas L. Salisbury [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality Measures: Key To Health Care Reform Bob Hungate [Reprints & Permissions]

Informing The Public To Achieve Health Reform Walter B. Maher [Reprints & Permissions]

Market Reform In The Community Powell Woods [Reprints & Permissions]

Translating Opinion Into Action Joel C. Cantor, Nancy L. Barrand, Randolph A. Desonia, Alan B. Cohen, and Jeffrey C. Merrill [Reprints & Permissions]

The Rising Costs In Health System Reform David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler [Reprints & Permissions]

Crafting A Viable Health Insurance System Deborah Chollet [Reprints & Permissions]

Options For Universal Coverage Warren Greenberg [Reprints & Permissions]

'Responsible National Health Insurance:' The Authors Respond Mark V. Pauly, Patricia Danzon, Paul Feldstein, and John Hoff [Reprints & Permissions]

Issues In Prescription Drugs And The Elderly Peter P. Lamy [Reprints & Permissions]

Statistics In An Imperfect World Jesse S. Hixson [Reprints & Permissions]

Correcting Misinterpretations Of Socialism Vincente Navarro [Reprints & Permissions]

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