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Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

America's health care system J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

A federal/state partnership for health system reform J R Tallon, Jr. and R P Nathan [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Political evolution of federal health care regulation L D Brown [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The legislative battle over health services research B H Gray [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

AHCPR and the strategy for health care reform J A Wennberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The role of federal waivers in the health policy process A Dobson, D Moran, and G Young [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The courts and health policy: strengths and limitations G F Anderson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

AIDS long-term care access project (ALCAP) [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The influence of the mass media on health policy A L Otten [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Witness to a thousand stories: a look at insurance data J R Gabel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Basing prescription drug payment on economic analysis: the case of Australia M F Drummond [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Issues in mandatory economic assessment of pharmaceuticals B S Bloom [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Implications of the Australian guidelines for the United States D A Freund, D Evans, D Henry, and R Dittus [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Political contributions from the health and insurance industries L Makinson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

One approach to tracking state and local health spending S D Gold [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The concentration of health expenditures: an update M L Berk and A C Monheit [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effect of Medicaid payment levels on access to obstetrical care M H Fox, J P Weiner, and K Phua [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid 2176 home and community-based care waivers: the first ten years N A Miller [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Employer-sponsored health insurance in 1991 C B Sullivan, M Miller, R Feldman, and B Dowd [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

The impact of foundation-funded commissions on health policy P H Feldman, S Putnam, and M Gerteis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Government and health funding by the Kaiser Family Foundation L L Prina and J H White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants And Grant Outcomes [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Health care systems: lessons from international comparisons K N Lohr, K Yordy, P F Harrison, and A C Gelijns [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications And Reports: Government And Health [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Incremental Health System Reform: Will The Pattern Persist? George D. Greenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Sanctions, Sanctimony, And Health Peter Reuter [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Courtroom Conflict Over Injury Causation George J. Annas [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Perils Of Prediction In U.S./Canadian Comparisons David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Keep It Simple In U.S./Canadian Comparisons John F. Sheils, Gary J. Young, and Robert J. Rubin [Reprints & Permissions]

Preparing For Increased Hospital Use In A Reformed System Thomas P. Weil [Reprints & Permissions]

'Intellectual Confusion' In Mental Health Policy Eli Ginzberg [Reprints & Permissions]

Responding To Incentives In Academic Health Centers Roger J. Bulger [Reprints & Permissions]

Another Look At Rationing And Technology Donald W. Light [Reprints & Permissions]

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