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Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

The nation's health care enterprise J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Health spending by state: new estimates for policy making K R Levit, H C Lazenby, C A Cowan, and S W Letsch [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Why managed care has failed to contain health costs A C Enthoven [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Markets, budgets, and health care cost control J White [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health care reform and rural health networks J Christianson and I Moscovice [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Health Care Reform In Rural Areas Daniel M. Campion, W. David Helms, and Nancy L. Barrand [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid and health reform: the case of New York J W Fossett [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Recent growth of Medicare home health C Bishop and K C Skwara [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health care under French national health insurance V G Rodwin and S Sandier [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Budget limits and managed competition: allies, not antagonists H J Aaron [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Antitrust enforcement: putting the consumer first H M Metzenbaum [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Antitrust policy and real health care reform D Davidson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians as professionals, not pawns J S Todd [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Pharmaceutical companies as a positive force for change G J Mossinghoff [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Flexibility in antitrust enforcement M D Bromberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

U.S. health care costs: the untold true story M V Pauly [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital/physician relationships: a constraint to health reform J Goldsmith [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Peer Review: The financial capacity of nonprofit hospitals N M Kane [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Peer Review: Boston teaching hospitals' response to the Kane Report [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Physician incomes under an all-payer fee schedule C Hogan [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Explaining the recent growth in Medicaid spending J Holahan, D Rowland, J Feder, and D Heslam [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health reform lessons learned from physicians in three nations R J Blendon, K Donelan, R Leitman, A Epstein, J C Cantor, A B Cohen, I Morrison, T Moloney, and C Koeck [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How well do Americans understand their health coverage? D W Garnick, A M Hendricks, K E Thorpe, J P Newhouse, K Donelan, and R J Blendon [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends in hospital/physician relationships L R Burns, R M Andersen, and S M Shortell [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Access to care in the Indian Health Service P J Cunningham [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Opportunities in mental health services research L J Scallet and G K Robinson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants And Grant Outcomes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications And Reports [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Innovation, Safety, And Costs: A Delicate Balance Robert S. Adler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Hawaii's Message To The Nation John Waihee [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

AMCs: Committed To Managed Care Jerome H. Grossman [Reprints & Permissions]

Understanding Faculty Practice Revenue Paul Jolly [Reprints & Permissions]

AMCs: The Authors Respond Peter D. Fox and Jeff Wasserman [Reprints & Permissions]

Why Managed Competition Cannot Be Enacted William Glaser [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors