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From The Editor

Managed Care And Beyond John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Does managed care lead to better or worse quality of care? R H Miller and H S Luft [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Risk adjustment and Medicare: taking a closer look J P Newhouse, M B Buntin, and J D Chapman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Applying managed care techniques in traditional Medicare P D Fox [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The case for national health data standards R M Coffey, J K Ball, M Johantgen, A Elixhauser, P Purcell, and R Andrews [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Which 'managed care' for Medicare? J White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Muddling through elegantly: finding the proper balance in rationing D Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Employee health plan protections under ERISA. Employee Retirement Income Security Act K Polzer and P A Butler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Small employers and their health benefits, 1988-1996: an awkward adolescence J R Gabel, P B Ginsburg, and K A Hunt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What do Americans know about entitlements? R J Blendon, J M Benson, M Brodie, M Brossard, D E Altman, and R Morin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disenrollment of Medicare beneficiaries from HMOs G F Riley, M J Ingber, and C G Tudor [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Changes in health plans serving Medicaid, 1993-1996 S Felt-Lisk and S Yang [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Monitoring system change: a new need for an old tool D E Nelson, B Thompson, S M Smith, J R Harris, J Madans, and E L Hunter [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The new medical marketplace: physicians' views K Donelan, R J Blendon, G D Lundberg, D R Calkins, J P Newhouse, L L Leape, D K Remler, and H Taylor [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disabled Medicare beneficiaries in HMOs M Gold, L Nelson, R Brown, A Ciemnecki, A Aizer, and E Docteur [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insurance matters for low-income adults: results from a five-state survey C Schoen, B Lyons, D Rowland, K Davis, and E Puleo [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Volatility in Medicare AAPCC rates: 1990-1997 T D McBride, J Penrod, and K Mueller [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Willingness to pay to shorten waiting time for cataract surgery G Anderson, C Black, E Dunn, J Alonso, J Christian-Norregard, T Folmer-Anderson, and P Bernth-Peterson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Interview: Inside The 'Quiet Giant' With The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's President John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Health reform and rationing in Israel D Chinitz and A Israeli [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Public Health And The Missing Body Politic Lawrence D. Brown [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Proprietary Data Systems: Help Or Hindrance? Stephen T. Parente [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Understanding Managed Care Mark Hochhauser [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Science-Driven Quality Model Charles D. Weller [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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