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Publisher's Letter

Forty years of HOPE W B Walsh, Jr. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

The media as messenger J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Media coverage of managed care: is there a negative bias? M Brodie, L A Brady, and D E Altman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Covering a breaking revolution: the media and managed care K Ignagni [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

National health spending trends in 1996 K R Levit, H C Lazenby, B R Braden, and the National Health Accounts Team [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rethinking Medicare reform T Marmor and J Oberlander [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: 'Rethinking Medicare Reform' Needs Rethinking Henry J. Aaron and Robert D. Reischauer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Medicare Price Controls: The Wrong Prescription Stuart M. Butler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The children's hour: the State Children's Health Insurance Program S Rosenbaum, K Johnson, C Sonosky, A Markus, and C DeGraw [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health services research in a market-oriented health care system J M Eisenberg [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: The AHCPR After The Battles Charles N. Kahn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Partnerships for research among managed care organizations M L Durham [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: On Drinking With Your Competitors After Five: Research Collaboration In The Real World Jon R. Gabel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The state of research within managed care plans: 1997 survey A F Nelson, E S Quiter, and L I Solberg [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The role of health services research in developing state health policy A F Coburn [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Physicians As Agents Of Social Control: The Thoughts Of Victor Fuchs John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prologues

Health Services Research In A Competitive Marketplace [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

The NCQA's quality compass: evaluating managed care in the United States J W Thompson, J Bost, F Ahmed, C E Ingalls, and C Sennett [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997: will hospitals take a hit on their PPS margins? S Guterman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tracking small-firm coverage, 1989-1996 P B Ginsburg, J R Gabel, and K A Hunt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Expanding rural managed care: enrollment patterns and prospects I Moscovice, M Casey, and S Krein [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring access to care: improving information for policymakers M L Berk and C L Schur [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A foundation executive on access measures J R Knickman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

National data experts on access measures E J Sondik and E L Hunter [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Challenges of state health reform: variations in ten states J C Cantor, S H Long, and S Marquis [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State spending for Medicare and Medicaid home care programs G Kenney, S Rajan, and S Soscia [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The supply and use of selected medical technologies C L Bryce and K E Cline [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Canadians' use of U.S. medical services S J Katz, D Verrilli, and M L Barer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Grant making with an impact: the Picker/Commonwealth Patient-Centered Care Program D F Beatrice, C P Thomas, and B Biles [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

The physician workforce: broadening the search for solutions J Stoddard, E Sekscenski, and J Weiner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

The Newer Nightingales Elizabeth Fee and Mary E. Garofalo [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Studying Studies Joel D. Howell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Debating Survey Approaches Paul D. Cleary, James Lubalin, Ron D. Hays, Pamela F. Short, Susan Edgman-Levitan, and Samantha Sheridan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Debating Survey Approaches: The Authors Respond Harris M. Allen Jr. and William H. Rogers [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can Employers Focus On Quality? Dwight McNeill [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Correction Stephen S. Mick and Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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