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Publisher's Letter

Building Public/Private Collaboration In China William B. Walsh [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

Health Spending, The Uninsured, And The Information Revolution John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Health information policy: on preparing for the next war D W Moran [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Release 0.0: clinical information technology in the real world J D Kleinke [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: 'After The Chaos': Expected Benefits Of Health Information Management John T. Kelly [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Pursuing The Promise Of An Information-Age Health Care System David B. Kendall and S. Robert Levine [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Need for Standards In Health Information Clement J. McDonald [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Protecting privacy to improve health care J Goldman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bundled Medicare payment for acute and postacute care W P Welch [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Emerging trends in mental health policy and practice D Mechanic [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Looking Back On Health Care Reform: 'No Easy Choices' Walter Zelman and Lawrence D. Brown [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

National health expenditures in 1997: more slow growth K Levit, C Cowan, B Braden, J Stiller, A Sensenig, and H Lazenby [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends in health care R&D and technology innovation P J Neumann and E A Sandberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health benefits for the terminally ill: reality and perception J R Gabel, K M Hurst, and K A Hunt [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bringing collaboration into the market paradigm R A Berenson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Regaining public trust R K Goldberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The role of anecdotes in regulating managed care D A Rochefort [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The elusive new federalism B Spitz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: 'Assessing The New Federalism' And State Health Policy Alan Weil, Joshua M. Wiender, and John Holahan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: BadgerCare: A case Study Of The Elusive New Federalism Peggy L. Bartels and Pris Boroniec [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Disparities in access to Medicare managed care plans and their benefits T D McBride [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can Medicare beneficiaries make informed choices? J H Hibbard, J J Jewett, S Engelmann, and M Tusler [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality of care for two common illnesses in teaching and nonteaching hospitals J Z Ayanian, J S Weissman, S Chasan-Taber, and A M Epstein [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Alzheimer's disease care: costs and potential savings J Leon, C K Cheng, and P J Neumann [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid managed care programs in rural areas: a fifty-state overview R T Slifkin, S D Hoag, P Silberman, S Felt-Lisk, and B Popkin [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Does a fixed-dollar premium contribution lower spending? T C Buchmueller [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

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

UpDate

Publicatons & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

A Reform Proposal Aimed At Both Sides Of The Aisle Thomas Rice [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

In Pursuit Of Equity Alan Williams [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bringing Science To Medicine: The Origins Of Evidence-Based Practice David Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Accountability Without Health Care Data Banks Harold J. Bursztajn and Richard Sobel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Fundamentals Of Performance Measurement Kent Johnson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Author Clarification David McKusick for the authors [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Index

1998 Index [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors