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Publisher's Letter

An International Quest William B. Walsh [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

The global pursuit of health policy lessons J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Health care in Canada: incrementalism under fiscal duress C D Naylor [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Competition, cooperation, or control? Tales from the British National Health Service J Le Grand [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Modernizing Britain's Natonal Health Service Frank Dobson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Acting On The Evidence To Reduce Inequalities In Health Michael Marmot [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Reducing Health Inequalities: Britain's Latest Attempt Raymond Illsley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health care reform in Japan: the virtues of muddling through N Ikegami and J C Campbell [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

'Manacled competition': market reforms in German health care L D Brown and V E Amelung [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: 'Mangled Competition' And 'Managed Whatever' Uwe E. Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Incremental change in the Australian health care system J Hall [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Reforming The Australian Health Care System: A Government Perspective Andrew Podger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dynamics of a changing health sphere: the United States, Britain, and Canada C H Tuohy [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Viewing The U.S. Health Care System From Within: Candid Talk From HHS Donna E. Shalala and Uwe E. Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

International health policy: common problems, alternative strategies K Davis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Class and benefits at the workplace J Gabel, K Hurst, H Whitmore, and C Hoffman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health insurance reform in the small-group market R Curtis, S Lewis, K Haugh, and R Forland [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Recent trends in self-insured employer health plans M S Marquis and S H Long [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Market power and hospital pricing: are nonprofits different? G Melnick, E Keeler, and J Zwanziger [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Blue shield of California's Access+ HMO K Richard and K Wood [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Health spending, access, and outcomes: trends in industrialized countries G F Anderson and J P Poullier [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health care financing and delivery in developing countries G Schieber and A Maeda [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The cost of health system change: public discontent in five nations K Donelan, R J Blendon, C Schoen, K Davis, and K Binns [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid managed care payment rates in 1998 J Holahan, S Rangarajan, and M Schirmer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Strategic philanthropy: Pew's approach to matching needs with resources R W Rimel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

International grant making by U.S. foundations L LeRoy [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Drug price divergence in Europe: regulatory aspects C Huttin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Global Analysis Of Technological Change In Health Care: The Case Of Heart Attacks Mark McClellan and Daniel Kessler for the TECH Investigators [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Accounting for variation in hospital outcomes: a cross-national study J Sochalski and L H Aiken [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Conflict And The Discourse Of Scientific Truth David A. Rochefort [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

History Versus Ideology: The Medicare Reform Debate Fortney "Pete" Stark [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reforming Medicare: The Authors Respond Joseph P. Newhouse [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New Federalism And State Flexibility Bruce M. Bullen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A New 'New Federalism' Bruce Spitz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

More On Managed Care Organization Lucy Johns [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How to Improve Trust In Health Plans Daniel B. Wolfson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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