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From The Editor

The Business Of Health In A Free-Wheeling Democracy John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

The fall of the house of AHERF: the Allegheny bankruptcy L R Burns, J Cacciamani, J Clement, and W Aquino [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The rise and fall of the physician practice management industry U E Reinhardt [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Capital finance and ownership conversions in health care J C Robinson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tax subsidies for health insurance: costs and benefits J Gruber and L Levitt [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Growing an industry: how managed is TennCare's managed care? M Gold and A Aizer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Use of preventive services by managed care enrollees: an updated perspective K A Phillips, S Fernyak, A L Potosky, H H Schauffler, and M Egorin [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Straight Talk About U.S. Medicine Fitzhugh Mullan and George Lundberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Health spending in 1998: signals of change. The Health Accounts Team K Levit, C Cowan, H Lazenby, A Sensenig, P McDonnell, J Stiller, and A Martin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Who helps employers design their health insurance benefits? M S Marquis and S H Long [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Private employer-sponsored health insurance: new estimates by state J M Branscome, P F Cooper, J Sommers, and J P Vistnes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How will the Internet change our health system? J Goldsmith [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed care at a crossroads G E Harris, M J Ripperger, and H G Horn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Subcutaneous scars V N Gamble [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Out of the shadow N S Calman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Health insurance coverage after welfare B Garrett and J Holahan [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Safety-net health plans: a status report B H Gray and C Rowe [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid managed care's impact on safety-net clinics in California A B Bindman, K Grumbach, S Bernheim, K Vranizan, and M Cousineau [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Chronic illness and plan satisfaction under managed care B G Druss, M Schlesinger, T Thomas, and H Allen [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Who is enrolled in for-profit vs. nonprofit Medicare HMOs? J Blustein and E C Hoy [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid's role in financing graduate medical education T M Henderson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends in specialized surgical procedures at teaching and nonteaching hospitals R Levin, E Moy, and P F Griner [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

The Health Rights Hotline: role of a model independent-assistance program G A Livermore, D C Stapleton, P V Lee, and L Levitt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

New roles for states in financing graduate medical education: Minnesota's Trust Fund L A Blewett and V Weslowski [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

A Saga Of 'Paradise Lost' Steven A. Schroeder [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical Malpractice And System Reform: Of Babies And Bathwater David A. Hyman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Needed: Physician Advocacy For Durable Medical Equipment Jack A. Meyer and Marsha Regenstein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Relating Policy And Experience Phil Isenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Defending JCAHO Standards Paul M. Schyve [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Correcting Medicare Estimates, And Continuing The Dialogue Joseph White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Correction Mary Laschober [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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