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From The Editor

Medicare & drugs: the elusive prize revisited J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

The Medicare prescription drug benefit: how will the game be played? H A Huskamp, M B Rosenthal, R G Frank, and J P Newhouse [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Pharmaceutical Benefit Management: An Alternative Approach Patricia M. Danzon [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Designing a Medicare prescription drug benefit: issues, obstacles, and opportunities M McClellan, I D Spatz, and S Carney [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managing the pharmacy benefit in Medicare HMOs: what do we really know? H L Lipton, D J Gross, M R Stebbins, and L H Syed [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Medicare Pharmacy Coverage: Ensuring Safety Before Funding Lee N. Newcomer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prescription drugs and managed care: can 'free-market detente' hold? D W Moran [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Just what the HMO ordered: the paradox of increasing drug costs J D Kleinke [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Are pharmaceuticals cost-effective? A review of the evidence P J Neumann, E A Sandberg, C M Bell, P W Stone, and R H Chapman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising: trends, impact, and implications M S Wilkes, R A Bell, and R L Kravitz [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The industrialization of clinical research R A Rettig [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The economics of Viagra A Keith [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Selling teaching hospitals to investor-owned hospital chains: three case studies D Blumenthal and J S Weissman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public hospitals: privatization and uncompensated care K R Desai, C Van Deusen Lukas, and G J Young [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The geography of health insurance regulation M A Hall [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Kaiser Permanente's prescription drug benefit S Levine, D Campen, M Millares, and A Barrueta [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Voices from the clinic: AIDS then and now A Zuger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Beyond survey data: a claims-based analysis of drug use and spending by the elderly E P Steinberg, B Gutierrez, A Momani, J A Boscarino, P Neuman, and P Deverka [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The costs of a Medicare prescription drug benefit S Christensen and J Wagner [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug coverage and drug purchases by Medicare beneficiaries with hypertension J Blustein [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Explaining drug spending trends: does perception match reality? R W Dubois, A J Chawla, C A Neslusan, M W Smith, and S Wade [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug coverage decisions: the role of dollars and values K Titlow, L Randel, C M Clancy, and E J Emanuel [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare beneficiaries and drug coverage J A Poisal and G S Chulis [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

A closer look: profiling foundations created by health care conversions M V Williams and S S Brelvi [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

The Effects Of Low-Dose Radiation Lynn H. Ehrle [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

PBMs: A Key Player In Medicare Drug Coverage Barrett A. Toan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public Spending For Health Care Approaches 60 Percent Daniel M. Fox and Paul Fronstin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Patient Education And Protection Through PBMs Elizabeth Dichter [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The 'Right' Accounting Approach: Author's Response Katharine Levit [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Role Of Retiree Benefits In Health Insurance's Future Frank McArdle [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Taking A Giant Leap Forward In Promoting Quality Steven Wetzel, Robert Galvin, Charles R. Buck Jr., James Cubbin, Bruce Bradley, Bruce Taylor, Patricia Powers, and Arnold Milstein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reliable Premium Payers Jim Schwartz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Doctors' Fears Of Fraud Herbert Rakatansky [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Why Is The Cost of FEHBP Coverage So Low? Edwin C. Hustead [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Emergency Care As Safety Net James A. Gordon [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acknowledgments

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