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From the Editor

America’s Love Affair With Medical Innovation John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Value Of Innovation

PROLOGUE: The Value Of Innovation [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Is Technological Change In Medicine Worth It? David M. Cutler and Mark McClellan [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians’ Views Of The Relative Importance Of Thirty Medical Innovations Victor R. Fuchs and Harold C. Sox, Jr. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Price Of Progress: Prescription Drugs In The Health Care Market J.D. Kleinke [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coverage Policy

PROLOGUE: Prescription Drug Coverage Policy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence-Based Coverage Policy Alan M. Garber [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Improvements In Medicare Coverage Of New Technology Sean R. Tunis and Jeffrey L. Kang [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insurance And New Technology: From Hospital To Drugstore Patricia M. Danzon and Mark V. Pauly [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Controversy Over High-Dose Chemotherapy With Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant For Breast Cancer Michelle M. Mello and Troyen A. Brennan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Costs In Context

PROLOGUE: Costs In Context [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Shifting Functional Balance Of Patents And Drug Regulation Rebecca S. Eisenberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives On The Pharmaceutical Industry Uwe E. Reinhardt [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Ethics Of Pharmaceutical Benefit Management Stephan L. Burton, Lauren Randel, Karen Titlow, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality Of Care

Improving The Quality Of Health Care: Who Will Lead? Elise C. Becher and Mark R. Chassin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Job-Based Health Insurance In 2001: Inflation Hits Double Digits, Managed Care Retreats Jon Gabel, Larry Levitt, Jeremy Pickreign, Heidi Whitmore, Erin Holve, Diane Rowland, Kelley Dhont, and Samantha Hawkins [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Managed Care And Market Power: Physician Organizations In Four Markets Meredith B. Rosenthal, Bruce E. Landon, and Haiden A. Huskamp [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: How Interested Are Americans In New Medical Technologies? A Multicountry Comparison Minah Kim, Robert J. Blendon, and John M. Benson [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Medical R&D At The Turn Of The Millennium Darren E. Zinner [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Impact Of Pipeline Drugs On Drug Spending Growth C. Daniel Mullins, Junling Wang, Francis B. Palumbo, and Bruce Stuart [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Link Between Gross Profitability And Pharmaceutical R&D Spending F.M. Scherer [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Probing The Link Between Gross Profitability And R&D Spending Frank R. Lichtenberg [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs For Older And Disabled Americans Jane Tilly and Joshua M. Wiener [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Hooked On Neonatology John D. Lantos [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Are The Benefits Of Newer Drugs Worth Their Cost? Evidence From The 1996 MEPS Frank R. Lichtenberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public Attitudes About Genetic Testing For Alzheimer’s Disease Peter J. Neumann, James K. Hammitt, Curt Mueller, Howard M. Fillit, Jerrold Hill, Nii A. Tetteh, and Kenneth S. Kosik [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Among Insured Elders Cindy Parks Thomas, Grant Ritter, and Stanley S. Wallack [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

SPECIAL REPORT: Small Businesses, Information, And The Decision To Offer Health Insurance Marian R. Mulkey and Jill M. Yegian [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants & Grant Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications & Reports [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Who Is Indoctrinating Whom? Leon Eisenberg [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Tobacco Wars: A Report From The Front Allan M. Brandt [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Bringing An End To Two-Tier Mental Health Care Robert Bernstein and Chris Koyanagi [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Need For Data On Outcomes Of Mental Health Parity Roger E. Meyer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Cost Containment In Canada John R. Graham and Devidas Menon [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

HMO Profits And Quality Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Ida Hellander, Sidney M. Wolfe, Carol J. Simon, and Patricia H. Born [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

More Uses For A Tax Credit Leonard M. Greene [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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