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From the Editor

Influences On The Health Of Populations: A Closer Look John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Income & Health

PROLOGUE: Income And Health [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Policy Implications Of The Gradient Of Health And Wealth Angus Deaton [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Influence Of Income On Health: Views Of An Epidemiologist Michael Marmot [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Socioeconomic Status & Health

PROLOGUE: Socioeconomic Status And Health [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disadvantage, Inequality, And Social Policy David Mechanic [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies Nancy E. Adler and Katherine Newman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disparities & Policy

PROLOGUE: Disparities And Policy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Case For More Active Policy Attention To Health Promotion J. Michael McGinnis, Pamela Williams-Russo, and James R. Knickman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What The Federal Government Can Do About The Nonmedical Determinants Of Health Nicole Lurie [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Ideas At The Margin Or Marginalized Ideas? Nonmedical Determinants Of Health In Canada John N. Lavis [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors Into U.S. Health Policy: Addressing The Barriers S. Leonard Syme, Bonnie Lefkowitz, and Barbara Kivimae Krimgold [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drugs, Economics & Policy

PROLOGUE: Drugs, Economics, And Policy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Economics Of Alcohol Abuse And Alcohol-Control Policies Philip J. Cook and Michael J. Moore [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Illegal Drug Use And Public Policy Michael Grossman, Frank J. Chaloupka, and Kyumin Shim [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Economics Of Tobacco Regulation Jonathan Gruber [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Family & Environment

PROLOGUE: Family And Environment [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Parental Behavior And Child Health Anne Case and Christina Paxson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Environment And Health: A Conversation With CDC Chief Jeffrey Koplan Bernie Goldstein [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Whither Antitrust? The Uncertain Future Of Competition Law In Health Care Thomas L. Greaney [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: How Disclosing HMO Physician Incentives Affects Trust Mark A. Hall, Elizabeth Dugan, Rajesh Balkrishnan, and Donald Bradley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Health Spending Projections For 2001–2011: The Latest Outlook Stephen Heffler, Sheila Smith, Greg Won, M. Kent Clemens, Sean Keehan, and Mark Zezza [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Financial Performance Of Community Health Centers, 1996–1999 John S. McAlearney [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

No Free Lunch Paul Jung [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Matter Of Influence Howard Brody [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Between The Lines: Navigating The Uncharted Territory Of Industry-Sponsored Research Frank Davidoff [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Benefits And Risks Of A Pack Of M&Ms Bert Spilker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The Effects Of Obesity, Smoking, And Drinking On Medical Problems And Costs Roland Sturm [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Youth Targeting By Tobacco Manufacturers Since The Master Settlement Agreement Paul J. Chung, Craig F. Garfield, Paul J. Rathouz, Diane S. Lauderdale, Dana Best, and John Lantos [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Power Of Information: Closing The Gap Between Research And Policy Richard Sorian and Terry Baugh [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

ESSAY: The California Wellness Foundation’s Grant Making In Work And Health Ruth Brousseau and Lucia Corral Peña [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

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

Book Reviews

ESSAY: Social Determinants Of Health: Meeting At The Crossroads Lisa F. Berkman and Kimberly A. Lochner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insurance And The Moral Plurality William M. Sage [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

The Coming Physician Shortage Richard A. Cooper and Thomas E. Getzen [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Hospital Crisis Is Here William B. Caswell and Timothy J. Carmack [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

California’s Hospitals Gerald F. Kominski [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New York Hospital Leaders Bear The Blame Charles Brecher [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital Deregulation In New York Kenneth E. Thorpe [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New York Legislature Got It Right Harold A. Cohen [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New York Working Through Its Problems Kenneth E. Raske, Sharon Salit, Steven Fass, and Mark Nowak [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Top-Down Nursing Changes Needed Claire Fagin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nurses Devalued And Abandoned Jean Chaisson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving Nursing Conditions Nancy Donaldson, Jane Hirsch, and Barry Adams [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Value Purchasing And Quality David Abernethy and George Strumpf [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public Reporting On Nursing Homes Ann Monroe [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acute Illness Pilot Projects Needed Stewart B. Dunsker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving Chronic Care Stephen A. Somers [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Autologous Bone Marrow Transplants Lawrence J. Rose [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acknowledgments

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