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From The Editor

The Importance Of Value In The Health Spending Equation John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Spending

Increased Spending On Health Care: How Much Can The United States Afford? Michael E. Chernew, Richard A. Hirth, and David M. Cutler [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Law

Medical Liability And Patient Safety William M. Sage [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Medical Liability Crisis Of 2003: Must We Squander The Chance To Put Patients First? Martin J. Hatlie and Susan E. Sheridan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Creating A Safe Environment George A. Huber [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Information Technology

Federal Health Information Policy: A Case Of Arrested Development Jeff Goldsmith, David Blumenthal, and Wes Rishel [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Improving America’s Health Care System By Investing In Information Technology Molly Joel Coye and William S. Bernstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare

Realigning Incentives In Fee-For-Service Medicare Stanley S. Wallack and Christopher P. Tompkins [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Supply

Medical Schools And Their Applicants: An Analysis Richard A. Cooper [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Toil And Trouble? Growing The Physician Supply David Blumenthal [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Future Of Medical Education: A Call For Action Fitzhugh Mullan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: A Recurring Theme: The Need For Minority Physicians Joan Y. Reede [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The International Medical Graduate Pipeline James A. Hallock, Stephen S. Seeling, and John J. Norcini [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Physician Workforce: A Medical School Dilemma Douglas L. Wood [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

For-Profit Conversion

The Curious Conversion Of Empire Blue Cross James C. Robinson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

INTERVIEW: Good Science And The Marketplace For Drugs: A Conversation With Jean-Pierre Garnier John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

State Initiatives On Prescription Drugs: Creating A More Functional Market The Reforming States Group [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Focus On Locus: Evolution Of Medicare’s Local Coverage Policy Susan Bartlett Foote [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Health Literacy: A Policy Challenge For Advancing High-Quality Health Care Ruth M. Parker, Scott C. Ratzan, and Nicole Lurie [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Trends In Medication Use And Functioning Before Retirement Age: Are They Linked? Vicki A. Freedman and Hakan Aykan [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: SCHIP Making Progress: Increased Take-Up Contributes To Coverage Gains Peter J. Cunningham [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Shortcomings In Medicare Bonus Payments For Physicians In Underserved Areas Lisa R. Shugarman and Donna O. Farley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Maria Mahlon Johnson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Kidneys And The Kindness Of Strangers David Steinberg [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Datawatch

Do Physicians Not Offer Useful Services Because Of Coverage Restrictions? Matthew K. Wynia, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Deborah S. Cummins, and Ira B. Wilson [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Raising The Medicare Eligibility Age: Effects On The Young Elderly Amy J. Davidoff and Richard W. Johnson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Uninsured And The Benefits Of Medical Progress Sherry Glied and Sarah E. Little [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medication Costs, Adherence, And Health Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Ramin Mojtabai and Mark Olfson [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grantwatch

SPECIAL REPORT: Leveraging The Nation’s Anti-Bioterrorism Investments: Foundation Efforts To Ensure A Revitalized Public Health System Shelley A. Hearne and Laura M. Segal [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Update

STATE REPORT: A Prescription For Change: The Need For Qualified Physician Leadership In Public Health Laura H. Kahn [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Book Reviews

A Sucker Punch At The Drug Industry Eugene E. Elder [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Terror Sets The Pendulum Swinging Parmeeth M.S. Atwal [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Resisting U.S. Social Ethics Uwe E. Reinhardt [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Drug Costs In Canada Sylvia Fuller [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Easy Ride For Drug Industry Michael McBane [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid Can Push For Quality Stephen A. Somers [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Shortages Neil Calman, Diane Hauser, Edward Salsberg, Gaetano Forte, Kenneth Fink, Robert Phillips, and George Fryer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bad Nursing Homes’ Human Toll James D. Daily, David Stevenson, and David Studdert [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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