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From The Editor

Business Reality Meets Political Imperative: Competition Loses John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Reform

Are Market Forces Strong Enough To Deliver Efficient Health Care Systems? Confidence Is Waning Len M. Nichols, Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson, Jon Christianson, and Robert E. Hurley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: A New Policy Framework For Health Care Markets Stuart M. Butler [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Market Forces And Efficient Health Care Systems Alain C. Enthoven [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed Care

PROLOGUE: The Managed Care Evolution [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Quiet Revolution: Law As An Agent Of Health System Change M. Gregg Bloche and David M. Studdert [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From Managed Care To Consumer Health Insurance: The Fall And Rise Of Aetna James C. Robinson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Puzzling Popularity Of The PPO Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, and Justin S. White [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians

PROLOGUE: Challenges For Physician Practice [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Financial Pressures Spur Physician Entrepreneurialism Hoangmai H. Pham, Kelly J. Devers, Jessica H. May, and Robert Berenson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Growth Of Single-Specialty Medical Groups Lawrence P. Casalino, Hoangmai Pham, and Gloria Bazzoli [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Overlap In HMO Physician Networks Michael E. Chernew, Walter P. Wodchis, Dennis P. Scanlon, and Catherine G. McLaughlin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Pursuit Of Quality

PROLOGUE: The Pursuit Of Quality [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What Is Driving Hospitals’ Patient-Safety Efforts? Kelly J. Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham, and Gigi Liu [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians’ Use Of Electronic Medical Records: Barriers And Solutions Robert H. Miller and Ida Sim [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Paying For Quality: Providers’ Incentives For Quality Improvement Meredith B. Rosenthal, Rushika Fernandopulle, HyunSook Ryu Song, and Bruce Landon [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid

PROLOGUE: Medicaid In The Health Insurance Market [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Popular Medicaid Programs Do Battle With State Budget Pressures: Perspectives From Twelve States John F. Hoadley, Peter Cunningham, and Megan McHugh [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid Managed Care: The Last Bastion Of The HMO? Debra A. Draper, Robert E. Hurley, and Ashley C. Short [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The Impact Of The ‘Aging Of America’ On Children Gary L. Freed and Kathryn Fant [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Hospital Consolidation And Negotiated PPO Prices Cory Capps and David Dranove [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Private Health Purchasing Practices In The Public Sector: A Comparison Of State Employers And The Fortune 500 James Maxwell, Peter Temin, and Tanaz Petigara [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Does Competition For Transplantable Hearts Encourage ‘Gaming’ Of The Waiting List? Dennis P. Scanlon, Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Woolton Lee, Evan Loh, and Peter A. Ubel [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Increasing Obesity Rates And Disability Trends Roland Sturm, Jeanne S. Ringel, and Tatiana Andreyeva [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Implementation Of Financial Disclosure Policies To Manage Conflicts Of Interest Elizabeth A. Boyd, Shira Lipton, and Lisa A. Bero [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

No Come Nada Richard S. Garcia [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Learning About Medicine And Race David Malebranche [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Addressing Coverage Gaps For Low-Income Parents Lisa Dubay and Genevieve Kenney [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Children’s Ability To Access And Use Health Care Sylvia Guendelman and Michelle Pearl [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

States’ Use Of Medicaid UPL And DSH Financing Mechanisms Teresa A. Coughlin, Brian K. Bruen, and Jennifer King [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

ESSAY: Decades Of Focus: Grant Making At The John A. Hartford Foundation Donna I. Regenstreif, Christopher A. Langston, and Corinne H. Rieder [Abstract] [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

eGads! A Health Futurist Lost In Cyberspace J.D. Kleinke [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Resurgent History Theodore M. Brown [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Life-And-Death Matters Robert Goldberg [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Value-Based Drug Rationing Rick Mayes and Benjamin Hester [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Baby Boomers And Medicare Louis J. Ganim and Uwe E. Reinhardt [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Future Of Hospitals Uncertain Derek van Amerongen and David Shactman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Competition And Medical Care Ted Marmor and Mark Schlesinger [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ineffective Approach Bruce C. Vladeck [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Should Medicare Lead? Dick Davidson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Private Sector Slow To Act Robert S. Galvin and François de Brantes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Complex Tasks Ahead Mark R. Laret [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Will To Change Dennis S. O’Leary [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ERRATUM

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Errata

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