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From the Editor

Global Health Policy And Free Access To Information John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Costs & Competition

PROLOGUE: Costs And Competition Around The World [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

U.S. Health Care Spending In An International Context Uwe E. Reinhardt, Peter S. Hussey, and Gerard F. Anderson [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Japan’s Health Care System: Containing Costs And Attempting Reform Naoki Ikegami and John Creighton Campbell [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reform Strategies For The English NHS Simon Stevens [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health-Adjusted Premium Subsidies In The Netherlands Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven, René C.J.A. van Vliet, and Leida M. Lamers [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disease Management Programs In Germany’s Statutory Health Insurance System Reinhard Busse [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nurse Migration

PROLOGUE: Can Migration Cure Nurse Shortages? Should It? [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends In International Nurse Migration Linda H. Aiken, James Buchan, Julie Sochalski, Barbara Nichols, and Mary Powell [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Imported Care: Recruiting Foreign Nurses To U.S. Health Care Facilities Barbara L. Brush, Julie Sochalski, and Anne M. Berger [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality

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

How Does The Quality Of Care Compare In Five Countries? Peter S. Hussey, Gerard F. Anderson, Robin Osborn, Colin Feek, Vivienne McLaughlin, John Millar, and Arnold Epstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: There Is No Perfect Health System Elizabeth A. McGlynn [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

When Things Go Wrong: How Health Care Organizations Deal With Major Failures Kieran Walshe and Stephen M. Shortell [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality Incentives: The Case Of U.K. General Practitioners Peter C. Smith and Nick York [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Confronting Competing Demands To Improve Quality: A Five-Country Hospital Survey Robert J. Blendon, Cathy Schoen, Catherine M. DesRoches, Robin Osborn, Kinga Zapert, and Elizabeth Raleigh [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Agreements

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

The General Agreement On Trade In Services: Implications For Health Policymakers Leah Belsky, Reidar Lie, Aaditya Mattoo, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and Gopal Sreenivasan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRIPS And The Global Pharmaceutical Market John H. Barton [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How Do Patents And Economic Policies Affect Access To Essential Medicines In Developing Countries? Amir Attaran [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Comprehensive Versus Selective Primary Health Care: Lessons For Global Health Policy Lesley Magnussen, John Ehiri, and Pauline Jolly [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

INTERVIEW: Think Globally, Protect Locally: A Conversation With Mark McClellan J.D. Kleinke [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

TRENDS: Canadians Confront Health Care Reform Julia Abelson, Matthew Mendelsohn, John N. Lavis, Steven G. Morgan, Pierre-Gerlier Forest, and Marilyn Swinton [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Place Of Death: U.S. Trends Since 1980 James Flory, Yinong Young-Xu, Ipek Gurol, Norman Levinsky, Arlene Ash, and Ezekiel Emanuel [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: How Prepared Are Americans For Public Health Emergencies? Twelve Communities Weigh In Megan McHugh, Andrea B. Staiti, and Laurie E. Felland [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: A Broader Vision For Managed Care, Part 3: The Scope And Determinants Of Community Benefits Mark Schlesinger, Bradford H. Gray, and Michael Gusmano [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Attending Death With Dignity Sharon La Duke [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

So Tired Of Life Neil S. Calman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Simplifying Children’s Medicaid And SCHIP Karl Kronebusch and Brian Elbel [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits][ ][ ] [Reprints & Permissions]

Profiling The Quality Of Care In Twelve Communities: Results From The CQI Study Eve A. Kerr, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, John Adams, Joan Keesey, and Steven M. Asch [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

SPECIAL REPORT: Improving The Health Of Californians: Effective Public-Private Strategies For Challenging Times James M. Ferris and Glenn A. Melnick [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Outcomes-Based Drug Coverage in British Columbia Steven Morgan, Ken Bassett, and Barbara Mintzes [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Book Reviews

Trust But Verify Margaret E. O’Kane [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

More Turmoil In Academic Medicine Peter W. Van Etten [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Savoring The Literature Of Medicine David A. Rochefort [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Hospital Consolidation Alison Cuellar [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managing Conflicts Of Interest David Korn [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FDA Decision Making Peter Pitts [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Safety: The Author Responds Daniel P. Carpenter [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Company Charity Programs Kellie Bassell [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The FTC And Health Care Timothy J. Muris [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Expanded Capacity Needed? Jim Callanan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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