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From the Editor

The Malpractice Morass: Symbol Of Societal Conflict John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Malpractice Crisis

PROLOGUE: The Medical Malpractice Crisis [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Forgotten Third: Liability Insurance And The Medical Malpractice Crisis William M. Sage [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Mediation Skills Model To Manage Disclosure Of Errors And Adverse Events To Patients Carol B. Liebman and Chris Stern Hyman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving The Medical Malpractice Litigation Process Catherine T. Struve [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Caring For Patients In A Malpractice Crisis: Physician Satisfaction And Quality Of Care Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Catherine M. DesRoches, Jordon Peugh, Kinga Zapert, Troyen A. Brennan, and William M. Sage [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Are Damages Caps Regressive? A Study Of Malpractice Jury Verdicts In California David M. Studdert, Y. Tony Yang, and Michelle M. Mello [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

For-Profit Conversion

For-Profit Non-Conversion And Regulatory Firestorm At CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield James C. Robinson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental Health

Treatment Of People With Mental Illness: A Decade-Long Perspective David Mechanic and Scott Bilder [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public Health

The Future Of The Public’s Health: Vision, Values, And Strategies Lawrence O. Gostin, Jo Ivey Boufford, and Rose Marie Martinez [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare

Resolving The Tug-Of-War Between Medicare’s National And Local Coverage Susan Bartlett Foote, Douglas Wholey, Todd Rockwood, and Rachel Halpern [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality Of Care

Measuring Patients’ Trust In Physicians When Assessing Quality Of Care David H. Thom, Mark A. Hall, and L. Gregory Pawlson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

INTERVIEW: Credibility And Creativity: A Conversation With Kaiser Permanente’s George C. Halvorson Jeff Goldsmith [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: The Educational Potential Of Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Kimberly A. Kaphingst and William DeJong [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Competition: An Antidote To The High Price Of Prescription Drugs Peter Stein and Ernst Valery [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Exploring The Business Case For Improving The Quality Of Health Care For Children The Child Health Business Case Working Group [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Community Rating And Sustainable Individual Health Insurance Markets In New Jersey Alan C. Monheit, Joel C. Cantor, Margaret Koller, and Kimberley S. Fox [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Trends In Medical Spending By Age, 1963–2000 Ellen Meara, Chapin White, and David M. Cutler [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Overcoming Barriers To Adopting And Implementing Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems In U.S. Hospitals Eric G. Poon, David Blumenthal, Tonushree Jaggi, Melissa M. Honour, David W. Bates, and Rainu Kaushal [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Shopping For Long-Term Care Deborah Stone [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Incidental Illness Danielle Ofri [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The Working Hours Of Hospital Staff Nurses And Patient Safety Ann E. Rogers, Wei-Ting Hwang, Linda D. Scott, Linda H. Aiken, and David F. Dinges [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Do Drug Benefits Help Medicare Beneficiaries Afford Prescribed Drugs? Thomas S. Rector and Patricia J. Venus [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Insurance Coverage And Mortality Among The Near-Elderly J. Michael McWilliams, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Ellen Meara, and John Z. Ayanian [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Expanded Exhibit 1] [Reprints & Permissions]

Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How To Improve Access To Care Peter Cunningham and Jack Hadley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Evolution Of Quality Management In Medicaid Managed Care Bruce E. Landon, Eric C. Schneider, Carol Tobias, and Arnold M. Epstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effectiveness Of A Disease Management Program For Patients With Diabetes Victor G. Villagra and Tamim Ahmed [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

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

UpDate

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

Book Reviews

Don’t Give Up On Markets Yet Jim Cooper [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prevention Before Blame Susan B. Sorenson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

U.K. Quality Incentives Arnold Milstein and Debra Ness [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

International Nurses Peter I. Buerhaus [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

End-Of-Life Stories Joanne Lynn [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

End-Of-Life Care: An Author Responds Neil Calman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Law And Health System Change Wendy K. Mariner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality Incentives Gail Amundson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality Incentives: The Authors Respond Meredith Rosenthal [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Don’t Blame The Physicians Paul B. Roache [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Don’t Blame The Physicians: The Authors Respond Hoangmai H. Pham [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Heart Allocation System Robert A. Metzger [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Organ Transplant Terminology Paul M. Schwab [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Gaming For Hearts: The Authors Respond Dennis Scanlon [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Making Health Care Work Charles D. Weller [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Daniel Callahan And Health’s Price Sheldon Krimsky [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid And SCHIP Savings? Judith Arnold and Kathryn Kuhmerker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid And SCHIP Savings: The Authors Respond Gerry Fairbrother [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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