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From the Editor

U.S. Health Spending Habits Grab International Attention John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Spending

Health Spending In The United States And The Rest Of The Industrialized World Gerard F. Anderson, Peter S. Hussey, Bianca K. Frogner, and Hugh R. Waters [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

HIV Prevention

Cost-Effective Allocation Of Government Funds To Prevent HIV Infection Deborah A. Cohen, Shin-Yi Wu, and Thomas A. Farley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit Sources] [Reprints & Permissions]

FDA Under Scrutiny

PROLOGUE: How To Get The Data? Scrutiny Of Postmarketing Surveillance At The FDA [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Postmarketing Surveillance Of Medical Devices Using Medicare Claims David J. Malenka, Aaron V. Kaplan, Sandra M. Sharp, and John E. Wennberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Opening Pandora’s Pillbox: Using Modern Information Tools To Improve Drug Safety Scott Gottlieb [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Industry

New Federal Guidelines For Physician–Pharmaceutical Industry Relations: The Politics Of Policy Formation Susan Chimonas and David J. Rothman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

End-of-Life Care

The Costs Of Nonbeneficial Treatment In The Intensive Care Setting Todd Gilmer, Lawrence J. Schneiderman, Holly Teetzel, Jeffrey Blustein, Kathleen Briggs, Felicia Cohn, Ronald Cranford, Daniel Dugan, Glen Komatsu, and Ernlé Young [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Prognosis For Changes In End-Of-Life Care After The Schiavo Case Lindsay A. Hampson and Ezekiel J. Emanuel [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Terri Schiavo, Son Hudson, And ‘Nonbeneficial’ Medical Treatments Robert M. Veatch [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Alternative Medicine

Mainstreaming Complementary Therapies: New Directions In Health Care Mary Ruggie [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Racing Toward The Integration Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine: A Marathon Or A Sprint? Richard L. Nahin, Carol H. Pontzer, and Margaret A. Chesney [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tobacco Control

The Power Of Paperwork: How Philip Morris Neutralized The Medical Code For Secondhand Smoke Daniel M. Cook, Elisa K. Tong, Stanton A. Glantz, and Lisa A. Bero [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

An Agenda To Combat Substance Abuse Steven A. Schroeder [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Geography And Destiny: Local-Market Perspectives On Developing Medicare Advantage Regional Plans Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, and Joy M. Grossman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Riding The Rollercoaster: The Ups And Downs In Out-Of-Pocket Spending Under The Standard Medicare Drug Benefit Bruce Stuart, Becky A. Briesacher, Dennis G. Shea, Barbara Cooper, Fatima S. Baysac, and M. Rhona Limcangco [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: States’ Control Of Prescription Drug Spending: A Heterogeneous Approach Nancy E. Morden and Sean D. Sullivan [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Use And Costs Of Bariatric Surgery And Prescription Weight-Loss Medications William E. Encinosa, Didem M. Bernard, Claudia A. Steiner, and Chi-Chang Chen [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: An Update On Safety-Net Hospitals: Coping With The Late 1990s And Early 2000s Gloria J. Bazzoli, Ray Kang, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, and Richard C. Lindrooth [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Oxymoron No More: The Potential Of Nonprofit Drug Companies To Deliver On The Promise Of Medicines For The Developing World Victoria G. Hale, Katherine Woo, and Helene Levens Lipton [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

What Are We Going To Do With Dad? Jerald Winakur [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Assessing Access To Care Under Medicaid: Evidence For The Nation And Thirteen States Teresa A. Coughlin, Sharon K. Long, and Yu-Chu Shen [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commercial Plans In Medicaid Managed Care: Understanding Who Stays And Who Leaves Sharon K. Long and Alshadye Yemane [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Does Medicaid Managed Care Affect Access To Care For The Uninsured? Jessica E. Haberer, Bowen Garrett, and Laurence C. Baker [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Impact Of Increased Cost Sharing On Medicaid Enrollees Bill J. Wright, Matthew J. Carlson, Tina Edlund, Jennifer DeVoe, Charles Gallia, and Jeanene Smith [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variability And Growth In Spending For Outpatient Specialty Pharmaceuticals C. Daniel Mullins, Andrea R. DeVries, Van Doren Hsu, Fanlun Meng, and Francis B. Palumbo [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Access And Quality: Does Rural America Lag Behind? James D. Reschovsky and Andrea B. Staiti [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Wheelchairs, Walkers, And Canes: What Does Medicare Pay For, And Who Benefits? Jennifer L. Wolff, Emily M. Agree, and Judith D. Kasper [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital Performance Reports: Impact On Quality, Market Share, And Reputation Judith H. Hibbard, Jean Stockard, and Martin Tusler [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

REPORT: Field Building: Lessons From The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Anthology Series Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 29 July][GrantWatch Online 17 August][GrantWatch Online 31 August] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

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

Book Reviews

Our Money And Our Lives: Medications And Health Policy Helene Levens Lipton [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What Politics May Be Telling Us About Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Daniel Carpenter [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Tale Of Two Countries Bruce L. Rollman and Herbert C. Schulberg [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dangerous Illusions: Cautionary Tales In The History Of Medicine Elizabeth Fee and Manon Parry [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Blue Cross Conversions Bruce McPherson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Conversions: Authors Reply Christopher Conover [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Harm From Unadjusted Data? David Allen, Jr [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ending Health Care Disparities Charles Terrell and Neil Calman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Additional Evidence Issues Alan Maynard and David M. Eddy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Profession Versus Guild Eric D. Lister [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Looking At The Doughnut Hole In Health Insurance Isaac Sorkin and Meredith Rosenthal [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Make That Future Tense Mary K. Campuzano [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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