Health Affairs

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Announcement

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From the Editor

The Struggle That Never Ends: Reforming U.S. Health Care John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rethinking Reform

PROLOGUE: Rethinking Health System Reform [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care Reform: Why? What? When? Victor R. Fuchs and Ezekiel J. Emanuel [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Whence And Whither Health Insurance? A Revisionist History Donald W. Moran [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Political Divide In Health Care: A Liberal Perspective Thomas Bodenheimer [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Rise In Health Care Spending And What To Do About It Kenneth E. Thorpe [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dimensions Of Change

PROLOGUE: Dimensions Of Health System Change [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Making Markets Work: Five Steps To A Better Health Care System John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel P. Kessler [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Federalism And Health Policy Richard P. Nathan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Insurance In Mexico: Achieving Universal Coverage Through Structural Reform Felicia Marie Knaul and Julio Frenk [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumerism

PROLOGUE: Consumerism And Managed Care [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed Consumerism In Health Care James C. Robinson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reviving Managed Care With Health Savings Accounts Mark A. Hall and Clark C. Havighurst [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coordinated Agency Versus Autonomous Consumers In Health Services Markets Bryan E. Dowd [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Competition In Health Care: Its Evolution Over The Past Decade Paul B. Ginsburg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Competition And New Technology Mark V. Pauly [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Which Way For Competition? None Of The Above Robert A. Berenson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Delivery System Matters Francis J. Crosson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Why Employers Need To Rethink How They Buy Health Care Robert S. Galvin and Suzanne Delbanco [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Consumer-Driven Health Care: Just A Tweak Or A Revolution? Greg Scandlen [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Using Evidence

PROLOGUE: Reforming Medical Practice Using Evidence [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The 100,000 Lives Campaign: Crystallizing Standards Of Care For Hospitals Alice G. Gosfield and James L. Reinertsen [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reporting Clinical Trial Results To Inform Providers, Payers, And Consumers Rodney A. Hayward, David M. Kent, Sandeep Vijan, and Timothy P. Hofer [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Health Savings Accounts: Early Estimates Of National Take-Up Roger Feldman, Stephen T. Parente, Jean Abraham, Jon B. Christianson, and Ruth Taylor [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: A Report Card On The Freshman Class Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans Meredith Rosenthal, Charleen Hsuan, and Arnold Milstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Supplemental Table] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: New Cigarette Brands With Flavors That Appeal To Youth: Tobacco Marketing Strategies Carrie M. Carpenter, Geoffrey Ferris Wayne, John L. Pauly, Howard K. Koh, and Gregory N. Connolly [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Impact Of Program Structure On Children’s Disenrollment From Medicaid And SCHIP Benjamin D. Sommers [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Immigration Pediatrics Fitzhugh Mullan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Blind Faith And Choice Rhiannon Tudor Edwards [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The Cost Of Health Insurance Administration In California: Estimates For Insurers, Physicians, And Hospitals James G. Kahn, Richard Kronick, Mary Kreger, and David N. Gans [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

Legal Status And Health Insurance Among Immigrants Dana P. Goldman, James P. Smith, and Neeraj Sood [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

U.S. Adoption Of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems David M. Cutler, Naomi E. Feldman, and Jill R. Horwitz [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 30th November][GrantWatch Online 15th December][GrantWatch Online 30th December] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UPDATE: SPECIAL REPORT: The Impacts Of Mental Health Parity And Managed Care In One Large Employer Group: A Reexamination Samuel H. Zuvekas, Agnes E. Rupp, and Grayson S. Norquist [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Is Rationing Right For Americans? Jim Cooper [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can Americans Say No? A British Perspective Alan Maynard [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care Reform’s Failure: The Song Remains The Same Jonathan Oberlander [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care Reform As A Prisoner Of The Past: A Sentence Without Parole? Mark A. Peterson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

CDC: HIV Prevention Efforts Robert S. Janssen and Matthew T. McKenna [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

CDC And HIV: Authors’ Response Deborah A. Cohen [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nonprofit Drug Companies Benjamin E. Klein and Kathryn J. Dalby [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rural Health Care Howard K. Rabinowitz [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rural Health Care: The Authors Respond James Reschovsky and Andrea Staiti [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Misconception About Hospice Russell Portenoy and Dale Lupu [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What About Proxies? Bimal P. Chaudhari and Michael A. Grodin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

End-Of-Life Care: The Authors Respond Lindsay A. Hampson and Ezekiel J. Emanuel [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

U.S. And U.K. Health Spending Robert Royce [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Juries Versus Judges Randolph W. Pate [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

International Differences: The Authors Respond Gerard F. Anderson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Bills And Medicare Part D Jack Rodgers [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Bills: The Authors Respond Bruce Stuart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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