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From the Editor

U.S. Hospitals: Examining Their Fraying Social Contract John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mission Vs. Market

PROLOGUE: U.S. Hospitals: Mission Versus Market [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Could U.S. Hospitals Go The Way Of U.S. Airlines? Stuart H. Altman, David Shactman, and Efrat Eilat [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendices] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Cost-Shift Payment ‘Hydraulic’: Foundation, History, And Implications Allen Dobson, Joan DaVanzo, and Namrata Sen [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Paying For Hospitals’ Community Service Bruce C. Vladeck [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Pricing & Payment

PROLOGUE: Pricing And Payment Issues For Hospitals [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Precarious Pricing System For Hospital Services Christopher P. Tompkins, Stuart H. Altman, and Efrat Eilat [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Pricing Of U.S. Hospital Services: Chaos Behind A Veil Of Secrecy Uwe E. Reinhardt [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Future Of Medicare Hospital Payment William J. Scanlon [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like The Future Better Than The Past? Len M. Nichols and Ann S. O’Malley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Specialty Hospitals

PROLOGUE: Specialty Hospitals: Issues To Consider [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Specialty Hospitals: A Problem Or A Symptom? Stuart Guterman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Specialty Versus Community Hospitals: Referrals, Quality, And Community Benefits Leslie Greenwald, Jerry Cromwell, Walter Adamache, Shulamit Bernard, Edward Drozd, Elisabeth Root, and Kelly Devers [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Do Physician-Owned Cardiac Hospitals Increase Utilization? Jeffrey Stensland and Ariel Winter [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Intolerable Risk, Irreparable Harm: The Legacy Of Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals Charles N. Kahn, III [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consolidation

Corporate Structure And Capital Strategy At Catholic Healthcare West James C. Robinson and Sandra Dratler [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality

Snapshot Of Hospital Quality Reporting And Pay-For-Performance Under Medicare Charles N. Kahn, III, Thomas Ault, Howard Isenstein, Lisa Potetz, and Susan Van Gelder [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospitals

How Hospitals Confront New Technology Molly Joel Coye and Jason Kell [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumerism

Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Early Evidence And Potential Impact On Hospitals Gail R. Wilensky [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

TRENDS: National Health Spending In 2004: Recent Slowdown Led By Prescription Drug Spending Cynthia Smith, Cathy Cowan, Stephen Heffler, Aaron Catlin the National Health Accounts Team [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Evidence Of Cost Shifting In California Hospitals Jack Zwanziger and Anil Bamezai [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Nurse Staffing In Hospitals: Is There A Business Case For Quality? Jack Needleman, Peter I. Buerhaus, Maureen Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky, and Soeren Mattke [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix][Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: How Can Employment-Based Benefits Help The Nurse Shortage? Joanne Spetz and Sara Adams [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: From Capitation To Fee-For-Service In Cincinnati: A Physician Group Responds To A Changing Marketplace Nora Super [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

‘Can You Prescribe Something?’ Audrey Young [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bringing Vincent Home Veronica P. Pollack and Harold A. Pollack [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Medicaid/SCHIP Cuts And Hospital Emergency Department Use Peter J. Cunningham [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Research Brief][Interview] [Reprints & Permissions]

How The New Medicare Drug Benefit Could Affect Vulnerable Populations Walid F. Gellad, Haiden A. Huskamp, Kathryn A. Phillips, and Jennifer S. Haas [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical Savings Accounts: What Story Do The Data Tell? Alexandra Minicozzi [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

ESSAY: Addressing The Nurse Shortage To Improve The Quality Of Patient Care Susan B. Hassmiller and Maureen Cozine [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grant Watch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 31 January][GrantWatch Online 16 February][GrantWatch Online 28 February] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UPDATE: INTERNATIONAL REPORT: No-Fault Compensation In New Zealand: Harmonizing Injury Compensation, Provider Accountability, And Patient Safety Marie Bismark and Ron Paterson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Book Reviews

Are Human Rights Important In Bioethics? Robert M. Veatch [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Slaying Dragons: Malpractice Beyond Myth Peter J. Hammer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Normalizing Assisted Reproduction John A. Robertson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Yes To Single-Payer Reform Bruce Barrett and Melissa Stiles [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Asking Why And What Richard Wittrup [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Asking Why And What: The Authors Respond Roger Taylor and Richard Hillestad [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Creating The Future Roger Taylor and Richard Hillestad [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Options At The End Of Life Kenneth S. Fujii [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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