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From the Editor

Forging A New Path Down A Very Challenging Road John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Media/Policy Briefing] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drugs/Vaccines

PROLOGUE: Drugs And Vaccines Around The World [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Developing Drugs For Developing Countries David B. Ridley, Henry G. Grabowski, and Jeffrey L. Moe [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix][Media/Policy Briefing][Interview with lead author] [Reprints & Permissions]

Will A Global Subsidy Of New Antimalarials Delay The Emergence Of Resistance And Save Lives? Ramanan Laxminarayan, Mead Over, and David L. Smith [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendices][Media/Policy Briefing] [Reprints & Permissions]

Centralized Drug Review Processes In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, And The United Kingdom Steven G. Morgan, Meghan McMahon, Craig Mitton, Elizabeth Roughead, Ray Kirk, Panos Kanavos, and Devidas Menon [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Costs Of Scaling Up Vaccination In The World’s Poorest Countries David Bishai, Michael McQuestion, Rochika Chaudhry, and Alyssa Wigton [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insurance

PROLOGUE: Facets Of Insurance Coverage Worldwide [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How Health Insurance Inhibits Trade In Health Care Aaditya Mattoo and Randeep Rathindran [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Private Health Insurance In Developing Countries Mark V. Pauly, Peter Zweifel, Richard M. Scheffler, Alexander S. Preker, and Mark Bassett [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Media/Policy Briefing] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Emigration

Doctors For The World: Indian Physician Emigration Fitzhugh Mullan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Biotech Industry

‘Follow-On Biologics’: Ensuring Continued Innovation In The Biotechnology Industry Bruce S. Manheim, Jr., Patricia Granahan, and Kenneth J. Dow [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Health Information Technology And Quality Improvement For Community Health Centers Kevin Fiscella and H. Jack Geiger [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Pay-For-Performance: The MedPAC Perspective Karen Milgate and Sharon Bee Cheng [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MarketWatch: Estimating The Cost Of New Drug Development: Is It Really $802 Million? Christopher P. Adams and Van V. Brantner [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MarketWatch: Spending On Postapproval Drug Safety David B. Ridley, Judith M. Kramer, Hugh H. Tilson, Henry G. Grabowski, and Kevin A. Schulman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

MarketWatch: Does Reimbursement Influence Chemotherapy Treatment For Cancer Patients? Mireille Jacobson, A. James O’Malley, Craig C. Earle, Juliana Pakes, Peter Gaccione, and Joseph P. Newhouse [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MarketWatch: The Cost Of Medicaid Annuities Robert A. Levy, John A. Nyman, Mary Gabay, William Riley, and Roger Feldman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Quantity And Quality Of Worldwide New Drug Introductions, 1982–2003 Henry G. Grabowski and Y. Richard Wang [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Are Development Times For Pharmaceuticals Increasing Or Decreasing? Salomeh Keyhani, Marie Diener-West, and Neil Powe [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The International Medical Graduate Pipeline: Recent Trends In Certification And Residency Training John R. Boulet, John J. Norcini, Gerald P. Whelan, James A. Hallock, and Stephen S. Seeling [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Witness To Disaster Preface: The stories of those who offered medical care in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita bear witness to devastation and strength in American life. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Updates and Photographs][Table of Contents][Submit an e-letter] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lydia’s Story New Orleans, Louisiana: During Hurricane Katrina Jan Brideau [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

On The Dock Of The Dome New Orleans: Wednesday, August 31 Frederick P Cerise [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Sense Of Duty Raymond, Mississippi: Wednesday, August 31 W Richard Boyte [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Day Five New Orleans: Friday, September 2 Benjamin Springgate [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Updates and Photographs] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Nine O’Clock Meeting New Orleans: Sunday, September 4 Karen DeSalvo, James Moises, and Joseph Uddo [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Updates and Photographs] [Reprints & Permissions]

Parking Lot Triage New Orleans: Monday, September 5 Buck Taylor [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Clinic Shift San Antonio, Texas: Monday, September 5, and Tuesday, September 6 Jan Evans Patterson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Shouldering The Task Southwestern Louisiana: Friday, September 9 Jason P Block [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

‘We Are Here To Help’: Comfort Story No. 1 Berthed in Pascagoula, Mississippi: Saturday, September 10 Dana Braner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Comfort Story No. 2 Berthed in Pascagoula, Mississippi: Saturday, September 10 Julie Conlin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Comfort Story No. 3 Berthed in Pascagoula, Mississippi: Saturday, September 10 Scott Leckman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Houston, We’ve Got A Problem Houston, Texas: Wednesday, September 21 George T Chuang [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Continuing Anguish Of A Lucky Evacuee Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Mid-October 2005 Janis van Meerveld [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Updates and Photographs] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Implications Of Part D For Mentally Ill Dual Eligibles: A Challenge For Medicare Nancy E. Morden and Louis P. Garrison, Jr. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Paramedic Intubation Errors: Isolated Events Or Symptoms Of Larger Problems? Henry E. Wang, Judith R. Lave, Carl A. Sirio, and Donald M. Yealy [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A New Way To Compare Health Systems: Avoidable Hospital Conditions In Manhattan And Paris Michael K. Gusmano, Victor G. Rodwin, and Daniel Weisz [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

End-Of-Life Care At Academic Medical Centers: Implications For Future Workforce Requirements David C. Goodman, Thérèse A. Stukel, Chiang-hua Chang, and John E. Wennberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can States Stretch The Medicaid Dollar Without Passing The Buck? Lessons From Utah Samantha Artiga, David Rousseau, Barbara Lyons, Stephen Smith, and Daniel S. Gaylin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GrantWatch: REPORT: Unleashing The Untapped Potential Of Hospital Philanthropy Jane Haderlein [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 4th April][GrantWatch Online 17th April][GrantWatch Online 28 April] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UpDate: STATE REPORT: Medicaid Coverage For Tobacco-Dependence Treatments Helen A. Halpin, Nicole M. Bellows, and Sara B. McMenamin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Wrestling With The Golden Years Jerald Winakur [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare: Transformation For Sustainability Marilyn Moon [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managing The Discovery Factory: Can Innovation Be Organized? Mark V. Pauly [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Reform Before Calamity Henry E. Simmons [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reform: The Authors Respond Victor R. Fuchs and Ezekiel J. Emanuel [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Choice In Health Care Alain C. Enthoven [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

CPOE In The United States Feliciano B. Yu, Jeroan J. Allison, Eta S. Berner, and Thomas K. Houston [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Market Reforms, Continued Franklin N. Laufer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Market Reforms: The Author Responds Rep. Jim Cooper [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

More Reform Ideas Charles Weller [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Workflow At Kaiser Permanente George K. York and Robert M. Pearl [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Workflow: The Author Responds J.D. Kleinke [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Here Comes The Future Edward Wright [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Another Look At Rural Health Frederick Chen and L. Gary Hart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Errata

Erratum [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web Exclusives

DataWatch: Are Adults Benefiting From State Coverage Expansions? Sharon K. Long, Stephen Zuckerman, and John A. Graves (published online 17 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch: Attitudes Toward The Use Of Quarantine In A Public Health Emergency In Four Countries Robert J. Blendon, Catherine M. DesRoches, Martin S. Cetron, John M. Benson, Theodore Meinhardt, and William Pollard (published online 24 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: The Surprising Optimist: Why Tom Daschle Believes That The Country Is Ready For Comprehensive Health Reform Robert Galvin (published online 31 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: Is Technological Change In Medicine Always Worth It? The Case Of Acute Myocardial Infarction Jonathan S. Skinner, Douglas O. Staiger, and Elliott S. Fisher (published online 7 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Making Sense Of Medical Technology David M. Cutler (published online 7 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: To Use Technology Better Alan M. Garber (published online 7 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: The Promise Of Personalized Medicine: A Conversation With Michael Svinte Michael L. Millenson (published online 14 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Health Spending Projections Through 2015: Changes On The Horizon Christine Borger, Sheila Smith, Christopher Truffer, Sean Keehan, Andrea Sisko, John Poisal, and M. Kent Clemens (published online 22 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [ Interview With Authors] [Reprints & Permissions]

BANKRUPTCY: Medical Bankruptcy: Myth Versus Fact David Dranove and Michael L. Millenson (published online 28 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Discounting The Debtors Will Not Make Medical Bankruptcy Disappear David U. Himmelstein, Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne, and Steffie Woolhandler (published online 28 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Bankruptcy Is The Tip Of A Medical-Debt Iceberg Robert W. Seifert and Mark Rukavina (published online 28 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Medical Bankruptcy: Dranove And Millenson Respond David Dranove and Michael L. Millenson (published online 28 February 2006) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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