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From the Editor

How Important Are Children? The Clash For Resources John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care

PROLOGUE: Children’s Health And Health Care [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Transforming The U.S. Child Health System Neal Halfon, Helen DuPlessis, and Moira Inkelas [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Chipping Away At Health: More On The Relationship Between Income And Child Health Janet Currie and Wanchuan Lin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reassessing How Society Prioritizes The Health Of Young People Daniel Eisenberg and Gary L. Freed [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insurance Design

PROLOGUE: Insurance Design For Children’s Coverage [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

SCHIP At A Crossroads: Experiences To Date And Challenges Ahead Genevieve Kenney and Justin Yee [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Bibliography] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid At The Ten-Year Anniversary Of SCHIP: Looking Back And Moving Forward Lisa Dubay, Jocelyn Guyer, Cindy Mann, and Michael Odeh [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Crossing The Medicaid–Private Insurance Divide: The Case Of EPSDT Sara Rosenbaum and Paul H. Wise [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Universal Coverage For Children: Alternatives, Key Issues, And Political Opportunities Stephen Berman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Moral Case For Covering Children (And Everyone Else) Len M. Nichols [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

School & Society

PROLOGUE: School And Society [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health At School: A Hidden Health Care System Emerges From The Shadows Julia Graham Lear [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid: Health Promotion And Disease Prevention For School Readiness Edward L. Schor, Melinda Abrams, and Katherine Shea [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Plans’ Role In Preventing Overweight In Children And Adolescents William Dietz, Jason Lee, Howell Wechsler, Sarath Malepati, and Bettylou Sherry [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Exhibit References] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Childhood Obesity: What’s Health Care Policy Got To Do With It? Charles Homer and Lisa A. Simpson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

A Historically Based Thought Experiment: Meeting New Challenges For Children’s Health And Well-Being Janet Golden and Howard Markel [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

TRENDS: The Global Market For ADHD Medications Richard M. Scheffler, Stephen P. Hinshaw, Sepideh Modrek, and Peter Levine [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Reducing Infant Mortality In Chile: Success In Two Phases Jorge Jiménez and María Inés Romero [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Annex to Exhibit 1] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Beyond Medical Care: How Health Systems Can Address Children’s Needs Through Health Promotion Strategies Debbie I. Chang, Linda Bultman, Vonna L. Drayton, Erin K. Knight, Karyl T. Rattay, and Marihelen Barrett [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Poor Health Kills Small Business: Illness And Microenterprises In South Africa Li-Wei Chao, Mark Pauly, Helena Szrek, Nuno Sousa Pereira, Frances Bundred, Catherine Cross, and Jeff Gow [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Confidentiality Laws And Secrecy In Medical Research: Improving Public Access To Data On Drug Safety Aaron S. Kesselheim and Michelle M. Mello [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: General Internists’ Views On Pay-For-Performance And Public Reporting Of Quality Scores: A National Survey Lawrence P. Casalino, G. Caleb Alexander, Lei Jin, and R. Tamara Konetzka [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Impact Of State Tort Reforms On Physician Malpractice Payments Teresa M. Waters, Peter P. Budetti, Gary Claxton, and Janet P. Lundy [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

The Edge Of The Known World John D. Lantos [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

When Paper Is The Enemy Perri Klass [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

How Stable Is Medicaid Coverage For Children? Gerry Lynn Fairbrother, Heidi Park Emerson, and Lee Partridge [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Substitution Of SCHIP For Private Coverage: Results From A 2002 Evaluation In Ten States Anna Sommers, Stephen Zuckerman, Lisa Dubay, and Genevieve Kenney [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can Private Companies Contribute To Public Programs’ Outreach Efforts? Evidence From California Mireille Jacobson and Thomas C. Buchmueller [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Family Structure And Children’s Physical And Mental Health Matthew D. Bramlett and Stephen J. Blumberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Newborn Screening: Current Status Pamela H. Arn [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH REPORT: Collaborating To Combat Childhood Obesity Elise Desjardins and Anne L. Schwartz [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 29 March][GrantWatch Online 16th April][GrantWatch Online 1st May] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UPDATE: INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Reductions In Firearm-Related Mortality And Hospitalizations In Brazil After Gun Control Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza, James Macinko, Airlane Pereira Alencar, Deborah Carvalho Malta, and Otaliba Libânio de Morais Neto [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Can Americans Learn From History? Steven Schroeder [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Is The Glass Really Half Full? Roger E. Meyer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Anthropology Of Big Pharma Dinesh Sharma [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Today Or Tomorrow? Dickerman Hollister, Jr. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Today Or Tomorrow? Feldstein Responds Martin Feldstein [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care In New Zealand Martin Rosevear [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons For The Insurance World Stephen C. Caulfield [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Advocacy And Policy Change Robert K. Ross [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Advocacy Has Many Paths Wendy J. Wolf [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Advocacy: The Author Responds Daniel M. Fox [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

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

Acknowledgments

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

Web Exclusives

PROLOGUE: Rapid Learning: Getting Technology Into Practice (published online 26 January 2007) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Rapid-Learning Health System Lynn M. Etheredge (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Gap Between Evidence And Practice Louise Liang (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Moving Closer To A Rapid-Learning Health Care System Jean R. Slutsky (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Linking Electronic Medical Records To Large-Scale Simulation Models: Can We Put Rapid Learning On Turbo? David M. Eddy (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Archimedes: A Bold Step Into The Future John R. Lumpkin (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Federal Initiatives To Support Rapid Learning About New Technologies Sean R. Tunis, Tanisha V. Carino, Reginald D. Williams, II, and Peter B. Bach (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Challenges Ahead For Federal Technology Assessment Peter J. Neumann (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Speed Bumps, Potholes, And Tollbooths On The Road To Panacea: Making Best Use Of Data Richard Platt (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Advancing Evidence-Based Care For Diabetes: Lessons From The Veterans Health Administration Joel Kupersmith, Joseph Francis, Eve Kerr, Sarah Krein, Leonard Pogach, Robert M. Kolodner, and Jonathan B. Perlin (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reshaping Cancer Learning Through The Use Of Health Information Technology Paul J. Wallace (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Health Information Technology: Does It Facilitate Or Hinder Rapid Learning? L. Gregory Pawlson (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bridging The Inferential Gap: The Electronic Health Record And Clinical Evidence Walter F. Stewart, Nirav R. Shah, Mark J. Selna, Ronald A. Paulus, and James M. Walker (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Information Technology And The Inferential Gap Jonathan B. Perlin and Joel Kupersmith (published online 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Value-Based Insurance Design Michael E. Chernew, Allison B. Rosen, and A. Mark Fendrick (published online 30 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Value-Based Insurance Design And The Next Generation Of Consumer-Driven Health Care Troyen Brennan and Lonny Reisman (published online 30 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Shopping For Price In Medical Care Paul B. Ginsburg (published online 6 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Self-Pay Markets In Health Care: Consumer Nirvana Or Caveat Emptor? Ha T. Tu and Jessica H. May (published online 6 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Transformative Technology: A Conversation With E. James Potchen And Bill Clarke John K. Iglehart (published online 13 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Health Information Technology Is A Vehicle, Not A Destination: A Conversation With David J. Brailer Arnold Milstein (published online 15 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Health Spending Projections Through 2016: Modest Changes Obscure Part D’s Impact John A. Poisal, Christopher Truffer, Sheila Smith, Andrea Sisko, Cathy Cowan, Sean Keehan, Bridget Dickensheets the National Health Expenditure Accounts Projections Team (published online 21 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Toward Real Medicaid Reform John Holahan and Alan Weil (published online 23 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Is Medicaid Sustainable? Spending Projections For The Program’s Second Forty Years Richard Kronick and David Rousseau (published online 23 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix][Interview with the authors] [Reprints & Permissions]

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