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From the Editor

Pursuing Medical Progress: Managing Benefits And Risks John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Risks & Benefits

PROLOGUE: Risks, Benefits, And Uncertainty In Health Care [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Risk-Benefit Balance In The United States: Who Decides? John Graham and Jianhui Hu [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What’s More Dangerous, Your Aspirin Or Your Car? Thinking Rationally About Drug Risks (And Benefits) Joshua T. Cohen and Peter J. Neumann [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Risks And Benefits In Health Care: The View From Economics Mark V. Pauly [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective

PERSPECTIVE: Balancing Modern Medical Benefits And Risks Peter Juhn, Audrey Phillips, and Kathy Buto [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Informed Patient Choice: Patient-Centered Valuing Of Surgical Risks And Benefits James N. Weinstein, Kate Clay, and Tamara S. Morgan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tools & Incentives

PROLOGUE: Regulatory Tools And Incentives For Dealing With Health-Related Risk [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Safety Proposals And The Intrusion Of Federal Regulation Into Patient Freedom And Medical Practice Scott Gottlieb [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Assessing A Structured, Quantitative Health Outcomes Approach To Drug Risk-Benefit Analysis Louis P. Garrison, Jr., Adrian Towse, and Brian W. Bresnahan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Cost-Effectiveness As A Price Control Anupam B. Jena and Tomas Philipson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumer-Directed Health Care And The Courts: Let The Buyer (And Seller) Beware Peter D. Jacobson and Michael R. Tunick [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives

PERSPECTIVE: Risk Management And Intrusions On Medical Practice: Striking A Balance Michael B. Enzi and Edward M. Kennedy [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Risks And Benefits Of Risk-Management Plans David Meltzer [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Individual Level

PROLOGUE: Risk-Benefit Information At The Individual Level [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Toward The ‘Tipping Point’: Decision Aids And Informed Patient Choice Annette M. O’Connor, John E. Wennberg, France Legare, Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas, Benjamin W. Moulton, Karen R. Sepucha, Andrea G. Sodano, and Jaime S. King [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Educating Patients About Their Medications: The Potential And Limitations Of Written Drug Information William H. Shrank and Jerry Avorn [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Numeracy Skill And The Communication, Comprehension, And Use Of Risk-Benefit Information Ellen Peters, Judith Hibbard, Paul Slovic, and Nathan Dieckmann [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Case Studies

PROLOGUE: Risk In Health Care: Case Studies [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid’s Prior Authorization Program And Access To Atypical Antipsychotic Medications Jennifer M. Polinski, Philip S. Wang, and Michael A. Fischer [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From Policy To Patients And Back: Surgical Treatment Decision Making For Patients With Breast Cancer Steven J. Katz and Sarah T. Hawley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Risk Pooling And Regulation: Policy And Reality In Today’s Individual Health Insurance Market Mark V. Pauly and Bradley Herring [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: From ‘Soak The Rich’ To ‘Soak The Poor’: Recent Trends In Hospital Pricing Gerard F. Anderson [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Authorized Generic Drugs, Price Competition, And Consumers’ Welfare Ernst R. Berndt, Richard Mortimer, Ashoke Bhattacharjya, Andrew Parece, and Edward Tuttle [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Impact Of Medicaid Prior Authorization On Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers: Can Policy Promote Rational Prescribing? Michael A. Fischer, Niteesh K. Choudhry, and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Long-Term Trends In The Concentration Of Medicare Spending Gerald F. Riley [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Developing A Performance-Based Incentive Program For Hospitals: A Case Study From Maine Gino A. Nalli, Dennis Patrick Scanlon, and Douglas Libby [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Thy Will Be Done Victoria Sweet [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GOMER David Muller [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Listening To Anna Margaret K. Nelson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Malpractice Liability Costs And The Practice Of Medicine In The Medicare Program Katherine Baicker, Elliott S. Fisher, and Amitabh Chandra [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact Of The Nurse Shortage On Hospital Patient Care: Comparative Perspectives Peter I. Buerhaus, Karen Donelan, Beth T. Ulrich, Linda Norman, Catherine DesRoches, and Robert Dittus [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumers’ Preferences For The Communication Of Risk Information In Drug Advertising Joel J. Davis [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH REPORT: Is There A (Volunteer) Doctor In The House? Free Clinics And Volunteer Physician Referral Networks In The United States Stephen L. Isaacs and Paul Jellinek [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 31 May][Grantwatch Online 14 June][GrantWatch Online 28 June] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UPDATE: RESEARCH REPORT: Do Newer Prescription Drugs Pay For Themselves? A Reassessment Of The Evidence Yuting Zhang and Stephen B. Soumerai [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Effects Of New Drugs On Overall Health Spending: Frank Lichtenberg Responds Frank R. Lichtenberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Stuck In The Middle With You (With Apologies To Stealers Wheel) David A. Rochefort [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prepared For What? Jeffrey P. Koplan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prospective Payment: Medicare’s Secret Success Story Robert Cunningham [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

‘Bundled’ Medications And The Underserved Jim Dudl and Winston Wong [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

‘Bundled’ Medications: The Authors Respond Susan Zieman and Myron Weisfeldt [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Role Of Smoking In U.S. CVD Steven A. Schroeder [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Clinical Inertia And Organizational Change Randy Wexler [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rates And Inpatient Nursing Care John M. Welton [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Many Factors Drive Increased Use Michael H. Picard [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Don’t Target The Tools Steven Nissen [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Inpatient CVD Services: The Authors Respond Kevin J. Hayes, Julian Pettengill, and Jeffrey Stensland [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bad Modeling? Steve S. Kraman and Ginny Hamm [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Open Disclosure: Details Matter John Wakefield, Christine Jorm, and Cherie Ryan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disclosure: The Authors Respond David Studdert, Michelle Mello, Atul Gawande, and Troyen Brennan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

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

Web Exclusives

INTERVIEW: Disruptive Innovation: Can Health Care Learn From Other Industries? A Conversation With Clayton M. Christensen Mark D. Smith (published online 13 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations In Practice Quality In Five Low-Income Countries: A Conceptual Overview Jishnu Das and Paul J. Gertler (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Overview][Table of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations In Prenatal Care Quality For The Rural Poor In Mexico Sarah L. Barber, Stefano M. Bertozzi, and Paul J. Gertler (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations In Doctor Effort: Evidence From Paraguay Jishnu Das and Thomas Pave Sohnesen (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Location, Location, Location: Residence, Wealth, And The Quality Of Medical Care In Delhi, India Jishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Differences In Access To High-Quality Outpatient Care In Indonesia Sarah L. Barber, Paul J. Gertler, and Pandu Harimurti (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Contribution Of Human Resources For Health To The Quality Of Care In Indonesia Sarah L. Barber, Paul J. Gertler, and Pandu Harimurti (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations In The Quality Of Care Accessible To Rural Communities In Tanzania Kenneth L. Leonard and Melkiory C. Masatu (published online 27 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physicians’ Experiences Using Commercial E-Prescribing Systems Joy M. Grossman, Anneliese Gerland, Marie C. Reed, and Cheryl Fahlman (published online 3 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Will Pay-For-Performance And Quality Reporting Affect Health Care Disparities? Lawrence P. Casalino, Arthur Elster, Andy Eisenberg, Evelyn Lewis, John Montgomery, and Diana Ramos (published online 10 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Prevalence Of Physician Self-Referral Arrangements After Stark II: Evidence From Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Jean M. Mitchell (published online 17 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Changes In Physician Supply And Scope Of Practice During A Malpractice Crisis: Evidence From Pennsylvania Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Jennifer Schumi, Troyen A. Brennan, and William M. Sage (published online 24 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Growth And Innovation In Medical Devices: A Conversation With Stryker Chairman John Brown Lawton R. Burns (published online 1 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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