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From the Editor

Slouching Toward Value-Based Health Care James C. Robinson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Spending

PROLOGUE: Health Spending In 2006 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

National Health Spending In 2006: A Year Of Change For Prescription Drugs Aaron Catlin, Cathy Cowan, Micah Hartman, Stephen Heffler the National Health Expenditure Accounts Team [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective

PERSPECTIVE: Don’t Break Out The Champagne: Continued Slowing Of Health Care Spending Growth Unlikely To Last Paul B. Ginsburg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The GO License: Only Part Of The Solution Amie Batson and Julie B. Milstien [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare

Should Drug Prices Be Negotiated Under Part D Of Medicare? And If So, How? Richard G. Frank and Joseph P. Newhouse [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Insurance

Pathways To Coverage: The Changing Roles Of Public And Private Sources Jessica P. Vistnes and Barbara S. Schone [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Status

Measuring The Health Of Nations: Updating An Earlier Analysis Ellen Nolte and C. Martin McKee [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Exhibit][Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Economics

Happiness And Health: Lessons—And Questions—For Public Policy Carol Graham [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Benefit Design

PROLOGUE: Improving The Design Of Health Insurance Benefits [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Out-Of-Pocket Spending And Medication Adherence Among Dialysis Patients In Twelve Countries Richard A. Hirth, Scott L. Greer, Justin M. Albert, Eric W. Young, and John D. Piette [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Effect Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans On The Use Of Preventive And Chronic Illness Services John W. Rowe, Tina Brown-Stevenson, Roberta L. Downey, and Joseph P. Newhouse [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Benefit Decision

Impact Of Decreasing Copayments On Medication Adherence Within A Disease Management Environment Michael E. Chernew, Mayur R. Shah, Arnold Wegh, Stephen N. Rosenberg, Iver A. Juster, Allison B. Rosen, Michael C. Sokol, Kristina Yu-Isenberg, and A. Mark Fendrick [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drugs & Vaccines

PROLOGUE: Assuring Access To Affordable Drugs And Vaccines [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Licenses: A New Model For Pharmaceutical Pricing Dana P. Goldman, Anupam B. Jena, Tomas Philipson, and Eric Sun [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Market-Based Licensing For HPV Vaccines In Developing Countries Kevin Outterson and Aaron S. Kesselheim [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

INTERVIEW: ‘What’s The Ethics Of That?’ A Conversation With Thomas O. Pyle Donald M. Berwick and Madge Kaplan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Primary Care: Can It Solve Employers’ Health Care Dilemma? Martin-J. Sepulveda, Thomas Bodenheimer, and Paul Grundy [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Is Spending More Always Wasteful? The Appropriateness Of Care And Outcomes Among Colorectal Cancer Patients Mary Beth Landrum, Ellen R. Meara, Amitabh Chandra, Edward Guadagnoli, and Nancy L. Keating [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Willingness To Pay For Cross-Border Health Insurance Between The United States And Mexico Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Gilbert Ojeda, and Xochitl Castaneda [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendices] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Economic Evaluation And Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Reform In South Korea’s National Health Insurance Bong-min Yang, Eun-young Bae, and Jinhyun Kim [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Financial Burden Of Health Care, 2001–2004 Jessica S. Banthin, Peter Cunningham, and Didem M. Bernard [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Changes In Medicaid Prescription Volume And Use In The Wake Of Medicare Part D Implementation Brian K. Bruen and Laura M. Miller [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Blocked Lisa I. Iezzoni [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Face-Off Ray Bingham [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Code Pearl Victoria Sweet [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

International Prices And Availability Of Pharmaceuticals In 2005 Patricia M. Danzon and Michael F. Furukawa [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Race-Neutral Versus Race-Conscious Workforce Policy To Improve Access To Care Somnath Saha and Scott A. Shipman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lost Opportunities: How Physicians Communicate About Medical Errors Jane Garbutt, Amy D. Waterman, Julie M. Kapp, William Claiborne Dunagan, Wendy Levinson, Victoria Fraser, and Thomas H. Gallagher [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Using An Economic Model Of Diabetes To Evaluate Prevention And Care Strategies In Australia Stephen Colagiuri and Agnes E. Walker [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New Directions In Medicaid Payment For Hospital Care Kevin Quinn [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH ESSAY: Foundations’ Role In Improving Oral Health: Nothing To Smile About Shelly Gehshan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 31 January][GrantWatch Online 12th February][GrantWatch Online 26th February] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: New Visions In Our ‘Conversation’ On Health System Reform Uwe E. Reinhardt [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Who Wins? Who Loses? Who Pays? Jill Quadagno [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

In The Land Of The Smoke Drinkers Kenneth E. Warner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Obesity Doesn’t Explain U.S.-Europe Disparities Mauricio Avendano and Maria Glymour [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disabilities: Also A Vulnerability David Auxter [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Legal Duty To Protect The Public Paula Card-Higginson and Kevin W. Ryan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Legal Duty: The Author Responds Christine C. Ferguson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Next-Generation Policy: Minimizing Vulnerability Gary Christopherson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

‘America’s Passing Gear’ John E. Craig, Jr. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Relationship Business Roger Hughes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Investing Health Care Resources Percivil M. Carrera [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Needs-Based Research And Development Dave A. Chokshi [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Banning Authorized Generics Equals Higher Federal Spending Donald W. Moran, Steven M. Lieberman, and Kara L. Suter [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Migration And Caste-Based Reservations In India Animesh Jain, Ritesh G. Menezes, Tanuj Kanchan, and Rashmi Jain [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web Exclusives

U.S. Health Spending By Age, Selected Years Through 2004 Micah Hartman, Aaron Catlin, David Lassman, Jonathan Cylus, and Stephen Heffler (published online 6 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Report From Massachusetts: Employers Largely Support Health Care Reform, And Few Signs Of Crowd-Out Appear Jon R. Gabel, Heidi Whitmore, and Jeremy Pickreign (published online 14 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PREFACE: The Power Of Dialogue: Medical Innovation And Health Policy Barbara J. Culliton and Donald Kennedy (published online 27 November 2007) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: The Intersection Of Basic Science And Health Policy: A Conversation With Victor Velculescu Barbara J. Culliton (published online 27 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Promoting Medical Innovation While Developing Sound Social And Business Policy: A Conversation With Thomas G. Roberts Barbara J. Culliton (published online 27 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Insurers And ‘Targeted Biologics’ For Cancer: A Conversation With Lee N. Newcomer Barbara J. Culliton (published online 27 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Leading The Way: A Conversation With HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Leonard D. Schaeffer (published online 4 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The State Of Regional Health Information Organizations: Current Activities And Financing Julia Adler-Milstein, Andrew P. McAfee, David W. Bates, and Ashish K. Jha (published online 11 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Parity And The Use Of Out-Of-Network Mental Health Benefits In The FEHB Program Darrel A. Regier, Lynn F. Bufka, Tracy Whitaker, Farifteh F. Duffy, William E. Narrow, Donald S. Rae, Geoffrey M. Reed, Omar F. Rehman, Maritza Rubio-Stipec, Toby Weismiller, Joshua E. Wilk, and Joyce C. West (published online 18 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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