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From the Editor

Stretching To Meet Global Health Needs Susan Dentzer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Fighting HIV/AIDS

PROLOGUE: The Difficult But Necessary Choices In Fighting HIV/AIDS [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Evolving HIV/AIDS Response And The Urgent Tasks Ahead Stefano M. Bertozzi, Tyler E. Martz, and Peter Piot [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Critical Choices In Financing The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic Robert Hecht, Lori Bollinger, John Stover, William McGreevey, Farzana Muhib, Callisto Emas Madavo, and David de Ferranti [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix][Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Financing HIV/AIDS Programs In Sub-Saharan Africa Markus Haacker [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bridging The Resource Gap: Improving Value For Money In HIV/AIDS Treatment Anil Soni and Rajat Gupta [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Investing To Meet The Scientific Challenges Of HIV/AIDS Anthony S. Fauci and Gregory K. Folkers [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Prevalence Map] [Reprints & Permissions]

Why We Don’t Have An HIV Vaccine, And How We Can Develop One Jeffrey E. Harris [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Transforming Social Structures And Environments To Help In HIV Prevention Judith Auerbach [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ethical Challenges In Long-Term Funding For HIV/AIDS Dan W. Brock and Daniel Wikler [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Fighting HIV/AIDS In Washington, D.C. Alan E. Greenberg, Shannon L. Hader, Henry Masur, A. Toni Young, Jennifer Skillicorn, and Carl W. Dieffenbach [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Neglected Diseases

PROLOGUE: Tropical Diseases: The Price Of Neglect [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Turning Neglected Tropical Diseases Into Forgotten Maladies Philip Musgrove and Peter J. Hotez [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Controlling And Eliminating Neglected Diseases In Latin America And The Caribbean Ricardo Bitran, Bernardo Martorell, Liliana Escobar, Rodrigo Munoz, and Amanda Glassman [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Annex] [Reprints & Permissions]

Neglected Diseases Amid Wealth In The United States And Europe Peter Hotez [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Moving Beyond Mass Drug Treatment To Understanding The Science Adel Mahmoud and Elias Zerhouni [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How Four Once Common Diseases Were Eliminated From The American South Margaret Humphreys [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Spurring New Research For Neglected Diseases Gerard F. Anderson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Business Plan To Help The ‘Global South’ In Its Fight Against Neglected Diseases Sarah E. Frew, Victor Y. Liu, and Peter A. Singer [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective

PERSPECTIVE: Progress In Public-Private Partnerships To Fight Neglected Diseases Kenneth Gustavsen and Christy Hanson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Expanding The Biopharmaceutical Industry’s Involvement In Fighting Neglected Diseases James A. Geraghty [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MarketWatch

MARKETWATCH: How Private, Voluntary Health Insurance Can Work In Developing Countries Mark V. Pauly, Frederic E. Blavin, and Sudha Meghan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Statistical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Microinsurance: Innovations In Low-Cost Health Insurance David M. Dror, Ralf Radermacher, Shrikant B. Khadilkar, Petra Schout, François-Xavier Hay, Arbind Singh, and Ruth Koren [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Innovation In Namibia: Preserving Private Health Insurance And HIV/AIDS Treatment Onno P. Schellekens, Ingrid de Beer, Marianne E. Lindner, Michele van Vugt, Peter Schellekens, and Tobias F. Rinke de Wit [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Dying Of A Treatable Disease Carla C. Keirns [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Participation Of Academic Scientists In Relationships With Industry Darren E. Zinner, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic, Brian Clarridge, David Blumenthal, and Eric G. Campbell [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Adverse Selection In The Medicare Prescription Drug Program Gerald F. Riley, Jesse M. Levy, and Melissa A. Montgomery [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Cancer Screening And Age In The United States And Europe David H. Howard, Lisa C. Richardson, and Kenneth E. Thorpe [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Boundary Politics And AIDS Policy Alexander Weinreb [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Killing The Greatest Killer—Smallpox Philip Musgrove [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Deconstructing Medical Hype Merrill Goozner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Tele-ICU: Much-Needed Evidence Wendy Everett [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tele-ICU And Clinical Quality Michael D. Miller [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

eICU: More Data Are Now Available Brian Rosenfeld [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tele-ICU: Positive Return On Investment Becky Rufo [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tele-ICU: The Authors Respond Robert Berenson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Major Reason For Nigerian Boycott Of Polio Vaccine Alan Frishman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Polio Vaccine: The Authors Respond Judith R. Kaufmann and Harley Feldbaum [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ethical Prescribing Percivil M. Carrera [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ethical Prescribing: The Authors Respond Chris D. James [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Private Insurance In Taiwan Suchuan Yu and Alexander Lin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Private Insurance In Taiwan: An Author Responds Tsung-Mei Cheng [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Weakest Links In Polio Vaccination Subhash C. Arya and Nirmala Agarwal [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ownership Statement Judie Tucker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web Exclusives

Understanding The Current Population Survey’s Insurance Estimates And The Medicaid ‘Undercount’ Jacob A. Klerman, Michael Davern, Kathleen Thiede Call, Victoria Lynch, and Jeanne D. Ringel (published online 10 September 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Job-Based Health Insurance: Costs Climb At A Moderate Pace Gary Claxton, Bianca DiJulio, Heidi Whitmore, Jeremy Pickreign, Megan McHugh, Benjamin Finder, and Awo Osei-Anto (published online 15 September 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

How A New ‘Public Plan’ Could Affect Hospitals’ Finances And Private Insurance Premiums Allen Dobson, Joan E. DaVanzo, Audrey M. El-Gamil, and Gregory Berger (published online 15 September 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Containing Costs And Improving Care For Children In Medicaid And CHIP Genevieve M. Kenney, Joel Ruhter, and Thomas M. Selden (published online 17 September 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Portrait Of A Policy And Political Entrepreneur David Blumenthal (published online 17 September 2009) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Senator Edward M. Kennedy: The Master Legislative Craftsman David Nexon (published online 17 September 2009) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Senator Edward M. Kennedy: Making Common Cause With Adversaries While Committed To Health Reform Theodore R. Marmor (published online 17 September 2009) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Dangerous Shortage Of Domestic Violence Services Radha Iyengar and Lindsay Sabik (published online 22 September 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Materials] [Reprints & Permissions]

Closing The Schools: Lessons From The 1918–19 U.S. Influenza Pandemic Alexandra M. Stern, Martin S. Cetron, and Howard Markel (published online 29 September 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Bibliographic Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

Massachusetts Health Reform: Employer Coverage From Employees’ Perspective Sharon K. Long and Karen Stockley (published online 1 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Zoning For Health? The Year-Old Ban On New Fast-Food Restaurants In South LA Roland Sturm and Deborah A. Cohen (published online 6 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

New York City’s Fight Over Calorie Labeling Thomas A. Farley, Anna Caffarelli, Mary T. Bassett, Lynn Silver, and Thomas R. Frieden (published online 6 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Calorie Labeling And Food Choices: A First Look At The Effects On Low-Income People In New York City Brian Elbel, Rogan Kersh, Victoria L. Brescoll, and L. Beth Dixon (published online 6 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

TECHWATCH: Adoption And Spread Of New Imaging Technology: A Case Study Joseph A. Ladapo, Jill R. Horwitz, Milton C. Weinstein, G. Scott Gazelle, and David M. Cutler (published online 14 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibit][Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

TECHWATCH: Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Low Back Pain Care For Medicare Patients Jacqueline D. Baras and Laurence C. Baker (published online 14 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Uninsured Adults With Chronic Conditions Or Disabilities: Gaps In Public Insurance Programs Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt, and Lisa I. Iezzoni (published online 20 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits][Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hypertension, Diabetes, And Elevated Cholesterol Among Insured And Uninsured U.S. Adults Andrew P. Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, Danny McCormick, David H. Bor, and David U. Himmelstein (published online 20 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence Of An Emerging Digital Divide Among Hospitals That Care For The Poor Ashish K. Jha, Catherine M. DesRoches, Alexandra E. Shields, Paola D. Miralles, Jie Zheng, Sara Rosenbaum, and Eric G. Campbell (published online 26 October 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Survey Of Primary Care Physicians In Eleven Countries, 2009: Perspectives On Care, Costs, And Experiences Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Michelle M. Doty, David Squires, Jordon Peugh, and Sandra Applebaum (published online 2 November 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

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