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Publisher's Letter

Publisher's Letter William B. Walsh M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

From The Editor John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Dealing with medical practice variations: a proposal for action J E Wennberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dealing with medical practice variations: a proposal for action. ReViews [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: Organized Medicine James H. Sammons [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: The Federal Government Robert Rubin and Glenn Hackbarth [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: The Consumer Patricia Drury [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: A Senator David Durenberger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

ReViews: A Medical Educator Steven A. Schroeder [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Geographic variations in the use of services: do they have any clinical significance? R H Brook, K Lohr, M Chassin, J Kosecoff, A Fink, and D Solomon [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations in physician practice: the role of uncertainty D M Eddy [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The role of professional medical societies in reducing practice variations J S Schwartz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations data and the regulatory rationale B C Vladeck [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Variations in medical practice: implications for health policy P Caper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Variations in Medicare expenditures per elder W McClure and D Shaller [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A comparative analysis of appropriateness of hospital use J D Restuccia, P M Gertman, S J Dayno, B E Kreger, and G M Lenhart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Understanding Variations In The Use Of Services: Are There Clinical Explanations? Kathleen N. Lohr, William R. Lohr, and Robert H. Brook [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Health Resources: The United States And The Third World John A.D. Cooper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rate-Setting Authors Defend Article Michael A. Morrisey, Samuel A. Mitchell, and Frank A. Sloan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Beyond State Rating Donald Meyers [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors