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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

Death of a paradigm: the challenge of competition J Goldsmith [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare payment and hospital capital: future policy options G Anderson and P B Ginsburg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare payment and hospital capital: the evolution of policy B M Kinkead [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health reform, Italian-style L D Brown [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Hospitals, Public Policy, And The Future: An Interview With John Alexander McMahon John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Prospective payment: the next big policy disappointment? H J Aaron [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

National medical care spending D A Crozier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Increasing the odds for cancer survival J K White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical malpractice: claims, legal costs, and the practice of defensive medicine S Zuckerman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Inflation And Health Care Prices Update John R. Virts and George W. Wilson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Response To Conventional Wisdom Vincente Navarro [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What Do Americans Really Want? Drew E. Altman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A New (But Only Partial) Solution To The Medicare Financing Problem Robert J. Myers [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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