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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

Medicare physician payment, participation, and reform I Burney, P Hickman, J Paradise, and G Schieber [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health of the elderly: policy issues and challenges D P Rice and C L Estes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Solving uncompensated hospital care: targeting the indigent and the uninsured G R Wilensky [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reforming malpractice law through consumer choice C C Havighurst [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Minorities and the health professions in the 1980s R S Hanft [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Cost sharing lessons from the private sector M P Freiman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Science for health in the future D A Hamburg and E O Nightingale [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Constrained resources in medical education and research R Heyssel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Beyond DRGs: shifting the risk to providers D B Swoap [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Trends In Health Manpower David A. Crozier and John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare Payments For Physicians' Services Lynn Etheredge and David Juba [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Assessing HMO Performance: Average Length-Of-Stay David Aquilina [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Variations In Medical Practice Jane K. White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Utilization Variations In North Carolina Sandra B. Greene [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors