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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

The National Health Care Trust Plan: a blueprint for market and long-term care reform W G Anlyan, Jr. and J Lipscomb [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Selective contracting in California L Johns [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acquisition strategies of multihospital systems J A Alexander, B L Lewis, and M A Morrisey [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital cost shifting and care for the uninsured J Hadley and J Feder [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Is cost containment working? K Davis, G Anderson, S C Renn, D Rowland, C J Schramm, and E Steinberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

From person to patient D R Cohodes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

National medical care spending G F Anderson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rising rates of surgery among the elderly J Valvona and F Sloan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

U.S. Health Care System: A Look to the 1990s John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Treatment For Chemical Dependency And Mental Illness: Can This Utilization Be Managed? Diana Chapman Walsh and Richard H. Egdahl [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

PPOs: Waves Of Change In Health Care Delivery Ronald A. Hoag [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

An Optimistic View Of Science And The Media Frank Press [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Radical Solutions To Academic Health Centers' Troubles Ruth S. Hanft [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors