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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

Alternative delivery systems and Medicare P B Ginsburg and G M Hackbarth [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

HMO enrollment growth and physicians: the third compartment A R Tarlov [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

HMOs, finance, and the hereafter D W Moran and T E Savela [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Patient self-selection in HMOs G R Wilensky and L F Rossiter [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The HMO report card: a closer look H Taylor and M Kagay [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A prepaid managed approach to long-term care J R Knickman and N McCall [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The new environment for rural HMOs J B Christianson, M Shadle, M M Hunter, S Hartwell, and J McGee [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health promotion and disease prevention in HMOs S Wilner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Kaiser, HMOs, and the public interest: a conversation with James A. Vohs. Interview by John K. Iglehart J A Vohs [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

But what about quality? P M Ellwood, Jr. and B A Paul [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Capitation and conflict of interest R A Berenson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

HMOs and medical education: fashioning a marriage G T Moore [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Health status and health care utilization R Andersen, L A Aday, and M S Chen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

HMO growth, costs, and customer service W Francis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare risk contracting: promise and problems D A Ellwood [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

HMO Development: Patterns and Prospects Leonard D. Schaeffer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Index

Index [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors