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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

Protecting the elderly against high health care costs T Rice and J Gabel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Controlling hospital cost inflation: new perspectives on state rate setting C J Schramm, S C Renn, and B Biles [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons for medicine from legal education R C Cramton [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The challenge of 'real' competition in Medicare M J Kalison and R F Averill [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Controlling health care costs at General Motors L E Demkovich [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Uncovering the high costs of teaching hospitals F A Sloan and J Valvona [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

High expectations versus limited resources C T Smith [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical practice variations revisited H L Smits [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reducing the cost of medical education M T Rabkin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A proposal for ethical organ donation C J Dougherty [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

International health care spending G J Schieber and J P Puollier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Rural and urban hospital closures: a comparison R M Mullner and D McNeil [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

From physician shortage to patient shortage: the uncertain future of medical practice J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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