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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

Unintended results of Medicare's national prospective payment rates S H Sheingold [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact of increasing physician supply: a scenario for the future H S Luft and P Arno [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A new approach to capital payment in a competitive era J B Brown [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Does increased physician supply affect quality of care? J M Perrin and J Valvona [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How many doctors are enough? J E Harris [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends in the growth of family practice residency training programs T C Ricketts, G H DeFriese, and G Wilson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The effects of hospital ownership on nontraditional services S M Shortell, E M Morrison, S L Hughes, B Friedman, J Coverdill, and L Berg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Health Policy Versus Budget Cutting: A Conversation With Rep. Pete Stark John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Health care cost containment: what is too much? S A Mitchell and J R Virts [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tightening the reins on the tobacco industry D A Ellwood [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Trends in health personnel J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A look at catastrophic medical expenses and the poor S E Berki [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Administrative medicine: a new medical specialty? D A Kindig and S Lastiri [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Differing Standards Of Medical Care Harvey J. Cohen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

More On The Musings Of A Blind Man Ronald A. Hurst [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors