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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

Current issues in quality of care K N Lohr, K D Yordy, and S O Thier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The quality of medical evidence: implications for quality of care D M Eddy and J Billings [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Involving consumers in quality of care assessment A R Davies and J E Ware, Jr. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Defining quality in medical care P Caper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring surgical quality in Maryland: a model M S Blumberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Competition And The Pursuit Of Quality: A Conversation With Walter McClure John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

HCFA's agenda for promoting high-quality care W L Roper and G M Hackbarth [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving the medical decision-making process J E Wennberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Looking for quality in primary care physicians J Daley, P M Gertman, and T L Delbanco [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Health status and medical care utilization G E Hendershot [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumers and hospital use: the HCFA "death list" B C Vladeck, E J Goodwin, L P Myers, and M Sinisi [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital PPS profits: past and prospective A Dobson and E W Hoy [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Nursing and private philanthropy P J Maraldo, C Fagin, and T Keenan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Profile: The Carnegie Corporation of New York [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants And Grant Outcomes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Quality Of Care Research And Projects In Progress LuAnn Heinen, Jo Anne Gorski, and Wayne Roe [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Envisioning The Future Health System: A Tribute To Wilbur J. Cohen Lonna Milburn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Broadening The Scope Of Physician Supply Projections Leonard H. Friedman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Assistants As Alternatives To Foreign Medical Graduates James Cawley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Separating FMG Issues From Physician Supply Issues Michael E. Whitcomb [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reducing FMG Numbers Could Have 'Serious Medical Consequences' Kenneth E. Raske [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Balancing The FMG Debate Stephen S. Mick [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Supply/Demand Issues For Surgical Health Policy Eric Munoz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Are Relative Value Scales The Answer? Allan D. Jensen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Index

1987 Index [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors