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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

Physician payment policy in the 101st Congress P B Ginsburg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Medicare physician fee freeze: what really happened? J B Mitchell, G Wedig, and J Cromwell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prospective payment to medical staffs: a proposal W P Welch [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A competitive bidding approach to physician payment J S McCombs [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare mandatory assignment: an unnecessary risk? J Holahan and S Zuckerman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Paying physicians in Canada: minding our Ps and Qs J Lomas, C Fooks, T Rice, and R J Labelle [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Americans' views on health care: foolish inconsistencies? J Gabel, H Cohen, and S Fink [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Neurosurgeons and the supply of human organs J M Prottas and H L Batten [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Views on health care: public opinion in three nations R J Blendon and H Taylor [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Physician payment reform: don't forget the patient J H Sammons [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumer choice among health insurance options D Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Medicare trends in ambulatory surgery S Leader and M Moon [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evaluation of recent changes in Medicaid L Johns and G S Adler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Race, DRGs, and the consumption of hospital resources E Munoz, E Barrios, H Johnson, J Goldstein, M Slater, and L Wise [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Charting A New Course: A Conversation With Leighton E. Cluff [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Physician payment research efforts at HCFA G J Schieber and J C Langenbrunner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

The World Of The Corporate Physician Saul S. Milles [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care In The Twenty-First Century: The Ethics Of Rationing William R. Drucker [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Priorities For Medical Education Jane L. Murray [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lab Experience For Medical Students Stuart James Nelson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Meaningful Medicaid Reform Russell L. Miller, Jr. and LaRah D. Payne [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Preventing Occupational Disease James E. Mulvihill and Eileen Storey [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Index

1988 Index [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors