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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

Health care spending and American competitiveness U E Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mandating health coverage for working Americans A C Monheit and P F Short [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring the elderly's need for home care D Rowland [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

British public opinion on National Health Service reform R J Blendon and K Donelan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Defending U.S. Physician Payment Reform Paul B. Ginsburg and Phillip R. Lee [Reprints & Permissions]

Objective Research And Physician Payment: A Response From Harvard William C. Hsiao [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Payment Reform: Lessons From Abroad Victor G. Rodwin [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Payment: The AMA Responds James S. Todd [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Politics Of Physician Payment: The Author Responds William A. Glaser [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The British public and the debate over the National Health Service D Willetts [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives on physician payment reform [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Financing health care: a view from the White House W L Roper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Should we regulate 'utilization management?' M J Field and B H Gray [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Geographic variation in Medicare surgical fees J B Mitchell and S M Davidson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health maintenance organizations in 1988 M Gold and D Hodges [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Community-based case management for persons with AIDS V Mor, J Piette, and J Fleishman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

American Business Looks Abroad John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Forecasting physician supply: recent developments J P Weiner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications And Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Mental Health And Homelessness: Evidence Of Failed Policy? Leslie J. Scallet [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Resource Tug-Of-War: A Canadian/American Comparison Theodore R. Marmor [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Performance, Policy, and The Public Hospital Michael L. Millman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Counting Uninsured Americans Katherine Swartz and Patrick J. Purcell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Who Provides Neurologic Care? Darryl C. De Vivo, Marvin A. Fishman, Mark L. Dyken, Sid Gilman, Joseph B. Martin, Ludwig Gutmann, David H. Hubel, William M. Landau, Elliott L. Mancall, Roger N. Rosenberg, Lewis P. Rowland, and Jack P. Whisnant [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Role Of The Neurologist: The Author Responds Matthew Menken [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Clarifying Canadian Physician Payment Michael Lloyd and Jim Tsitanidis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Canadian/U.S. Health Systems: Asking The Right Questions Patricia Drury and James Ring [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Health Care Electoral Paradox David Blumenthal [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Time And Cost Of Living Frank Lawler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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