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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

Medicaid coverage for mental illness: balancing access and costs C A Taube, H H Goldman, and D Salkever [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare financing for mental health care J R Lave and H H Goldman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mandating employer coverage of mental health care R G Frank and T G McGuire [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Employer-sponsored health insurance for retired Americans M A Morrisey, G A Jensen, and S E Henderlite [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Insights from the Medicare HMO demonstrations K M Langwell and J P Hadley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Living On The Short Side Of The Long Run Carl J. Schramm [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Competitiveness And Excellence: Health Costs And U.S. Business Samuel A. Mitchell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A 'Real World' Economics Lesson For American Business Merlin K. DuVal [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Back To Marketplace Basics Walter B. Maher [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Health Cost Control And The American Consumer Douglas S. Peters [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Macroeconomic Case For Cost Containment Walter J. McNerney [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Health Care Woes Of American Business: Reinhardt Responds Uwe E. Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

The World Of Ways And Means: A Conversation With Dan Rostenkowski John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The role of sociology in health affairs D Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Registered nurse shortages: the road to appropriate public policy C J Newschaffer and J A Schoenman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The need for a national focus on health care productivity S H Altman, S Goldberger, and S C Crane [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Sharpening the focus on health system reform D H Jeppson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Paying for public mental health care: crucial questions L J Scallet [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospitals' financial performance in the first five years of PPS S Guterman, S H Altman, and D A Young [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Evaluating rural hospital consortia J B Christianson, I S Moscovice, J Johnson, J Kralewski, and C Grogan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A foundation's response to the need for better health statistics A B Cohen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Private foundations and government partnership opportunities L G Greenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Medicare physician payment reform P B Ginsburg, L B LeRoy, and G T Hammons [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications And Reports: Mental Health [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

National Debate On Medical Screening Overdue George J. Annas [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Probing The Perinatal Paradox Herman A. Hein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Healthy Mothers And Babies: A Social Imperative Marie C. McCormick [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving Perinatal Care: The Author Responds Roger A. Rosenblatt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perinatal Care In Oklahoma Michael Lapolla [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Listen To Child Health Experts, Not Economists Birt Harvey [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Basic Benefits For All Children Robert J. Haggerty [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Well-Child Care: The Authors Respond Judith L. Wagner and Roger C. Herdman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Pluralistic Solution To Rising Health Costs Bob Hungate [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Index

1989 Index [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors