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Publisher's Letter

Publisher's Letter William B. Walsh M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

Prescription drugs and the elderly J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

The elderly and drug policy: coming of age J Avorn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prescription drugs, practicing physicians, and the elderly R J Lavizzo-Mourey and J M Eisenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Experience of state drug benefit programs S B Soumerai and D Ross-Degnan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed care and a changing pharmaceutical industry M R Pollard [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The role of mail service pharmacies C Horgan, B Goody, D Knapp, and L Fitterman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: a post-mortem T Rice, K Desmond, and J Gabel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Understanding the cost of a catastrophic drug benefit C L Schur, M L Berk, and P Mohr [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

A prescription for high drug prices D Pryor [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New drug legislation: a response from the pharmaceutical industry P E Freiman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Adverse drug reactions and the elderly W A Ray, M R Griffin, and R I Shorr [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug approval and AIDS: benefits for the elderly D J Rothman and H Edgar [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Trends in retail prescription expenditures S W Schondelmeyer and J Thomas, III [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Using survey data to estimate prescription drug costs M L Berk, C L Schur, and P Mohr [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Geriatric medications in the pipeline J F Beary [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Employer-sponsored health insurance, 1989 J Gabel, S DiCarlo, C Sullivan, and T Rice [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Foundations' role in improving medication use by older persons J W Rowe [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Funding And Research Programs In Medications And The Elderly Linda G. Greenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Prescription Drugs And The Elderly [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Toward A New Understanding Of Health Michael Hemesath [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Long-Term Care: Priate Markets Or Public Policies? Mark Schlesinger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Preliminary Assessment Of Medicare's Prospective Payment System Laura A. Dummit [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Measuring Progress In Health Promotion Michael A. Stoto [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Promotion: Continuing The National Debate J. Michael McGinnis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Role Of Prevention Objectives Katharine Bauer Sommers [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Health Of Industrialized Nations Joseph S. Cassells [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Understanding The Nature Of Addiction Neni Prasad, M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Value of Medicare Risk Contracts C.O. Ness [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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