Web Exclusives

Health Affairs Web Exclusives are online-only, peer-reviewed journal articles, published weekly on average. These articles are selected based on their timeliness and relevance to the current health policy debate.

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3 December 2009
 
Jon Gabel, Jeremy Pickreign, Roland McDevitt, and Thomas Briggs, December 3, 2009
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Roland McDevitt, Jon Gabel, Ryan Lore, Jeremy Pickreign, Heidi Whitmore, and Tina Brust, December 3, 2009
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1 December 2009
 
Robert M. Wachter, December 1, 2009
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6 November 2009
 
Ashish Jha and Arnold Epstein, November 6, 2009
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2 November 2009
 
Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Michelle M. Doty, David Squires, Jordon Peugh, and Sandra Applebaum, November 2, 2009
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26 October 2009
 
Ashish K. Jha, Catherine M. DesRoches, Alexandra E. Shields, Paola D. Miralles, Jie Zheng, Sara Rosenbaum, and Eric G. Campbell, October 26, 2009
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20 October 2009
 
Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt, and Lisa I. Iezzoni, October 20, 2009
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Andrew P. Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, Danny McCormick, David H. Bor, and David U. Himmelstein, October 20, 2009
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14 October 2009
 
Joseph A. Ladapo, Jill R. Horwitz, Milton C. Weinstein, G. Scott Gazelle, and David M. Cutler, October 14, 2009
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Jacqueline D. Baras and Laurence C. Baker, October 14, 2009
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6 October 2009
 
Roland Sturm and Deborah A. Cohen, October 6, 2009
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Thomas A. Farley, Anna Caffarelli, Mary T. Bassett, Lynn Silver, and Thomas R. Frieden, October 6, 2009
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Brian Elbel, Rogan Kersh, Victoria L. Brescoll, and L. Beth Dixon, October 6, 2009
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1 October 2009
 
Sharon K. Long and Karen Stockley, October 1, 2009
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29 September 2009
 
Alexandra M. Stern, Martin S. Cetron, and Howard Markel, September 29, 2009
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22 September 2009
 
Radha Iyengar and Lindsay Sabik, September 22, 2009
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17 September 2009
 
Genevieve M. Kenney, Joel Ruhter, and Thomas M. Selden, September 17, 2009
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  Portrait Of A Policy And Political Entrepreneur
David Blumenthal, September 17, 2009
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  Senator Edward M. Kennedy: The Master Legislative Craftsman
David Nexon, September 17, 2009
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  Senator Edward M. Kennedy: Making Common Cause With Adversaries While Committed To Health Reform
Theodore R. Marmor, September 17, 2009
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15 September 2009
 
Gary Claxton, Bianca DiJulio, Heidi Whitmore, Jeremy Pickreign, Megan McHugh, Benjamin Finder, and Awo Osei-Anto, September 15, 2009
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Allen Dobson, Joan E. DaVanzo, Audrey M. El-Gamil, and Gregory Berger, September 15, 2009
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10 September 2009
 
Jacob A. Klerman, Michael Davern, Kathleen Thiede Call, Victoria Lynch, and Jeanne D. Ringel, September 10, 2009
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1 September 2009
 
Elbert S. Huang, Anirban Basu, Michael J. O'Grady, and James C. Capretta, September 1, 2009
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25 August 2009
 
Tahir Amin, Rahul Rajkumar, Priti Radhakrishnan, and Aaron S. Kesselheim, August 25, 2009
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Ellen R. Shaffer and Joseph E. Brenner, August 25, 2009
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Donald W. Light, August 25, 2009
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20 August 2009
 
Robert A. Berenson, Joy M. Grossman, and Elizabeth A. November, August 20, 2009
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18 August 2009
 
Norman Daniels, Brendan Saloner, and Adriane H. Gelpi, August 18, 2009
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Daniel P. Kessler and David W. Brady, August 18, 2009
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Aaron McKethan, Nadia Nguyen, Benjamin E. Sasse, and S. Lawrence Kocot, August 18, 2009
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11 August 2009
 
Claudia L. Schur, Marc L. Berk, Lauren E. Silver, Jill M. Yegian, and Michael J. O'Grady, August 11, 2009
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Sumit R. Majumdar and Stephen B. Soumerai, August 11, 2009
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6 August 2009
 
Richard M. Scheffler, Chris Brown Mahoney, Brent D. Fulton, Mario R. Dal Poz, and Alexander S. Preker, August 6, 2009
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Amy Hagopian, Anneke Zuyderduin, Naomi Kyobutungi, and Fatu Yumkella, August 6, 2009
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Colin McCord, Godfrey Mbaruku, Caetano Pereira, Calist Nzabuhakwa, and Staffan Bergstrom, August 6, 2009
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4 August 2009
 
Carleen Hawn, August 4, 2009
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30 July 2009
 
Kevin Outterson and Aaron S. Kesselheim, July 30, 2009
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27 July 2009
 
Eric A. Finkelstein, Justin G. Trogdon, Joel W. Cohen, and William Dietz, July 27, 2009
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23 July 2009
 
Bradford H. Gray and Mark Schlesinger, July 23, 2009
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21 July 2009
 
Stephen Crystal, Mark Olfson, Cecilia Huang, Harold Pincus, and Tobias Gerhard, July 21, 2009
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Robert A. Rosenheck and Michael J. Sernyak, July 21, 2009
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David O. Meltzer, Anirban Basu, and Herbert Y. Meltzer, July 21, 2009
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16 July 2009
 
Timothy S. Jost, July 16, 2009
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9 July 2009
 
Leonardo Trasande, Yinghua Liu, George Fryer, and Michael Weitzman, July 9, 2009
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7 July 2009
 
Jeanne S. Ringel, Elizabeth Trentacost, and Nicole Lurie, July 7, 2009
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30 June 2009
 
Ramanan Laxminarayan, Eili Y. Klein, Sarah Darley, and Olusoji Adeyi, June 30, 2009
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25 June 2009
 
Ari Hoffman and Steven D. Pearson, June 25, 2009
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Gail R. Wilensky, June 25, 2009
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23 June 2009
 
Julie L. Hudson, June 23, 2009
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18 June 2009
 
John K. Iglehart, June 18, 2009
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16 June 2009
 
Francois de Brantes, Guy D'Andrea, and Meredith B. Rosenthal, June 16, 2009
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12 June 2009
 
John Rother and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, June 12, 2009
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Jack Needleman and Susan Hassmiller, June 12, 2009
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Brenda L. Cleary, Angela Barron McBride, Margaret L. McClure, and Susan C. Reinhard, June 12, 2009
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Linda H. Aiken, Robyn B. Cheung, and Danielle M. Olds, June 12, 2009
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Peter I. Buerhaus, David I. Auerbach, and Douglas O. Staiger, June 12, 2009
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Ann Kutney-Lee, Matthew D. McHugh, Douglas M. Sloane, Jeannie P. Cimiotti, Linda Flynn, Donna Felber Neff, and Linda H. Aiken, June 12, 2009
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2 June 2009
 
Jon R. Gabel, Roland McDevitt, Ryan Lore, Jeremy Pickreign, Heidi Whitmore, and Tina Ding, June 2, 2009
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Thomas M. Selden, Genevieve M. Kenney, Matthew S. Pantell, and Joel Ruhter, June 2, 2009
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28 May 2009
 
Todd P. Gilmer and Richard G. Kronick, May 28, 2009
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Sharon K. Long and Paul B. Masi, May 28, 2009
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Jon Kingsdale, May 28, 2009
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21 May 2009
 
Laura Yasaitis, Elliott S. Fisher, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Amitabh Chandra, May 21, 2009
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19 May 2009
 
Donald M. Berwick, May 19, 2009
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14 May 2009
 
Lawrence P. Casalino, Sean Nicholson, David N. Gans, Terry Hammons, Dante Morra, Theodore Karrison, and Wendy Levinson, May 14, 2009
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Julie Ann Sakowski, James G. Kahn, Richard G. Kronick, Jeffrey M. Newman, and Harold S. Luft, May 14, 2009
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12 May 2009
 
Karen Davis, Stuart Guterman, Michelle M. Doty, and Kristof M. Stremikis, May 12, 2009
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28 April 2009
 
Stephen Zuckerman, Aimee F. Williams, and Karen E. Stockley, April 28, 2009
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21 April 2009
 
Tara Sussman, Robert J. Blendon, and Andrea Louise Campbell, April 21, 2009
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14 April 2009
 
Peter J. Cunningham, April 14, 2009
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7 April 2009
 
Peter J. Pronovost, Christine A. Goeschel, Kyle L. Olsen, Julius C. Pham, Marlene R. Miller, Sean M. Berenholtz, J. Bryan Sexton, Jill A. Marsteller, Laura L. Morlock, Albert W. Wu, Jerod M. Loeb, and Carolyn M. Clancy, April 7, 2009
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31 March 2009
 
Kannika Damrongplasit and Glenn A. Melnick, March 31, 2009
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Tewarit Somkotra and Leizel P. Lagrada, March 31, 2009
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24 March 2009
 
Rick Curtis and Ed Neuschler, March 24, 2009
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Rick Curtis and Ed Neuschler, March 24, 2009
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Marian R. Mulkey and Mark D. Smith, March 24, 2009
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19 March 2009
  Eliminating Neglected Diseases In Poor Countries: A Conversation With Andrew Witty
Susan Dentzer, March 19, 2009
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17 March 2009
 
Jonathan B. Oberlander and Barbara Lyons, March 17, 2009
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9 March 2009
 
Mark E. Frisse, March 9, 2009
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John D. Halamka, March 9, 2009
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Ticia Gerber, March 9, 2009
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David J. Brailer, March 9, 2009
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3 March 2009
 
Mary Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary Campbell, and Gary E. Rosenthal, March 3, 2009
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24 February 2009
 
Andrea Sisko, Christopher Truffer, Sheila Smith, Sean Keehan, Jonathan Cylus, John A. Poisal, M. Kent Clemens, and Joseph Lizonitz, February 24, 2009
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Charles Roehrig, George Miller, Craig Lake, and Jenny Bryant, February 24, 2009
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18 February 2009
 
Stephen Zuckerman, Dawn M. Miller, and Emily Shelton Pape, February 18, 2009
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10 February 2009
 
Barbara Mark, David W. Harless, and Joanne Spetz, February 10, 2009
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3 February 2009
 
Sebastian Schneeweiss, Amanda R. Patrick, Alex Pedan, Laleh Varasteh, Raisa Levin, Nan Liu, and William H. Shrank, February 3, 2009
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Yuting Zhang, Julie Marie Donohue, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Judith R. Lave, February 3, 2009
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27 January 2009
 
Janet Corrigan and Dwight McNeill, January 27, 2009
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Charles N. Kahn III, January 27, 2009
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Elliott S. Fisher, Mark B. McClellan, John Bertko, Steven M. Lieberman, Julie J. Lee, Julie L. Lewis, and Jonathan S. Skinner, January 27, 2009
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Francis J. Crosson, January 27, 2009
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John Rother, January 27, 2009
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Stuart Guterman, Karen Davis, Stephen Schoenbaum, and Anthony Shih, January 27, 2009
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Christopher P. Tompkins, Aparna R. Higgins, and Grant A. Ritter, January 27, 2009
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Robert E. Mechanic and Stuart H. Altman, January 27, 2009
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James C. Robinson and Paul B. Ginsburg, January 27, 2009
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Caroline Lubick Goldzweig, Ali Towfigh, Margaret Maglione, and Paul G. Shekelle, January 27, 2009
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Reinhard Busse, Ulrike Nimptsch, and Thomas Mansky, January 27, 2009
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16 January 2009
 
Jim Cooper and Michael Castle, January 16, 2009
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Denis Cortese and Jeffrey O. Korsmo, January 16, 2009
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Craig Barrett and Peter V. Lee, January 16, 2009
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Victor R. Fuchs, January 16, 2009
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Henry J. Aaron, January 16, 2009
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Alan Weil, January 16, 2009
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Gail R. Wilensky and David Satcher, January 16, 2009
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Nils Daulaire, January 16, 2009
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