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Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

Who Reads Health Affairs, And Why? John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Vertical integration and organizational networks in health care J C Robinson and L P Casalino [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Modifying managed competition to address cost and quality H S Luft [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed competition and California's health care economy A C Enthoven and S J Singer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

California's tobacco control saga T E Novotny and M B Siegel [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Exercising purchasing power for preventive care H H Schauffler and T Rodriguez [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Public Health And Managed Care: A California Perspective Lester Breslow [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Are Multihospital Systems More Efficient? David Dranove, Amy Durkac, and Mark Shanley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Interview

Averting Disaster: A Conversation With The Los Angeles County 'Health Czar' John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Health workforce and education issues during system transition E O'Neil and T Riley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Residencies and employment under managed care: a medical student's view G W Ruhnke [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Trends in health insurance coverage in California, 1989-1993 E R Brown [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The social and health characteristics of California cities D P Andrulis and Y Shaw-Taylor [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumers' sensitivity to health plan premiums: evidence from a natural experiment in California T C Buchmueller and P J Feldstein [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital employment trends in California, 1982-1994 G F Anderson and L T Kohn [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical groups in California: managing care under capitation J B Trauner and J S Chesnutt [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Risk adjustment: the missing piece of market competition S Shewry, S Hunt, J Ramey, and J Bertko [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effect of Proposition 187 on mental health service use in California: a case study J J Fenton, R Catalano, and W A Hargreaves [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed care and open-heart surgery facilities in California M Chernew, R Hayward, and D Scanlon [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Anticipating the magic moment: the public interest in health plan conversions in California D M Fox and P Isenberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Early evaluation results of a collaborative partnership W Everett, P Harder, R T Brousseau, and J Eldred [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

The San Diego health care system: a snapshot of change R H Miller, H L Lipton, K S Duke, and H S Luft [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications And Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Congress And Health Policy Lawrence D. Brown [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Health Plans David Lawrence [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rebuttal On Nonprofit/For-Profit Debate Leonard D. Schaeffer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Justifying Increased Medicare Data Demands Nancy Chockley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare Data: The Authors Respond W. Pete Welch and H. Gilbert Welch [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Why MSAs Increase Costs John F. Sheils [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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