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Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

Tracking the transformation of health care J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

The RWJF Community Snapshots Study: introduction and overview P B Ginsburg [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tracking consumers' reactions to the changing health care system: early indicators J R Knickman, R G Hughes, H Taylor, K Binns, and M P Lyons [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effects of health system changes on safety-net providers D J Lipson and N Naierman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospitals in a changing health care system K S Duke [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact of purchasing strategies on local health care systems D J Lipson and J M De Sa [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The role of public policy in health care market change A Katz and J Thompson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health system integration: a means to an end R H Miller [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Competition in the health system: good news and bad news R H Miller [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Context and catalysts for change in health care markets P Lichiello and C W Madden [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health care spending in 1994: slowest in decades K R Levit, H C Lazenby, and L Sivarajan [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Spending More through "Cost Controls:" Our Obsessive Quest to Gut the Hospital Uwe E. Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The dynamics and limits of corporate growth in health care J C Robinson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effects of market reforms on doctors and their patients D Blumenthal [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can managed care plans control health care costs? J Zwanziger and G A Melnick [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Academic health centers in a changing environment D Blumenthal and G S Meyer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Re-minding our Ps and Qs: medical cost controls in Canada M L Barer, J Lomas, and C Sanmartin [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications & Reports [Reprints & Permissions]

State Report Gordon Bonnyman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Shifting paradigms and the role of research C R Gaus and I Fraser [Reprints & Permissions]

Managing the physician workforce: hands off, the market is working S Foreman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Powerful Hands: Making The Most Of Graduate Medical Education Fitzhugh Mullan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

All payer, single payer, managed care, no payer: patients' perspectives in three nations K Donelan, R J Blendon, J Benson, R Leitman, and H Taylor [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Self-insured employer health plans: prevalence, profile, provisions, and premiums G Acs, S H Long, M S Marquis, and P F Short [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Grants to shape the health care workforce: the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation experience S L Isaacs, L G Sandy, and S A Schroeder [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

Book Reviews

Insights Into Ourselves And Our Culture Dan C. English [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Federal Nursing Home Regulation John A. Nyman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Public's Stake In Nonprofit Health Plan Conversions Susan T. Sherry and Natalie Seto [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors