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From The Editor

Assaults On The Safety Net John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

The status of local health care safety nets R J Baxter and R E Mechanic [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Denver Health: Initiatives for Survival Patricia A. Gabow [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Beyond The Safety Net In Dallas Ron J. Anderson and Paul J. Boumbulian [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The evolution of support for safety-net hospitals L E Fishman and J D Bentley [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Financing graduate medical education: the search for new sources of support H R Desmarais and M M Hash [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Incremental approaches to covering uninsured children: design and policy issues K E Thorpe [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Insuring Children: The Next Steps Samuel S. Flint [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid managed care and community providers: new partnerships D J Lipson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The politics and economics of mental health 'parity' laws R G Frank, C Koyanagi, and T G McGuire [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Covering mental health and substance abuse services J A Buck and B Umland [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Characteristics and growth of managed behavioral health care firms L C Kihlstrom [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Politics And Compromise: Senator Jim Jeffords John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The public sector in health care: evolution or dissolution? D P Andrulis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The safety-net role of international medical graduates S S Mick and S Y Lee [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Tracking health care costs: an update P B Ginsburg and J D Pickreign [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The consumer health plan value survey: round two H M Allen, Jr. and W H Rogers [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A changing picture of uncompensated care P J Cunningham and H T Tu [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Use and abuse of the medical loss ratio to measure health plan performance J C Robinson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State health care reform in Massachusetts J Greenberg and B Zuckerman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons from Arizona's Medicaid managed care program N McCall [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

The VA health care system: an unrecognized national safety net N J Wilson and K W Kizer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Will minority physician supply meet U.S. needs? D L Libby, Z Zhou, and D A Kindig [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What types of hospitals form the safety net? L E Fishman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A profile of uncompensated hospital care, 1983-1995 J M Mann, G A Melnick, A Bamezai, and J Zwanziger [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State trends in hospital uncompensated care G Atkinson, W D Helms, and J Needleman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Academic health centers in competitive markets J Reuter and D Gaskin [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Improving workers' compensation health care A E Dembe, J S Himmelstein, B A Stevens, and M P Beachler [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

A look inside Medicaid managed care S Rosenbaum [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications And Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Are HMOs Really Dangerous To Your Health? Helen Darling [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

An Open Letter To Alain Enthoven Adam Yarmolinsky [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Enthoven Responds Alain Enthoven [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nonprofit Hospitals: Bargain Prices? Richard L. Johnson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nonprofit Conversions: The Author Responds Bradford H. Gray [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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