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From The Editor

Politics & patients' rights J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Should government intervene to protect nonprofits? M G Bloche [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A broader vision for managed care, Part 2: A typology of community benefits M Schlesinger, B Gray, G Carrino, M Duncan, M Gusmano, V Antonelli, and J Stuber [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The ethics of accountability in managed care reform N Daniels and J Sabin [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Outcomes and effectiveness research in the private sector D N Mendelson, C S Goodman, R Ahn, and R J Rubin [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How are health care organizations using clinical guidelines? J E Sisk [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

'More a link than a division': how Canada has learned from U.S. mental health policy D A Rochefort and P Goering [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

The Federal Trade Commission In Action: The FTC's Robert F. Leibenluft John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

The next ten years of health spending: what does the future hold? S Smith, M Freeland, S Heffler, D McKusick, and The Health Expenditures Projection Team [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tracking health care costs: what's new in 1998? P B Ginsburg and J R Gabel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Spending for mental health and substance abuse treatment, 1996 D McKusick, T L Mark, E King, R Harwood, J A Buck, J Dilonardo, and J S Genuardi [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The new generation of nurse practitioners: is more enough? D C Harper and J Johnson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Promoting choice: lessons from managed Medicaid I Fraser, E Chait, and C Brach [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

When warnings are not enough: primary prevention through drug use review A Lyles, I H Zuckerman, S M DeSipio, and T Fulda [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Does dissatisfaction with health plans stem from having no choices? A A Gawande, R Blendon, M Brodie, J M Benson, L Levitt, and L Hugick [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed care and technology diffusion: the case of MRI L C Baker and S K Wheeler [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effects of maternity-stay legislation on 'drive-through deliveries' N U Udom and C L Betley [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Health policy grant making by foundations in the 1990s L Renz and S Lawrence [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective: Health Grantmakers And Public Policy Lauren LeRoy and Anne Schwartz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

Good news about difficult decisions: the Canadian approach to hospital cost control N P Roos, M Brownell, E Shapiro, and L L Roos [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Medical Progress And Where It Might Lead Us Henry J. Aaron [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Community Benefit: The Authors Respond Mark Schlesinger and Bradford Gray [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Community Benefit Via Social Coercion? Rogers K. Coleman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dangers Of Inpatient Rehabilitation Industry Consolidation Andrew I. Batavia [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Services Research And State Policy In Action Joseph L. Farrell, Robert H. Gray, and Virginia Hill Rice [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Certified Nurse-Midwife Heather Hartley [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evaluating Hospital Mergers Roger D. Colton and Stephen D. Colton [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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