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From The Editor

Family, Marketplace & The State: Striking A Balance John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Can social insurance for long-term care work? The experience of Germany A E Cuellar and J M Wiener [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Long-term care insurance comes to Japan J C Campbell and N Ikegami [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Long-term care in the United States: an overview J Feder, H L Komisar, and M Niefeld [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rearranging the compartments: the financing and delivery of care for Australia's elderly A L Howe [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New Zealand: long-term care in a decade of change T Ashton [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A tale of two systems: the changing academic health center D Blumenthal and N Edwards [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

In pursuit of an improving National Health Service A C Enthoven [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: The Modern NHS: An Underfunded Model Of Efficiency And Integration Andrew B. Bindman and Jonathan P. Weiner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Judging The Success Of Reform: The View From Within Graham Hart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Australia's Balance Between Public And Private Arrangements Andrew Podger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: The Politics Of Health System Reform Graham Scott [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: The Future Of The NHS: Confronting The Big Questions Richard G.A. Feachem [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Questioning The Role Of The Private Market In The British NHS Kieke G.H. Okma [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Restoring The Status Of An Icon: A Talk With Canada's Minister Of Health John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Caring for the frail elderly: an international review M Merlis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Health spending and outcomes: trends in OECD countries, 1960-1998 G F Anderson, J Hurst, P S Hussey, and M Jee-Hughes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health plan switching: choice or circumstance? P J Cunningham and L Kohn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What would happen if large firms offered MSAs? M Pauly, A Percy, B Herring, and J Rosenbloom [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Where does performance measurement go from here? M W Legnini, L E Rosenberg, M J Perry, and N J Robertson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Leveling the playing field: managed care enrollment and hospital use, 1987-1996 R M Weinick and J W Cohen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

My twelve years in the U.K. health system L M Beier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Population aging: a comparison among industrialized countries G F Anderson and P S Hussey [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Population aging in developing countries L B Shrestha [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coping with aging: international challenges S Jacobzone [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The elderly in five nations: the importance of universal coverage K Donelan, R J Blendon, C Schoen, K Binns, R Osborn, and K Davis [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Using 'linkage and exchange' to move research into policy at a Canadian foundation J Lomas [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Strategic philanthropy: principles put into practice M K Byrnes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

The United States confronts the policy dilemmas of an aging society D Shactman and S H Altman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Outpatient pharmaceuticals and the elderly: policies in seven nations D A Freund, D Willison, G Reeher, J Cosby, A Ferraro, and B O'Brien [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Essay: Rediscovering The Social Determinants Of Health David Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Keeping Pace With Health System Change Kathryn A. Phillips [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Politics Of Explicit Rationing Daniel M. Fox [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Insurance Tax Subsidies: You Get What You Pay For Jack A. Meyer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tax Credits For Insurance: A Viable Option Bill Gradison [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Market For Control Of Nonprofits Kevin Fee [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Correcting The Terminology In Study Of Preventive Care William R. Boyles [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Preventive Services: The Authors Respond Kathryn A. Phillips for the authors [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Refuting The 'Accidental System' Robert Cunningham [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors