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Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

From The Editor John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

The changing world of private foundations: an interview with Dr. David E. Rogers J K Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Drug policy in the aging society J Avorn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental health and the elderly: new biopharmaceutic considerations B E Cabana [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health, science, and regulation: the politics of prevention D Kennedy [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prospective capital payments to hospitals G Anderson and P B Ginsburg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The doctors' trust: self-regulation and the law C C Havighurst [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Aging veterans: will they overwhelm the VA medical care system? C Horgan, A Taylor, and G Wilensky [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Arizona experiment: competitive bidding for indigent medical care J B Christianson, D G Hillman, and K R Smith [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Data watch. How do private foundations spend their money? A description of health giving B Dooley, C Jackson, J Merrill, J Reuter, and K Tyson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Health Cost Management at the Community Level: Doctors, Hospitals and Industry M.D. Egdahl and John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Medicare Hospice Benefit: Unanticipated Cost And Access Impacts? Burton David Dunlop [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

DRG-Based Reimbursement Is Alive And Well Bruce C. Vladeck [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Investor-Owned Versus Not-For-Profit Hospitals Lawrence S. Lewin, Robert A. Derzon, and J. Michael White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Florida's Hospital Cost Containment Board Responds J.N. Conger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons To Be Learned Ray Dombkiewicz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Sloan And Vraciu Respond Frank A. Sloan and Robert A. Vraciu [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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