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Journal Article

The role of state and local government in health [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Biomedical research and the future of public health L Thomas [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New ways to keep old promises in health care D L Rosenbloom [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Setting priorities in health education and promotion V R Fuchs [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What is public about public health? D E Beauchamp [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Major urban health departments: the ideal and the real D J Sencer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The long voyage: policies for progress in mental health M R Merwin and F M Ochberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publisher's Letter

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

From The Editor

From The Editors Robert J. Blendon and Bruce C. Vladeck [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

A Federal Perspective: An Interview With Sen. David Durenberger John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Environmental health J White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

The role of state and local government in health. Sun Valley Forum on National Health B Manning and B C Vladeck [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Who's Kidding Whom? Eli Ginzberg and A. Barton Hepburn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Relman's Agenda Dr. James S. Todd [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Research Priorities For State And Local Health Departments John R. Evans [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State Rate Setting Issues Reviewed Harold A. Cohen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Regulatory Versus Competitive State Rate Setting Adele Wilzack and Marsha Gold [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

More On State Rate Setting Steven C. Renn [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State Rate Setting In New Jersey Charles F. Pierce, Jr. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The VA Responds On Aging Veterans Donald S. Custis [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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