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From the Editor

The Challenges Of Chronic Disease John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Population Change

PROLOGUE: Population Change [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Declining Disability Among The Elderly David M. Cutler [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Population Change: Friend Or Foe Of The Chronic Care System? Douglas A. Wolf [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicine & Chronic Illness

PROLOGUE: Medicine And Chronic Illness [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

No Toyotas In Health Care: Why Medical Care Has Not Evolved To Meet Patients’ Needs Molly Joel Coye [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Business Case For Quality Robert S. Galvin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Making A Business Case For High-Quality Chronic Illness Care Richard J. Bringewatt [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Toyotas Or Hush Puppies? Physician Organizations And Chronic Care Management Nancy Oswald [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving Chronic Illness Care: Translating Evidence Into Action Edward H. Wagner, Brian T. Austin, Connie Davis, Mike Hindmarsh, Judith Schaefer, and Amy Bonomi [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Long-Term Care

PROLOGUE: Long-Term Care [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumer-Directed Services At Home: A New Model For Persons With Disabilities A.E. Benjamin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Providing Long-Term Care Benefits In Cash: Moving To A Disability Model Robyn I. Stone [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Choosing Long-Term Care Insurance Mark V. Pauly [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Long-Term Care: A Public Responsibility Judith Feder [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

What Older People Want From Long-Term Care, And How They Can Get It Robert L. Kane and Rosalie A. Kane [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Regulating U.S. Nursing Homes: Are We Learning From Experience? Kieran Walshe [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coordination Of Care

PROLOGUE: Coordination Of Care [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Changing The Chronic Care System To Meet People’s Needs Gerard Anderson and James R. Knickman [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Integrating Acute And Long-Term Care For High-Cost Populations Robert J. Master and Catherine Eng [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Public Administration Barriers To Expanding Integrated Models Alan Weil [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

You Can’t Get There From Here: Obstacles To Improving Care Of The Chronically Ill Bruce C. Vladeck [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: The Health Status Of Workers Who Decline Employer-Sponsored Insurance Linda J. Blumberg and Len M. Nichols [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Tracking The Changing Provider Landscape: Implications For Health Policy And Practice Gloria J. Bazzoli, Stephen M. Shortell, Federico Ciliberto, Peter D. Kralovec, and Nicole L. Dubbs [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: The Near-Elderly, Early Retirees, And Managed Care Michael A. Morrisey and Gail A. Jensen [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Calm Before The Storm: Expected Increase In The Number Of Uninsured Americans Todd Gilmer and Richard Kronick [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: ‘Fifteen Minutes Of Fame’: Reflections On The Uses Of Health Research, The Media, Pundits, And The Spin David Mechanic and Donna D. McAlpine [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Tin-Cup Medicine Fitzhugh Mullan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Americans’ Health Priorities: Curing Cancer And Controlling Costs Robert J. Blendon, Kimberly Scoles, Catherine DesRoches, John T. Young, Melissa J. Herrmann, Jennifer L. Schmidt, and Minah Kim [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Comparing The National Economic Burden Of Five Chronic Conditions Benjamin G. Druss, Steven C. Marcus, Mark Olfson, Terri Tanielian, Lynn Elinson, and Harold Alan Pincus [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disability Profile And Health Care Costs Of Medicare Beneficiaries Under Age Sixty-Five Sandra M. Foote and Christopher Hogan [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Aging Out Of Coverage: Young Adults With Special Health Needs Eliot Fishman [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Out-Of-Pocket Medical Spending For Care Of Chronic Conditions Wenke Hwang, Wendy Weller, Henry Ireys, and Gerard Anderson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Status And The Cost Of Expanding Insurance Coverage John Holahan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Grants & Grant Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications and Reports Judie Tucker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Health Care Challenges In Eastern Europe Armin H. Fidler [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Digging In An Ethical Minefield Lynn H. Ehrle [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Cancer Beliefs Harry M. Marks [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Rationalizing The Drug Patent System Steven Findlay [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Useful Lessons For Policymakers Henry Grabowski [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Paying For Medical Breakthroughs Robert Galvin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Assessing The Relative Value Of Drug Therapies John Rother [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Balancing Access And Innovation Gerry Shea [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Price Moderation Still Needed Ron Pollack [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Increased Transparency For Drug Research Mark Cloutier [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Faulty Links Between Profits And R&D Spending Bob Young [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Imperfect Data David H. Kreling and F.M. Scherer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Leaders Need Followers To Improve Quality Of Care David Blumenthal [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Building On Quality-Of-Care Improvements Margaret O’Kane [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Head, The Heart, And Neonatology Chris Feudtner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Doing Right For Children Norman Fost [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Debate Needed About Neonatal Intensive Care Jerold F. Lucey [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Treating The Mentally Ill Roger Peele, Larry Kline, Barry Herman, Roland Sturm, Daniel Gitterman, and Richard Scheffler [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grim Prognosis For M+C Douglas R. Guerdat [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The AMA And Tax Credits Richard F. Corlin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Primary Care In Canada Darrell Thomson, Michael Epp, Darrel Weinkauf, Michael Gormley, Brian Hutchison, John Lavis, and Julia Abelson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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