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2003 Subject Index

Medicaid and Managed Care: A Lasting Relationship? January/February 2003. Robert E. Hurley and Stephen Somers. Pp. 77-88.

Where the Action Really Is: Medicaid and the Disabled. January/February 2003. Bruce C. Vladeck. Pp. 90-100.

Medicaid and Mental Health: Be Careful What You Ask For. January/February 2003. Richard G. Frank, Howard H. Goldman and Michael Hogan. Pp. 101-113.

Trends in U.S. Health Care Spending, 2001. January/February 2003. Katharine Levit, Cynthia Smith, Cathy Cowan, Helen Lazenby, Art Sensenig, and Aaron Catlin. Pp. 154-164.

What Drove Private Health Insurance Spending on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care, 1992-1999? January/February 2003. Tami L. Mark and Rosanna M. Coffey. Pp. 165-172.

Radical Simplification: Disaster Relief Medicaid in New York City. January/February 2003. Kathryn Haslanger. Pp. 252-258.

The Prevalence of Treated and Untreated Mental Disorders in Five Countries. May/June 2003. Rob V. Bijl, Ron de Graaf, Eva Hiripi, Ronald C. Kessler, Robert Kohn, David R. Offord, T. Bedirhan Ustun, Benjamin Vicente, Wilma A. M. Vollebergh, Ellen E. Walters, and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen. Pp. 122-133.

Is the Prevalence of Mental Disorders a Good Measure of the Need for Services? September/October 2003. David Mechanic. Pp. 8-20.

Mandated Treatment in the Community for People with Mental Disorders. September/October 2003. John Monahan, Marvin Swartz and Richard J. Bonnie. Pp. 28-38.

Accomplishments and Challenges in Medicaid Mental Health. September/October 2003. Diane Rowland, Rachel Garfield and Risa Elias. Pp. 73-83.

Managing Psychotropic Drug Costs: Will Formularies Work? September/October 2003. Haiden A. Huskamp. Pp. 84-96.

Developing a Medicare Prospective Payment System for Inpatient Psychiatric Care. September/October 2003. Judith R. Lave. Pp. 97-109.

Health Benefits in 2003: Premiums Reach Thirteen-Year High as Employers Adopt New Forms of Cost Sharing. September/October 2003. Jon Gabel, Gary Claxton, Erin Holve, Jeremy Pickreign, Heidi Whitmore, Kelley Dhont, Samantha Hawkins and Diane Rowland. Pp. 117-126.

The Impact of State Managed Care Liability Status. September/October 2003. Mark A. Hall and Gail Agrawal. Pp. 138-145.

2002 Subject Index

Back to the Drawing Board: New Directions in Health Plans' Care Management Strategies. Sep./Oct. 2002. Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Glen P. Mays.

The Changing Face Of Managed Care. Jan./Feb. 2002. Debra A. Draper, Robert E. Hurley, Cara C. Lesser, and Bradley C. Strunk.

Cost And Quality Trends In Direct Contracting Arrangements. Jan./Feb. 2002. Alan Lyles, Jonathan P. Weiner, Andrew D. Shore, Jon Christianson, Leif I. Solberg, and Patricia Drury.

From the Field: How And Why The Health Insurance System Will Collapse. November/December 2002. Humphrey Taylor.

Geographic Variation In The Use Of Medications: Is Uniformity Good News Or Bad? Jan./Feb. 2002. Robert W. Dubois, Elaine Batchlor, and Sally Wade.

Health Care Spending During 1991-1998: A Fifty-State Review. July/August 2002. Anne Martin, Lekha Whittle, Katharine Levit, Greg Won, and Lindy Hinman.

The Impacts Of Mental Health Parity And Managed Care In One Large Employer Group. May/June 2002. Samuel H. Zuvekas, Darrel A. Regier, Donald S. Rae, Agnes Rupp, and William E. Narrow.

Joint Custody: Bipartisan Interest Expands Scope Of Tax-Credit Proposals. November/December 2002 (web exclusive, abstract). Robert Cunningham.

Medicaid Coverage For The Working Uninsured: The Role Of State Policy. November/December 2002. Randall R. Bovbjerg, Jack Hadley, Mary Beth Pohl, and Marc Rockmore.

Medicare Versus Private Insurance: Rhetoric And Reality. November/December 2002 (web exclusive, abstract). Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, Michelle Doty, and Katie Tenney.

The Most Expensive Medical Conditions In America. July/August 2002. Benjamin G. Druss, Steven C. Marcus, Mark Olfson, and Harold Alan Pincus.

The Nongroup Health Insurance Market: Short On Facts, Long On Policy Dispute. November/December 2002 (web exclusive, abstract). Mark V. Pauly and Len M. Nichols, with Twelve Perspectives.

Parental Behavior And Child Health. March/April 2002. Anne Case, Christina Paxson.

Paying for Public Mental Health Care: Crucial Questions. March/April 2002. Leslie Scallett.

Public Support For Policies That Would Help People With Chronic Conditions. July/August 2002. Mae Thamer, Wenke Hwang, and Gerard Anderson.

Racial Variation In Quality Of Care Among Medicare+Choice Enrollees. November/December 2002. Beth A. Virnig, Nicole Lurie, Zhen Huang, Dorothea Musgrave, A. Marshall McBean and Bryan Dowd.

Removing Barriers To Care Among Persons With Psychiatric Symptoms. May/June 2002. David Mechanic.

Tracking Health Care Costs: Growth Accelerates Again In 2001. November/December 2002 (web exclusive, abstract). Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsberg, and Jon R. Gabel.

Trends: Does Insurance Coverage For Drug Therapy Affect Smoking Cessation? November/December 2002. Raymond G. Boyle, Leif I. Solberg, Sanne Magnan, Gestur Davidson, and Nina L. Alesci.

Trends In Health Insurance Coverage: A Look At Early 2001 Data. Jan./Feb. 2002. Paul Fronstin.

Trends: Trends In Retiree Health Benefits. November/December 2002. Lauren A. McCormack, Jon R. Gabel, Heidi Whitmore, Wayne L. Anderson, and Jeremy Pickreign.

2001 Subject Index

Aging Out Of Coverage: Young Adults With Special Health Needs. Eliot Fishman. Nov./Dec. 2001.

Beyond Managed Long-Term Care: Paying For Home Care Based On Risk Of Adverse Outcomes. William Wessert, Michael Chernew, Richard Hirth. May/June 2001.

Building A Consensus For Expanding Health Coverage. Charles N. Kahn, Ronald F. Pollack. Jan./Feb. 2001.

Consumers Versus Managed Care: The New Class Actions. Clark C. Havighurst. July/Aug. 2001.

The Concentration Of Health Care Expenditures, Revisited. Marc L. Berk, Alan C. Monheit. March/April 2001.

The Controversy Of Increased Spending For Antidepressants. Thomas W. Croghan. March/April 2001.

Declining Disability Among The Elderly. David M. Cutler. Nov./Dec. 2001.

A Flexible Benefits Tax Credit For Health Insurance And More. Lynn Etheredge. May/June 2001.

For-Profit And Not-For-Profit Health Plans Participating In Medicaid. Bruce E. Landon, Arnold M. Epstein. May/June 2001.

Full Parity: Steps Toward Treatment Equity For Mental And Addictive Disorders. Kevin D. Hennessy, Howard H. Goldman. July/Aug. 2001.

Growing Differences Between Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Drug Coverage. John A. Poisal, Lauren Murray. March/April 2001.

Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Among Insured Elders. Cindy Parks Thomas, Grant Ritter, Stanley S. Wallack. Sept./Oct. 2001.

Health Care Access And Use Among Low-Income Children: Who Fares Best? Lisa Dubay, Genevieve M. Kenney. Jan./Feb. 2001.

How A Changing Workforce Affects Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance. Gregory Acs, Linda J. Blumberg. Jan./Feb. 2001.

Left Out: Immigrants' Access To Health Care and Insurance. Leighton Ku, Sheetal Matani. Jan./Feb. 2001.

Medicaid For Children: Federal Mandates, Welfare Reform, And Policy Backsliding. Karl Kronebusch. Jan./Feb. 2001.

Medicare Physician Payment Changes: Impact On Physicians And Beneficiaries. Julie A. Shoenman, Kevin J. Hayes, C. Michael Cheng. March/April 2001.

The Near-Elderly, Early Retirees, And Managed Care. Michael A. Morrisey, Gail A. Jenson. Nov./Dec. 2001.

Patterns of Insurance Coverage Within Families With Children. Karla L. Hanson. Jan./Feb. 2001.

Perspective: Parity Or Insurance Mandate? The Care For Mental Health Parity In Kansas. Sandy Praeger. July/Aug. 2001.

The Price Of Progress: Prescription Drugs In The Health Care Market. J.D. Kleinke. Sept./Oct. 2001.

Providing Care At the End Of Life: Do Medicare Rules Impede Good Care? Haiden A. Huskamp, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Virginia Wang, Joseph P. Newhouse. May/June 2001.

Public Attitudes About Genetic Testing For Alzheimer's Disease. Peter J. Neumann, James K. Hammitt, Curt Mueller, Howard M. Fillit, Jerrold Hill, Nii A. Tetteh, Kenneth S. Kosik. Sept./Oct. 2001.

Reforming Medicare: Impacts On Federal Spending And Choice Of Health Plans. Kenneth E. Thorpe, Adam Atherly. Nov./Dec. 2001.

The Sunset of Federal Mental Health Parity. July/Aug. 2001.

Three Decades Of Health Care Use By The Elderly, 1965-1998. James Lubitz, Linda G. Greenberg, Yelena Gorina, Lynne Wartzman, David Gibson. March/April 2001.

Toward Full Mental Health Parity And Beyond. Daniel P. Gitterman, Roland Sturm, Richard M. Scheffler. July/Aug. 2001.

What Older People Want From Long-Term Care, And How They Can Get It. Robert L. Kane, Rosalie A. Kane. Nov./Dec. 2001.

2000 Subject Index

Adults Without Health Insurance: Do State Policies Matter? 178 Brenda C. Spillman July/Aug. 2000.

Are Pharmaceuticals Cost-Effective? A Review Of The Evidence. 92 Peter J. Neumann; Eileen A. Sandberg; Chaim M. Bell; Patricia W. Stone; Richard H. Chapman. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Barriers To Care Among Racial/Ethnic Groups Under Managed Care. 65 Kathryn A. Phillips; Michelle L. Mayer; Lu Ann Aday. July/Aug. 2000.

The Costs Of A Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. 212 Sandra Christensen; Judith Wagner. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Chronic Illness And Plan Satisfaction Under Managed Care. 203 Benjamin G. Druss; Mark Schlesinger; Tracey Thomas; Harris Allen. Jan./Feb. 2000.

Designing A Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Issues, Obstacles, And Opportunities. 26 Mark McClellan; Ian D. Spatz; Stacie Carney. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Drug Coverage And Drug Purchases By Medicare Beneficiaries With Hypertension. 219 Jan Blustein. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Drug Coverage Decisions: The Role Of Dollars And Values. 240 Karen Titlow; Lauren Randel; Carolyn M. Clancy; Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Early Experience With 'New Federalism' In Health Insurance Regulation. 7 Karen Pollitz; Nicole Tapay; Elizabeth Hadley; Jalena Specht. July/Aug. 2000.

The Economics Of For-Profit And Not-For-Profit Hospitals. 178 Uwe E. Reinhardt Hospital Conversions, Margins, And The Provision Of Uncompensated Care 187 Kenneth E. Thorpe; Curtis S. Florence; Eric E. Seiber. Nov/Dec. 2000.

E-Health, HIPAA, And Beyond. 149 John R. Lumpkin. Nov/Dec. 2000.

The Elderly In Five Nations: The Importance Of Universal Coverage. 226 Karen Donelan; Robert J. Blendon; Cathy Schoen; Katherine Binns; Robin Osborn; Karen Davis. May/June 2000.

The Geography Of Health Insurance Regulation. 173 Mark A. Hall. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Gouging The Medically Uninsured: A Tale Of Two Bills. 180 Irene Wielawski. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Growing An Industry: How Managed Is TennCare's Managed Care? Marsha Gold and Anna Aizer. Jan/Feb 2000. 86

Health Care Reform And The New Economy. 23 Paul Starr. Nov/Dec. 2000.

Health Care Use And At-Work Productivity Among Employees With Mental Disorders. 244 Ernst R. Berndt; Howard L. Bailit; Martin B. Keller; Jason C. Verner; Stan N. Finkelstein. July/Aug. 2000.

Health Insurance Coverage After Welfare. 175 Bowen Garrett; John Holahan. Jan./Feb. 2000.

Health Plan Switching: Choice Or Circumstance? 158 Peter J. Cunningham; Linda Kohn. May/June 2000.

The Health Rights Hotline: Role Of A Model Independent-Assistance Program. 239 Gina A. Livermore; David C. Stapleton; Peter V. Lee; Larry Levitt. Jan./Feb. 2000.

Health Spending In 1998: Signals Of Change. 124 Katharine Levit; Cathy Cown; Helen Lazenby; Arthur Sensenig; Patricia McDonnell; Jean Stiller; Anne Martin. Jan./Feb. 2000.

HMO Market Penetration And Costs Of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. 121 Laurence C. Baker; Joel C. Cantor; Stephen H. Long; M. Susan Marquis. Sept/Oct. 2000.

In Pursuit Of An Improving National Health Service. 102 Alain C. Enthoven. May/June 2000.

Increasing The Impact Of Health Plan Report Cards By Addressing Consumers' Concerns. 138 Judith H. Hibbard; Lauren Harris-Kojetin; Paul Mullin; James Lubalin; Steve Garfinkel Sept/Oct. 2000.

Increasing Use Of New Prescription Drugs: A Case Study. 165 Sandra M. Foote; Lynn Etheredge The Nonpoor Uninsured In California, 1998 171 Jill M. Yegian; David G. Pockell; Mark D. Smith; Eleanor K. Murray. July/Aug. 2000.

Is Premium Support The Right Medicine For Medicare? 84 Jonathan Oberlander Sept/Oct. 2000.

Job-Based Health Insurance In 2000: Premiums Rise Sharply While Coverage Grows. 144 Jon Gabel; Larry Levitt; Jeremy Pickreign; Heidi Whitmore; Erin Holve; Samantha Hawkins; Nick Miller. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Judging The Success Of Reform: The View From Within. 122 Graham Hart May/June 2000.

Just What The HMO Ordered: The Paradox Of Increasing Drug Costs. 78 J. D. Kleinke Mar/Apr. 2000.

Leveling The Playing Field: Managed Care Enrollment And Hospital Use, 1987-1996. 178 M. Weinick; Joel W. Cohen. May/June 2000.

Long Private Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: New Estimates By State. 139 James M. Branscome; Philip F. Cooper; John Sommers; Jessica P. Vistnes Jan./Feb. 2000.

Long-Term Care In The United States: An Overview. 40 Judith Feder Harriet; L. Komisar; Marlene Niefeld. May/June 2000.

Managed Care And The Imperative For A New Professional Ethic 100 David Mechanic Risks of Reporting Sentinel Events. 112 Bryan A. Liang. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Managed Care At A Crossroads. 157 Geoffrey E. Harris; Matthew J. Ripperger; Howard G.S. Horn. Jan./Feb. 2000.

Managing Medicaid Managed Care: Are States Becoming Prudent Purchasers? 36 James W. Fossett; Malcolm Goggin; John S. Hall; Jocelyn Johnston; L. Christopher Plein; Richard Roper; Carol Weissert. July/Aug. 2000.

Managing The Pharmacy Benefit In Medicare HMOs: What Do We Really Know? 42 Helene Levens Lipton; David J. Gross; Marilyn R. Stebbins; Lori Hytrek Syed. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Measuring Community Benefits Provided By For-Profit And Nonprofit Hospitals. 168 Sean Nicholson; Mark V. Pauly; Lawton R. Burns; Agnieshka Baumritter; David A. Asch. Nov/Dec. 2000.

The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: How Will The Game Be Played? 8 Haiden A. Huskamp; Meredith B. Rosenthal; Richard G. Frank; Joseph P. Newhouse. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Medicare's Governance And Structure: A Proposal. 60 Lynn Etheredge. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Mental Health Benefits Under SCHIP. 291 Embry M. Howell; Jeffrey A. Buck; Judith L. Teich Nov/Dec. 2000.

On The 'Efficiency' Of Managed Care Plans. 139 Kip Sullivan. July/Aug. 2000.

Prefunding Medicare Without Individual Accounts. 72 Laurence S. Seidman. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Prescription Drugs And Managed Care: Can 'Free-Market Déétente' Hold? 63 Donald Will Moran. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Public Hospitals: Privatization And Uncompensated Care. 167 Kamal R. Desai; Carol Vandeusen Lukas; Gary J. Young. Mar/Apr. 2000.

Safety-Net Health Plans: A Status Report. 185 Bradford H. Gray; Catherine Rowe Jan./Feb. 2000.

Self-Care Among The Uninsured: 'You Do What You Can Do' 197 Nancy Vuckovic Selective Chaos 200 Thomas Bodenheimer. July/Aug. 2000.

Setting Rates For Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Care: Lessons Learned. 121 Sheila Hoag; Judith Wooldridge; Craig Thornton. July/Aug. 2000.

Socioeconomic Differences In Medicare Supplemental Coverage. 186 Nadereh Pourat; Thomas Rice; Gerald Kominski; Rani E. Snyder. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Spending On Mental Health And Substance Abuse Treatment, 1987-1997. 108 Tami L. Mark; Rosanna M. Coffey; Edward King; Henrick Harwood; David McKusick; Jim Genuardi; Joan Dilonardo; Jeffrey A. Buck. July/Aug. 2000.

A Tale Of Four Cities: Medicare Reform And Competitive Pricing. 9 Bryan Dowd; Robert Coulam; Roger Feldman. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Tax Subsidies For Health Insurance: Costs And Benefits. Jonathan Gruber and Larry Levitt. Jan/Feb 2000. 72

Two Old Hands And The New New Thing 33 Rob Cunningham. Nov/Dec. 2000.

Uneasy Alliances: Managed Care Plans Formed By Safety-Net Providers. 23 Michael S. Sparer; Lawrence D. Brown. July/Aug. 2000.

Use Of Preventive Services By Managed Care Enrollees: An Updated Perspective. Kathryn A. Phillips; Susan Fernyak; Arnold L. Potosky; Helen Halpin Schauffler; Melanie Egorin. Jan/Feb 2000. 102

Virtually Exposed: Privacy And E-Health. 140 Janlori Goldman; Zoe Hudson. Nov/Dec. 2000.

What Would Happen If Large Firms Offered MSAs? 165 Mark Pauly; Allison Percy; Bradley Herring; Jerry Rosenbloom. May/June 2000.

What's Not To Like About HMOs. 206 Sara J. Singer. July/Aug. 2000.

Where Does Performance Measurement Go From Here? 173 Mark W. Legnini; Laurie E. Rosenberg; Michael J. Perry; Neil J. Robertson. May/June 2000.

Who Helps Employers Design Their Health Insurance Benefits? 133 M. Susan Marquis; Stephen H. Jan./Feb. 2000

Who Is Enrolled In For-Profit Vs. Nonprofit Medicare HMOs? 210 Jan Blustein; Emma C. Hoy. Jan./Feb. 2000

Who Really Wants Price Competition In Medicare Managed Care? 30 Len M. Nichols; Robert D. Reischauer. Sept/Oct. 2000.

Why Does The Number Of Uninsured Americans Continue To Grow? 188 John Holahan; Johnny Kim. July/Aug. 2000.

Withering On The Vine: The Decline Of Indemnity Health Insurance. 152 Jon R. Gabel; Paul B. Ginsburg; Heidi H. Whitmore; Jeremy D. Pickreign. Sept/Oct. 2000.

1999 Author Index

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Anderson, Gerard F., George Greenberg, and Craig K. Lisk. Academic Health Centers: Exploring a Financial Paradox. Commentary. Mar/Apr 99. 156-167.

Anderson, Gerard F., George Greenberg, and Craig K. Lisk. Are Teaching Hospitals Thriving? The Authors Respond. Letter. July/Aug 99. 201-202.

Anderson, Gerard F. and Jean-Pierre Poullier. Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in Industrialized Countries. DataWatch. May/June 99. 178-192.

Annas, George J. The Limits of Privacy (by Amitai Etzioni). Book Review. July/Aug 99. 197-198.

Arno, Peter S., Carol Levine, and Margaret M. Memmott. The Economic Value of Informal Caregiving. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 182-188.

Ayanian, John Z. for the Authors. Funding Acknowledgment. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 262.

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Bailit, Michael H. and Laurie L. Burgess. Competing Interests: Public-Sector Managed Behavioral Health Care. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. 112-115.

Batavia, Andrew I. Of Wheelchairs and Managed Care. Narrative Matters. Nov/Dec 99. 177-182.

Berk, Marc L. and Claudia L. Schur. Access to Care: Authors' Response. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 260.

Bernstein, Jill and Rosemary A. Stevens. Public Opinion, Knowledge, and Medicare Reform. Jan/Feb 99. 180-193.

Bishop, Christine E. Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Data- Watch. July/Aug 99. 146-155.

Blendon, Robert J., John T. Young, and Catherine M. DesRoches. The Uninsured, the Working Uninsured, and the Public. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 203-211.

Bloche, M. Gregg. Our Hands Are Tied: Legal Tensions and Medical Ethics (by Marshall B. Kapp). Book Review. Mar/Apr 99. 251-253.

Blumberg, Linda J. Who Pays for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance? Perspective. Nov/Dec 99. 58-61.

Bonnyman, G. Gordon Jr. Managed Care in the Inner City: The Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans, and Communities (by Dennis P. Andrulis and Betsy Carrier). Book Review. Sep/Oct 99. 264-265.

Brown, Lawrence D. and Volker E. Amelung. "Manacled Competition": Market Reforms in German Health Care." May/June 99. 76-91.

Brown, Lawrence D. and Volker E. Amelung. "Manacled Competition": The Authors Respond. Letter. July/Aug 99. 205-206.

Brown, Randall S. and Marsha R. Gold. What Drives Medicare Managed Care Growth? Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 140-149.

Buck, Jeffrey A., Judith L. Teich, Beth Umland, and Mitchell Stein. Behavioral Health Benefits in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, 1997. Mar/Apr 99. 67-78.

Buerhaus, Peter I. and Douglas O. Staiger. Trouble in the Nurse Labor Market? Recent Trends and Future Outlook. Health Tracking. Jan/Feb 99. 214-222.

Bullen, Bruce M. New Federalism and State Flexibility. Letter. May/June 99. 267-268.

Burdi, Michael D. and Laurence C. Baker. Physicians' Perceptions of Autonomy and Satisfaction in California. DataWatch. July/Aug 99. 134-145.

Burnam, M. Audrey and José J. Escarce. Equity in Managed Care for Mental Disorders. Sep/Oct 99. 22-31.

Burns, Barbara J., Sarah E. Teagle, Michael Schwartz, Adrian Angold, and Adam Holtzman. Managed Behavioral Health Care: A Medicaid Carve-Out for Youth. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 214-225.

Butler, Stuart and David B. Kendall. Expanding Access and Choice for Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform. Nov/Dec 99. 45-57.

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Cain, Harry P. II. Moving Medicare to the FEHBP Model, or How to Make an Elephant Fly. July/Aug 99. 25-39.

Cantlon, Gary. A New Proposal for Cooperation in HIT Development. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 257-258.

Cassel, Christine K., Richard W. Besdine, and Lydia C. Siegel. Restructuring Medicare for the Next Century: What Will Beneficiaries Really Need? Jan/Feb 99. 118-131.

Chen, Jersey, Martha J. Radford, Yun Wang, Thomas A. Marciniak, and Harlan M. Krumholz. Performance of the "100 Top Hospitals": What Does the Report Card Report? July/Aug 99. 53-68.

Christianson, Jon, Roger Feldman, Jonathan P. Weiner, and Patricia Drury. Early Experience with a New Model of Employer Group Purchasing in Minnesota. Nov/Dec 99. 100-114.

Cohen, Jordan J. Who Says Teaching Hospitals Are Thriving? Letter. July/Aug 99. 199-201.

Croghan, Thomas W., Thomas J. Kniesner, and Regina H. Powers. Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodate Depressed Workers? UpDate. Sep/Oct 99. 249-253.

Curtis, Rick, Stephanie Lewis, Kevin Haugh, and Rafe Forland. Health Insurance Reform in the Small-Group Market. Health Tracking. May/June 99. 151-160.

Custer, William S., Charles N. Kahn III, and Thomas F. Wildsmith IV. Why We Should Keep the Employment-Based Health Insurance System. Commentary. Nov/Dec 99. 115-123.

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Davis, Karen. Improving Lives through Information. GrantWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 219-225.

Davis, Karen. International Health Policy: Common Problems, Alternative Strategies. Commentary. May/June 99. 135-143.

Davis, Margaret, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, and Barbara Cooper. Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243.

Detmer, Don E. and Mary Jo Deering. Health Information: A Broader View. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 256-257.

Dobson, Frank. Modernizing Britain's National Health Service. Perspective. May/June 99. 40-41.

Donelan, Karen, Robert J. Blendon, Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, and Katherine Binns. The Cost of Health System Change: Public Discontent in Five Nations. DataWatch. May/June 99. 206-216.

Dornan, Douglas H. Need to Broaden the Scope of Defining "Health." Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 269.

Dowd, Bryan. The Economics of Health Reconsidered (by Thomas Rice). Book Review. Jan/Feb 99. 266-269.

England, Mary Jane. Capturing Mental Health Cost Offsets. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 91-93.

England, Mary Jane. More on Mental Health Cost Offsets. Letter. July/Aug 99. 208.

Etheredge, Lynn. Purchasing Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits: A New Proposal. July/Aug 99. 7-19.

Etheredge, Lynn. Three Streams, One River: A Coordinated Approach to Financing Retirement. Jan/Feb 99. 80-91.

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Feldman, Roger B., Douglas R. Wholey, and Jon B. Christianson. HMO Consolidations: How National Mergers Affect Local Markets. Health Tracking. July/Aug 99. 96-104.

Feldman, Saul. Strangers in the Night: Research and Managed Mental Health Care. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. 48-51.

Felt-Lisk, Suzanne, Pam Silberman, Sheila Hoag, and Rebecca Slifkin. Medicaid Managed Care in Rural Areas: A Ten-State Follow-Up Study. UpDate. Mar/Apr 99. 238-245.

Findlay, Steven. Managed Behavioral Health Care in 1999: An Industry at a Crossroads. Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 116-124.

Foote, Sandra M. and Stanley B. Jones. Consumer-Choice Markets: Lessons from FEHBP Mental Health Coverage. Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 125-130.

Foreman, Christopher H. Jr. Health Care Divided: Race and Healing a Nation (by David Barton Smith). Book Review. Sep/Oct 99. 262-263.

Fox, Peter D., Rani Snyder, Geraldine Dallek, and Thomas Rice. Should Medicare HMO Benefits Be Standardized? July/Aug 99. 40-52.

Frank, Richard G., Thomas G. McGuire, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Howard H. Goldman. The Value of Mental Health Care at the System Level: The Case of Treating Depression. Sep/Oct 99. 71-88.

Fraser, Irene, Peggy McNamara, Gregg O. Lehman, Sandra Isaacson, and Kelli Moler. The Pursuit of Quality by Business Coalitions: A National Survey. Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 158-165.

Fronstin, Paul. Employment-Based Health Insurance for Children: Why Did Coverage Increase in the Mid-1990s? Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 131-136.

Fuchs, Victor R. Health Care for the Elderly: How Much? Who Will Pay for It? Jan/Feb 99. 11-21.

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Gabel, Jon R. Job-Based Health Insurance, 1977-1998: The Accidental System under Scrutiny. Nov/Dec 99. 62-74.

Gabel, Jon, Kimberly Hurst, Heidi Whitmore, and Catherine Hoffman. Class and Benefits at the Workplace. Health Tracking. May/June 99. 144-150.

Gabel, Jon R. Functioning in a Different Economy. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 274-275.

Gage, Larry S. and Marsha Regenstein. Bolstering the Safety Net. UpDate. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257.

Galvin, Robert S. An Employer's View of the U.S. Health Care Market. Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 166-170.

Ginsburg, Paul B. Health Spending: Questioning the Assumptions. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 272-274.

Glied, Sherry and Mark Stabile. Covering Older Americans: Forecast for the Next Decade. Health Tracking. Jan/Feb 99. 208-213.

Goldberg, Deborah B. and Michael E. Goldberg. Brain Policy: How the New Neuroscience Will Change Our Lives and Our Politics (by Robert H. Blank). Book Review. Nov/Dec 99. 243-244.

Goldberg, Robert M. Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century (by J.D. Kleinke). Book Review. Jan/Feb 99. 270-271.

Goldman, Howard H. Justifying Mental Health Care Costs. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 94-95.

Goldman, William, Joyce McCulloch, Brian Cuffel, and Danah Kozma. More Evidence for the Insurability of Managed Behavioral Health Care. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 172-181.

Goldsmith, Jeff. UCSF/Stanford: Building a "Prestige Cartel." Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 149-151.

Grogan, Colleen M. and Michael K. Gusmano. How Are Safety-Net Providers Faring under Medicaid Managed Care? UpDate. Mar/Apr 99. 233-237.

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Halfon, Neal, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul W. Newacheck. Challenges in Securing Access to Care for Children. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63.

Hall, Christopher H., Mary Alice Lee, and Judith Solomon. The Children's Health Council: A Community Foundation/State Government Partnership. GrantWatch. July/Aug 99. 167-171.

Hall, Jane. Incremental Change in the Australian Health Care System. May/June 99. 95-110.

Hall, Mark A. Legal Challenges to Managed Care: Another View. Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 246-247.

Halvorson, George C. Health Plans' Strategic Responses to a Changing Marketplace. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 28-29.

Ham, Chris. More on Reform of the NHS. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 261-262.

Henke, Klaus-Dirk. Socially Bounded Competition in Germany. Letter. July/Aug 99. 203-205.

Hillman, Alan L., Mark V. Pauly, José J. Escarce, Kimberly Ripley, Martin Gaynor, Jon Clouse, and Richard Ross. Financial Incentives and Drug Spending in Managed Care. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 189-200.

Hogan, Michael F. Public-Sector Mental Health Care: New Challenges. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. 106-111.

Holahan, John, Suresh Rangarajan, and Matthew Schirmer. Medicaid Managed Care Payment Rates in 1998. DataWatch. May/June 99. 217-227.

Holmer, Alan F. Covering Prescription Drugs under Medicare: For the Good of the Patients. Perspective. July/Aug 99. 23-24.

Huttin, Christine. Drug Price Divergence in Europe: Regulatory Aspects. UpDate. May/June 99. 245-249.

I-J

Iglehart, John K. Bringing Forth Medicare+Choice: CMS's Robert A. Berenson. Interview. Jan/Feb 99. 144-149.

Ikegami, Naoki and John Creighton Campbell. Health Care Reform in Japan: The Virtues of Muddling Through. May/June 99. 56-75.

Illsley, Raymond. Reducing Health Inequalities: Britain's Latest Attempt. Perspective. May/June 99. 45-46.

Iezzoni, Lisa. Boundaries. Narrative Matters. Nov/Dec 99. 171-176.

Jacobson, Peter D. Legal Challenges to Managed Care Cost Containment Programs: An Initial Assessment. July/Aug 99. 69-85.

Jacobson, Peter D. Legal Challenges: The Author Responds. Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 247-248.

Johns, Lucy. More on Managed Care Organization. Letter. May/June 99. 269.

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Kahn, Charles N. III and Hanns Kuttner. Budget Bills and Medicare Policy: The Politics of the BBA. Jan/Feb 99. 37-47.

Kessler, Ronald C., Catherine Barber, Howard G. Birnbaum, Richard G. Frank, Paul E. Greenberg, Robert M. Rose, Gregory E. Simon, and Philip Wang. Depression in the Workplace: Effects on Short-Term Disability. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 163-171.

Kinney, Eleanor D., Ming Tai-Seale, James Y. Greene, Rilla Murray, and William Tierney. Three Political Realities in Expanding Coverage for the Working Poor: One State's Experience. UpDate. July/Aug 99. 188-192.

Kleinke, J.D. Measuring the Measurers. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 266.

Kronick, Richard and Todd Gilmer. Explaining the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage, 1979-1995. Mar/Apr 99. 30-47.

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Laschober, Mary A., Patricia Neuman, Michelle S. Kitchman, Laura Meyer, and Kathryn M. Langwell. Medicare HMO Withdrawals: What Happens to Beneficiaries? Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 150-157.

Lave, Judith R., Pamela B. Peele, Jeanne T. Black, John H. Evans III, and Gabriele Amersbach. Changing the Employer-Sponsored Health Plan System: The Views of Employees in Large Firms. Health Tracking. July/Aug 99. 112-117.

Le Grand, Julian. Competition, Cooperation, or Control? Tales from the British National Health Service. May/June 99. 27-39.

Lehman, Anthony F. Quality of Care in Mental Health: The Case of Schizophrenia. Sep/Oct 99. 52-65.

LeRoy, Lauren. International Grant Making by U.S. Foundations. GrantWatch. May/June 99. 234-238.

LeRoy, Lauren and Anne Schwartz. Medicare Reform: Foundations Respond to Federal Policy Changes. GrantWatch. Jan/Feb 99. 255-257..

Lied, Terry R. Performance Measures and Batting Averages. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 260-261.

Long, Stephen H. and M. Susan Marquis. Comparing Employee Health Benefits in the Public and Private Sectors, 1997. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 183-193.

Long, Stephen H. and M. Susan Marquis. Pooled Purchasing: Who Are the Players? Health Tracking. July/Aug 99. 105-111.

Long, Stephen H. and M. Susan Marquis. Stability and Variation in Employment-Based Health Insurance Coverage, 1993-1997. Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 133-139.

Lo Sasso, Anthony T., Linda Perloff, Jill Schield, James J. Murphy, James D. Mortimer, and Peter P. Budetti. Beyond Cost: "Responsible Purchasing" of Managed Care by Employers. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 212-223.

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Marmot, Michael. Acting on the Evidence to Reduce Inequalities in Health. Perspective. May/June 99. 42-44.

Marquis, M. Susan and Stephen H. Long. Recent Trends in Self-Insured Employer Health Plans. Health Tracking. May/June 99. 161-166.

Marquis, M. Susan and Stephen H. Long. Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 1993-1997. Nov/Dec 99. 75-88.

McClellan, Mark and Daniel Kessler for the TECH Investigators. A Global Analysis of Technological Change in Health Care: The Case of Heart Attacks. UpDate. May/June 99. 250-255.

McClellan, Mark and Jonathan Skinner. Medicare Reform: Who Pays and Who Benefits? Jan/Feb 99. 48-62.

McClellan, Mark. Spending Growth Rates: Are the Differences Real? Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 250-252.

McCombs, Jeffrey S. Medicare and Competition. Letter. July/Aug 99. 208-209.

McCue, Michael J., Robert E. Hurley, Debra A. Draper, and Michael Jurgensen. Reversal of Fortune: Commercial HMOs in the Medicaid Market. Health Tracking. Jan/Feb 99. 223-230.

McKusick, David. Demographic Issues in Medicare Reform. Jan/Feb 99. 194-207.

McWaters, Jeffrey. Medicaid-Only Plans Can Serve Members Well. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 268.

Mechanic, David and Donna D. McAlpine. Mission Unfulfilled: Potholes on the Road to Mental Health Parity. Sep/Oct 99. 7-21.

Melnick, Glenn, Emmett Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger. Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different? Health Tracking. May/June 99. 167-173.

Merrill, Richard A. Modernizing the FDA: An Incremental Revolution. Mar/Apr 99. 96-111.

Miller, Tracy and Sheila Leatherman. The National Quality Forum: A "Me-Too" or a Breakthrough in Quality Measurement and Reporting? UpDate. Nov/Dec 99. 233-237.

Moon, Marilyn. Will the Care Be There? Vulnerable Beneficiaries and Medicare Reform. Jan/Feb 99. 107-117.

Moore, Judith D. Medicaid Rate Study: An Excellent Beginning. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 267-268.

Moran, Donald W. Health Information Technology: One Author Responds. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 258-259.

Mullan, Fitzhugh. Me and the System: The Personal Essay and Health Policy. Narrative Matters. July/Aug 99. 118-124.

Mullan, Fitzhugh. The Muscular Samaritan: The National Health Service Corps in the New Century. Commentary. Mar/Apr 99. 168-175.

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Naylor, C. David. Health Care in Canada: Incrementalism under Fiscal Duress. May/June 99. 9-26.

Needleman, Jack, JoAnn Lamphere, and Deborah Chollet. Uncompensated Care and Hospital Conversions in Florida. DataWatch. July/Aug 99. 125-133.

Neuman, Patricia and Kathryn M. Langwell. Medicare's Choice Explosion? Implications for Beneficiaries. Jan/Feb 99. 150-160.

Nissenson, Allen R. and Richard A. Rettig. Medicare's End-Stage Renal Disease Program: Current Status and Future Prospects. Jan/Feb 99. 161-179.

Norquist, Grayson and Steven E. Hyman. Advances in Understanding and Treating Mental Illness: Implications for Policy. Sep/Oct 99. 32-47.

O-P-Q

O'Kane, Margaret E. HEDIS Data Integrity. Letter. July/Aug 99. 209.

Olfson, Mark, Merrile Sing, and Herbert J. Schlesinger. Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities for Managed Care. Mar/Apr 99. 79-90.

Olfson, Mark and Herbert J. Schlesinger. Mental Health Cost Critique: The Authors Respond. Letter. July/Aug 99. 207-208.

Pauly, Mark, Allison Percy, and Bradley Herring. Individual versus Job-Based Health Insurance: Weighing the Pros and Cons. Nov/Dec 99. 28-44.

Pockell, David G. The Managed Care Blues and How to Cure Them (by Walter A. Zelman and Robert A. Berenson). Book Review. Mar/Apr 99. 249-250.

Podger, Andrew. Reforming the Australian Health Care System: A Government Perspective. Perspective. May/June 99. 111-113.

Potts, Robert H. Jr. More on the Shalala-Reinhardt Interview. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 268-269.

Prina, Lee L. Wisconsin Blues Conversion Model. GrantWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 224-225.

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Reinhardt, Uwe E. Employer-Based Health Insurance: A Balance Sheet. Commentary. Nov/Dec 99. 124-132.

Reinhardt, Uwe E. "Mangled Competition" and "Managed Whatever." Perspective. May/June 99. 92-94.

Reiser, Stanley Joel. The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World (by Jeremy Rifkin). Mar/Apr 99. 253-254.

Relman, Arnold S. State Medical Boards and the Politics of Public Protection (by Carl F. Ameringer). Book Review. Nov/Dec 99. 244-245.

Reynolds, Mark E.State Medicaid Rate Variations: Thanks for the Comparative Data. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 267.

Richard, Kathleen and Ken Wood. Blue Shield of California's Access+ HMO. Health Tracking. May/June 99. 174-177.

Riley, Trish. How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66.

Rimel, Rebecca W. Strategic Philanthropy: Pew's Approach to Matching Needs with Resources. GrantWatch. May/June 99. 228-233.

Robinson, James C. At the Helm of an Insurance Giant: Aetna's Richard L. Huber. Interview. Nov/Dec 99. 89-99.

Robinson, James C. The Future of Managed Care Organization. Mar/Apr 99. 7-24.

Rochefort, David A. Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge (by Steven Epstein). Book Review. May/June 99. 262-264.

Rochefort, David A. Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness (by Jay Neugeboren). Book Review. Sep/Oct 99. 260-261.

Rochefort, David A. Anecdotes: The Author Responds. Letter. July/Aug 99. 202-203.

Roper, William L. and Glen Mays. A Maturing Market for Health Information Technology? Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 255-256.

Rosenheck, Robert A., Benjamin Druss, Marilyn Stolar, Douglas Leslie, and William Sledge. Effect of Declining Mental Health Service Use on Employees of a Large Corporation. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 193-203.

Rosenthal, Meredith B. Risk Sharing in Managed Behavioral Health Care. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 204-213.

Rossé, Claire. Information Technology: Value to Patients. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 256.

Rother, John. A Drug Benefit: The Necessary Prescription for Medicare. Perspective. July/Aug 99. 20-22.

Rubenstein, Lisa V., Maga Jackson-Triche, Jürgen Unützer, Jeanne Miranda, Katy Minnium, Marjorie L. Pearson, and Kenneth B. Wells. Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices. Sep/Oct 99. 89-105.

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Sardis, J.B. Pills, Policies, and Patients. Narrative Matters. Sep/Oct 99. 156-162.

Schaeffer, Leonard D. and L. Carl Volpe. Focusing on the Health Care Consumer. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 25-27.

Schauffler, Helen Halpin, Catherine Brown, and Arnold Milstein. Raising the Bar: The Use of Performance Guarantees by the Pacific Business Group on Health. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 134-142.

Schieber, George and Akiko Maeda. Health Care Financing and Delivery in Developing Countries. Data- Watch. May/June 99. 193-205.

Schoenman, Julie A. Impact of the BBA on Medicare HMO Payments for Rural Areas. DataWatch. Jan/Feb 99. 244-254.

Schreiber, Steven. Need to Measure Absolute, Not Relative, Access to Care. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 259.

Selden, Thomas M., Jessica S. Banthin, and Joel W. Cohen. Waiting in the Wings: Eligibility and Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 126-133.

Shalala, Donna E. and Uwe E. Reinhardt. Viewing the U.S. Health Care System from Within: Candid Talk from HHS. Interview. May/June 99. 47-55.

Sharfstein, Steven S., John J. Boronow, and Faith B. Dickerson. Managed Care and Clinical Reality in Schizophrenia Treatment. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. 66-70.

Sheils, John and Paul Hogan. Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181.

Sheils, John F. Cost Control: Don't Count Employers Out. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 275-276.

Slosar, J.R. A Critique of Mental Health Cost-Offset Research. Letter. July/Aug 99. 206-207.

Smith, Sheila, Stephen Heffler, Mark Freeland, and the National Health Expenditures Projection Team. The Next Decade of Health Spending: A New Outlook. Health Tracking. July/Aug 99. 86-95.

Smith, Sheila for the Authors. The CMS Authors Respond. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 276-277.

Sochalski, Julie and Linda H. Aiken. Accounting for Variation in Hospital Outcomes: A Cross-National Study. UpDate. May/June 99. 256-259.

Spitz, Bruce. A New "New Federalism." Letter. May/June 99. 268.

Stark, Fortney "Pete." History versus Ideology: The Medicare Reform Debate. Letter. May/June 99. 265-266.

Stevens, Rosemary A. The Corporate Practice of Medicine: Competition and Innovation in Health Care (by James C. Robinson). Book Review. Nov/Dec 99. 241-242.

Stuart, Bruce and Christopher Zacker. Who Bears the Burden of Medicaid Drug Copayment Policies? Data- Watch. Mar/Apr 99. 201-212.

Studdert, David M., William M. Sage, Carole Roan Gresenz, and Deborah R. Hensler. Expanded Managed Care Liability: What Impact on Employer Coverage? Nov/Dec 99. 7-27.

Sturm, Roland and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. State Mental Health Parity Laws: Cause or Consequence of Differences in Use? DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 182-192.

Swartz, Katherine and Deborah W. Garnick. Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. UpDate. July/Aug 99. 180-187.

Swartz, Katherine and Deborah W. Garnick. New Jersey Experiment: The Authors Respond. Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 249-250.

T-U-V

Thorpe, Kenneth E. and Curtis S. Florence. Why Are Workers Uninsured? Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in 1997. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 213-218.

Thorpe, Kenneth E., Curtis S. Florence, and Bradley Gray. Market Incentives, Plan Choice, and Price Increases. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 194-202.

Tooman, Lee D. Jr. New Jersey's Experiment: A "Dismal Failure." Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 248-249.

Tuohy, Carolyn Hughes. Dynamics of a Changing Health Sphere: The United States, Britain, and Canada. May/June 99. 114-134.

Van Amerongen, Derek. Using Anecdotes: Having It Both Ways? Letter. July/Aug 99. 202.

Van Etten, Peter. Camelot or Common Sense? The Logic behind the UCSF/Stanford Merger. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 143-148.

Vladeck, Bruce C. The Political Economy of Medicare. Jan/Feb 99. 22-36.

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Wagner, Todd H. and Lisa Smith Wagner. Who Gets Second Opinions? Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 137-145.

Weisbrod, Burton A. and Craig L. LaMay. Mixed Signals: Public Policy and the Future of Health Care R&D. Mar/Apr 99. 112-125.

Weisgrau, Sheldon, Luisa Buada, Martha Campbell, and Ira Moscovice. Rural Integrated Systems in California: Preparing for Managed Care. GrantWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 237-241.

Weissman, Joel S., Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine London. Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Patients in Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. July/Aug 99. 156-166.

White, Joseph. Uses and Abuses of Long-Term Medicare Cost Estimates. Jan/Feb 99. 63-79.

Whitelaw, Nancy A. and Gail L. Warden. Reexamining the Delivery System as Part of Medicare Reform. Jan/Feb 99. 132-143.

Wicks, Elliot K. and Jack A. Meyer. Making Report Cards Work. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 152-155.

Wilensky, Gail R. and Joseph P. Newhouse. Medicare: What's Right? What's Wrong? What's Next? Jan/Feb 99. 92-106.

Wilensky, Gail R. and Joseph P. Newhouse. Reforming Medicare: The Authors Respond. Letter. May/June 99. 266-267.

Wolfson, Daniel B. How to Improve Trust in Health Plans. Letter. May/June 99. 269.

Young, Gary J. and Kamal R. Desai. Nonprofit Hospital Conversions and Community Benefits: New Evidence from Three States. Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 146-155.

X-Y-Z

Zarin, Deborah A., Joyce C. West, Harold Alan Pincus, and Terri L. Tanielian. Characteristics of Health Plans That Treat Psychiatric Patients. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 226-236.

Subjects Access To Care

Access to Care: Authors' Response. Letter. Marc L. Berk and Claudia L. Schur. Mar/Apr 99. 260.

Blue Shield of California's Access+ HMO. Health Tracking. Kathleen Richard and Ken Wood. May/June 99. 174-177.

Bolstering the Safety Net. UpDate. Larry S. Gage and Marsha Regenstein. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257.

Challenges in Securing Access to Care for Children. Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul W. Newacheck. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63.

Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in Industrialized Countries. DataWatch. Gerard F. Anderson and Jean-Pierre Poullier. May/June 99. 178-192.

How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Perspective. Trish Riley. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66.

Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Patients in Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. Joel S. Weissman, Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine London. July/Aug 99. 156-166.

Managed Care and Clinical Reality in Schizophrenia Treatment. Perspective. Steven S. Sharfstein, John J. Boronow, and Faith B. Dickerson. Sep/Oct 99. 66-70.

Need to Measure Absolute, Not Relative, Access to Care. Letter. Steven Schreiber. Mar/Apr 99. 259.

Foundations

The Children's Health Council: A Community Foundation/State Government Partnership. GrantWatch. Christopher H. Hall, Mary Alice Lee, and Judith Solomon. July/Aug 99. 167-171.

Improving Lives through Information. GrantWatch. Karen Davis. Mar/Apr 99. 219-225. International Grant Making by U.S. Foundations. GrantWatch. Lauren LeRoy. May/June 99. 234-238.

International Health Policy: Common Problems, Alternative Strategies. Commentary. Karen Davis. May/June 99. 135-143.

Medicare Reform: Foundations Respond to Federal Policy Changes. GrantWatch. Lauren LeRoy and Anne Schwartz. Jan/Feb 99. 255-257.

Strategic Philanthropy: Pew's Approach to Matching Needs with Resources. GrantWatch. Rebecca W. Rimel. May/June 99. 228-233.

Wisconsin Blues Conversion Model. GrantWatch. Lee L. Prina. Nov/Dec 99. 224-225.

Health Information (see Research And Technology)

Health Professions Education

Academic Health Centers: Exploring a Financial Paradox. Commentary. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, and Craig K. Lisk. Mar/Apr 99. 156-167.

Are Teaching Hospitals Thriving? The Authors Respond. Letter. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, and Craig K. Lisk. July/Aug 99. 201-202.

Camelot or Common Sense? The Logic behind the UCSF/Stanford Merger. Health Tracking. Peter Van Etten. Mar/Apr 99. 143-148.

UCSF/Stanford: Building a "Prestige Cartel." Health Tracking. Jeff Goldsmith. Mar/Apr 99. 149-151.

Who Says Teaching Hospitals Are Thriving? Letter. Jordan J. Cohen. July/Aug 99. 199-201.

Health Spending

Capturing Mental Health Cost Offsets. Perspective. Mary Jane England. Mar/Apr 99. 91-93.

Cost Control: Don't Count Employers Out. Letter. John F. Sheils. Jan/Feb 99. 275-276.

Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. John Sheils and Paul Hogan. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181.

The Economic Value of Informal Caregiving. DataWatch. Peter S. Arno, Carol Levine, and Margaret M. Memmott. Mar/Apr 99. 182-188.

Financial Incentives and Drug Spending in Managed Care. DataWatch. Alan L. Hillman, Mark V. Pauly, José J. Escarce, Kimberly Ripley, Martin Gaynor, Jon Clouse, and Richard Ross. Mar/Apr 99. 189-200.

Functioning in a Different Economy. Letter. Jon R. Gabel. Jan/Feb 99. 274-275.

The CMS Authors Respond. Letter. Sheila Smith for the Authors. Jan/Feb 99. 276-277.

Health Care Financing and Delivery in Developing Countries. DataWatch. George Schieber and Akiko Maeda. May/June 99. 193-205.

Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in Industrialized Countries. DataWatch. Gerard F. Anderson and Jean-Pierre Poullier. May/June 99. 178-192.

Health Spending: Questioning the Assumptions. Letter. Paul B. Ginsburg. Jan/Feb 99. 272-274.

Justifying Mental Health Care Costs. Perspective. Howard H. Goldman. Mar/Apr 99. 94-95.

Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities for Managed Care. Mark Olfson, Merrile Sing, and Herbert J. Schlesinger. Mar/Apr 99. 79-90.

The Next Decade of Health Spending: A New Outlook. Health Tracking. Sheila Smith, Stephen Heffler, Mark Freeland, and the National Health Expenditures Projection Team. July/Aug 99. 86-95.

Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Margaret Davis, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, and Barbara Cooper. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243.

Health System Change And Reform

Bolstering the Safety Net. UpDate. Larry S. Gage and Marsha Regenstein. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257.

Expanding Access and Choice for Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform. Stuart Butler and David B. Kendall. Nov/Dec 99. 45-57.

Individual versus Job-Based Health Insurance: Weighing the Pros and Cons. Mark Pauly, Allison Percy, and Bradley Herring. Nov/Dec 99. 28-44.

More on the Shalala-Reinhardt Interview. Letter. Robert H. Potts Jr. Sep/Oct 99. 268-269.

Viewing the U.S. Health Care System from Within: Candid Talk from HHS. Interview. Donna E. Shalala and Uwe E. Reinhardt. May/June 99. 47-55.

Hospitals

Academic Health Centers: Exploring a Financial Paradox. Commentary. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, and Craig K. Lisk. Mar/Apr 99. 156-167.

Accounting for Variation in Hospital Outcomes: A Cross-National Study. UpDate. Julie Sochalski and Linda H. Aiken. May/June 99. 256-259.

Are Teaching Hospitals Thriving? The Authors Respond. Letter. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, and Craig K. Lisk. July/Aug 99. 201-202.

Camelot or Common Sense? The Logic behind the UCSF/Stanford Merger. Health Tracking. Peter Van Etten. Mar/Apr 99. 143-148.

Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Patients in Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. Joel S. Weissman, Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine London. July/Aug 99. 156-166.

Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different? Health Tracking. Glenn Melnick, Emmett Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger. May/June 99. 167-173.

Nonprofit Hospital Conversions and Community Benefits: New Evidence from Three States. Health Tracking. Gary J. Young and Kamal R. Desai. Sep/Oct 99. 146-155.

Performance of the "100 Top Hospitals": What Does the Report Card Report? Jersey Chen, Martha J. Radford, Yun Wang, Thomas A. Marciniak, and Harlan M. Krumholz. July/Aug 99. 53-68.

UCSF/Stanford: Building a "Prestige Cartel." Health Tracking. Jeff Goldsmith. Mar/Apr 99. 149-151.

Uncompensated Care and Hospital Conversions in Florida. DataWatch. Jack Needleman, JoAnn Lamphere, and Deborah Chollet. July/Aug 99. 125-133.

Who Says Teaching Hospitals Are Thriving? Letter. Jordan J. Cohen. July/Aug 99. 199-201.

Insurance (see also Managed Care)

At the Helm of an Insurance Giant: Aetna's Richard L. Huber. Interview. James C. Robinson. Nov/Dec 99. 89-99.

Consumer-Choice Markets: Lessons from FEHBP Mental Health Coverage. Health Tracking. Sandra M. Foote and Stanley B. Jones. Sep/Oct 99. 125-130.

Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. John Sheils and Paul Hogan. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181.

Covering Older Americans: Forecast for the Next Decade. Health Tracking. Sherry Glied and Mark Stabile. Jan/Feb 99. 208-213.

Expanding Access and Choice for Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform. Stuart Butler and David B. Kendall. Nov/Dec 99. 45-57.

Equity in Managed Care for Mental Disorders. M. Audrey Burnam and José J. Escarce. Sep/Oct 99. 22-31.

Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. UpDate. Katherine Swartz and Deborah W. Garnick. July/Aug 99. 180-187.

Mission Unfulfilled: Potholes on the Road to Mental Health Parity. David Mechanic and Donna D. McAlpine. Sep/Oct 99. 7-21.

More Evidence for the Insurability of Managed Behavioral Health Care. DataWatch. William Goldman, Joyce McCulloch, Brian Cuffel, and Danah Kozma. Sep/Oct 99. 172-181.

New Jersey Experiment: The Authors Respond. Letter. Katherine Swartz and Deborah W. Garnick. Nov/Dec 99. 249-250.

New Jersey's Experiment: A "Dismal Failure." Letter. Lee D. Tooman Jr. Nov/Dec 99. 248-249.

Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Margaret Davis, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, and Barbara Cooper. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243.

The Value of Mental Health Care at the System Level: The Case of Treating Depression. Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Howard H. Goldman. Sep/Oct 99. 71-88.

Who Gets Second Opinions? Health Tracking. Todd H. Wagner and Lisa Smith Wagner. Sep/Oct 99. 137-145.

Insurance-Business Coalitions

Beyond Cost: "Responsible Purchasing" of Managed Care by Employers. DataWatch. Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Linda Perloff, Jill Schield, James J. Murphy, James D. Mortimer, and Peter P. Budetti. Nov/Dec 99. 212-223.

Early Experience with a New Model of Employer Group Purchasing in Minnesota. Jon Christianson, Roger Feldman, Jonathan P. Weiner, and Patricia Drury. Nov/Dec 99. 100-114.

Health Insurance Reform in the Small-Group Market. Health Tracking. Rick Curtis, Stephanie Lewis, Kevin Haugh, and Rafe Forland. May/June 99. 151-160.

Pooled Purchasing: Who Are the Players? Health Tracking. Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis. July/Aug 99. 105-111.

The Pursuit of Quality by Business Coalitions: A National Survey. Health Tracking. Irene Fraser, Peggy McNamara, Gregg O. Lehman, Sandra Isaacson, and Kelli Moler. Nov/Dec 99. 158-165.

Raising the Bar: The Use of Performance Guarantees by the Pacific Business Group on Health. Health Tracking. Helen Halpin Schauffler, Catherine Brown, and Arnold Milstein. Mar/Apr 99. 134-142.

Insurance-Children

Challenges in Securing Access to Care for Children. Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul W. Newacheck. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63.

Employment-Based Health Insurance for Children: Why Did Coverage Increase in the Mid-1990s? Health Tracking. Paul Fronstin. Sep/Oct 99. 131-136.

How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Perspective. Trish Riley. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66.

Waiting in the Wings: Eligibility and Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Health Tracking. Thomas M. Selden, Jessica S. Banthin, and Joel W. Cohen. Mar/Apr 99. 126-133.

Insurance-Employer-Based System

Behavioral Health Benefits in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, 1997. Jeffrey A. Buck, Judith L. Teich, Beth Umland, and Mitchell Stein. Mar/Apr 99. 67-78.

Changing the Employer-Sponsored Health Plan System: The Views of Employees in Large Firms. Health Tracking. Judith R. Lave, Pamela B. Peele, Jeanne T. Black, John H. Evans III, and Gabriele Amersbach. July/Aug 99. 112-117.

Class and Benefits at the Workplace. Health Tracking. Jon Gabel, Kimberly Hurst, Heidi Whitmore, and Catherine Hoffman. May/June 99. 144-150.

Comparing Employee Health Benefits in the Public and Private Sectors, 1997. DataWatch. Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis. Nov/Dec 99. 183-193.

Effect of Declining Mental Health Service Use on Employees of a Large Corporation. DataWatch. Robert A. Rosenheck, Benjamin Druss, Marilyn Stolar, Douglas Leslie, and William Sledge. Sep/Oct 99. 193-203.

Employer-Based Health Insurance: A Balance Sheet. Commentary. Uwe E. Reinhardt. Nov/Dec 99. 124-132.

An Employer's View of the U.S. Health Care Market. Health Tracking. Robert S. Galvin. Nov/Dec 99. 166-170.

Expanded Managed Care Liability: What Impact on Employer Coverage? David M. Studdert, William M. Sage, Carole Roan Gresenz, and Deborah R. Hensler. Nov/Dec 99. 7-27.

Explaining the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage, 1979-1995. Richard Kronick and Todd Gilmer. Mar/Apr 99. 30-47.

Individual versus Job-Based Health Insurance: Weighing the Pros and Cons. Mark Pauly, Allison Percy, and Bradley Herring. Nov/Dec 99. 28-44.

Job-Based Health Insurance, 1977-1998: The Accidental System under Scrutiny. Jon R. Gabel. Nov/Dec 99. 62-74.

Managed Behavioral Health Care in 1999: An Industry at a Crossroads. Health Tracking. Steven Findlay. Sep/Oct 99. 116-124.

Market Incentives, Plan Choice, and Price Increases. Data- Watch. Kenneth E. Thorpe, Curtis S. Florence, and Bradley Gray. Nov/Dec 99. 194-202.

Recent Trends in Self-Insured Employer Health Plans. Health Tracking. M. Susan Marquis and Stephen H. Long. May/June 99. 161-166.

Stability and Variation in Employment-Based Health Insurance Coverage, 1993-1997. Health Tracking. Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis. Nov/Dec 99. 133-139.

Three Political Realities in Expanding Coverage for the Working Poor: One State's Experience. UpDate. Eleanor D. Kinney, Ming Tai-Seale, James Y. Greene, Rilla Murray, and William Tierney. July/Aug 99. 188-192.

Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 1993-1997. M. Susan Marquis and Stephen H. Long. Nov/Dec 99. 75-88.

The Uninsured, the Working Uninsured, and the Public. DataWatch. Robert J. Blendon, John T. Young, and Catherine M. DesRoches. Nov/Dec 99. 203-211.

Who Pays for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance? Perspective. Linda J. Blumberg. Nov/Dec 99. 58-61.

Why Are Workers Uninsured? Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in 1997. DataWatch. Kenneth E. Thorpe and Curtis S. Florence. Mar/Apr 99. 213-218.

Why We Should Keep the Employment-Based Health Insurance System. Commentary. William S. Custer, Charles N. Kahn III, and Thomas F. Wildsmith IV. Nov/Dec 99. 115-123.

International Health Care Reform

Accounting for Variation in Hospital Outcomes: A Cross-National Study. UpDate. Julie Sochalski and Linda H. Aiken. May/June 99. 256-259.

Acting on the Evidence to Reduce Inequalities in Health. Perspective. Michael Marmot. May/June 99. 42-44.

Competition, Cooperation, or Control? Tales from the British National Health Service. Julian Le Grand. May/June 99. 27-39.

The Cost of Health System Change: Public Discontent in Five Nations. DataWatch. Karen Donelan, Robert J. Blendon, Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, and Katherine Binns. May/June 99. 206-216.

Drug Price Divergence in Europe: Regulatory Aspects. UpDate. Christine Huttin. May/June 99. 245-249.

Dynamics of a Changing Health Sphere: The United States, Britain, and Canada. Carolyn Hughes Tuohy. May/June 99. 114-134.

A Global Analysis of Technological Change in Health Care: The Case of Heart Attacks. UpDate. Mark McClellan and Daniel Kessler for the TECH Investigators. May/June 99. 250-255.

Health Care Financing and Delivery in Developing Countries. DataWatch. George Schieber and Akiko Maeda. May/June 99. 193-205.

Health Care in Canada: Incrementalism under Fiscal Duress. C. David Naylor. May/June 99. 9-26.

Health Care Reform in Japan: The Virtues of Muddling Through. Naoki Ikegami and John Creighton Campbell. May/June 99. 56-75.

Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in Industrialized Countries. DataWatch. Gerard F. Anderson and Jean-Pierre Poullier. May/June 99. 178-192.

Incremental Change in the Australian Health Care System. Jane Hall. May/June 99. 95-110.

International Health Policy: Common Problems, Alternative Strategies. Commentary. Karen Davis. May/June 99. 135-143.

"Manacled Competition": Market Reforms in German Health Care. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. May/June 99. 76-91.

"Manacled Competition": The Authors Respond. Letter. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. July/Aug 99. 205-206.

"Mangled Competition" and "Managed Whatever." Perspective. Uwe E. Reinhardt. May/June 99. 92-94.

Modernizing Britain's National Health Service. Perspective. Frank Dobson. May/June 99. 40-41.

More on Reform of the NHS. Letter. Chris Ham. Mar/Apr 99. 261-262.

Need to Broaden the Scope of Defining "Health." Letter. Douglas H. Dornan. Sep/Oct 99. 269.

Publications and Reports. UpDate. May/June 99. 260-261.

Reducing Health Inequalities: Britain's Latest Attempt. Perspective. Raymond Illsley. May/June 99. 45-46.

Reforming the Australian Health Care System: A Government Perspective. Perspective. Andrew Podger. May/June 99. 111-113.

Socially Bounded Competition in Germany. Letter. Klaus-Dirk Henke. July/Aug 99. 203-205.

Spending Growth Rates: Are the Differences Real? Letter. Mark McClellan and Daniel Kessler. Nov/Dec 99. 250-252.

Legal/Regulatory Issues

Bringing Forth Medicare+Choice: CMS's Robert A. Berenson. Interview. John K. Iglehart. Jan/Feb 99. 144-149.

Budget Bills and Medicare Policy: The Politics of the BBA. Charles N. Kahn III and Hanns Kuttner. Jan/Feb 99. 37-47.

Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. John Sheils and Paul Hogan. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181.

Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodate Depressed Workers? UpDate. Thomas W. Croghan, Thomas J. Kniesner, and Regina H. Powers. Sep/Oct 99. 249-253.

Equity in Managed Care for Mental Disorders. M. Audrey Burnam and José J. Escarce. Sep/Oct 99. 22-31.

Expanded Managed Care Liability: What Impact on Employer Coverage? David M. Studdert, William M. Sage, Carole Roan Gresenz, and Deborah R. Hensler. Nov/Dec 99. 7-27.

Impact of the BBA on Medicare HMO Payments for Rural Areas. DataWatch. Julie A. Schoenman. Jan/Feb 99. 244-254.

Legal Challenges: The Author Responds. Letter. Peter D. Jacobson. Nov/Dec 99. 247-248.

Legal Challenges to Managed Care: Another View. Letter. Mark A. Hall. Nov/Dec 99. 246-247.

Legal Challenges to Managed Care Cost Containment Programs: An Initial Assessment. Peter D. Jacobson. July/Aug 99. 69-85

. Mission Unfulfilled: Potholes on the Road to Mental Health Parity. David Mechanic and Donna D. McAlpine. Sep/Oct 99. 7-21.

Modernizing the FDA: An Incremental Revolution. Richard A. Merrill. Mar/Apr 99. 96-111.

State Mental Health Parity Laws: Cause or Consequence of Differences in Use? DataWatch. Roland Sturm and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. Sep/Oct 99. 182-192.

Long-Term Care

Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. DataWatch. Christine E. Bishop. July/Aug 99. 146-155.

Managed Care

An Employer's View of Providers and Health Plans. Health Tracking. Robert S. Galvin. Nov/Dec 99. 167-171.

At the Helm of an Insurance Giant: Aetna's Richard L. Huber. Interview. James C. Robinson. Nov/Dec 99. 89-99.

Blue Shield of California's Access+ HMO. Health Tracking. Kathleen Richard and Ken Wood. May/June 99. 174-177.

Expanded Managed Care Liability: What Impact on Employer Coverage? David M. Studdert, William M. Sage, Carole Roan Gresenz, and Deborah R. Hensler. Nov/Dec 99. 7-27.

Financial Incentives and Drug Spending in Managed Care. DataWatch. Alan L. Hillman, Mark V. Pauly, José J. Escarce, Kimberly Ripley, Martin Gaynor, Jon Clouse, and Richard Ross. Mar/Apr 99. 189-200.

The Future of Managed Care Organization. James C. Robinson. Mar/Apr 99. 7-24.

Health Plans' Strategic Responses to a Changing Marketplace. Perspective. George C. Halvorson. Mar/Apr 99. 28-29.

HMO Consolidations: How National Mergers Affect Local Markets. Health Tracking. Roger B. Feldman, Douglas R. Wholey, and Jon B. Christianson. July/Aug 99. 96-104.

"Manacled Competition": Market Reforms in German Health Care. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. May/June 99. 76-91.

"Manacled Competition": The Authors Respond. Letter. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. July/Aug 99. 205-206.

"Mangled Competition" and "Managed Whatever." Perspective. Uwe E. Reinhardt. May/June 99. 92-94.

More on Managed Care Organization. Letter. Lucy Johns. May/June 99. 269.

Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 1993-1997. M. Susan Marquis and Stephen H. Long. Nov/Dec 99. 75-88.

Trouble in the Nurse Labor Market? Recent Trends and Future Outlook. Health Tracking. Peter I. Buerhaus and Douglas O. Staiger. Jan/Feb 99. 214-222.

Managed Care-Consumers

Focusing on the Health Care Consumer. Perspective. Leonard D. Schaeffer and L. Carl Volpe. Mar/Apr 99. 25-27.

How to Improve Trust in Health Plans. Letter. Daniel B. Wolfson. May/June 99. 269.

Who Gets Second Opinions? Health Tracking. Todd H. Wagner and Lisa Smith Wagner. Sep/Oct 99. 137-145.

Managed Care-Medicaid

Competing Interests: Public-Sector Managed Behavioral Health Care. Perspective. Michael H. Bailit and Laurie L. Burgess. Sep/Oct 99. 112-115.

How Are Safety-Net Providers Faring under Medicaid Managed Care? UpDate. Colleen M. Grogan and Michael K. Gusmano. Mar/Apr 99. 233-237.

Managed Behavioral Health Care: A Medicaid Carve-Out for Youth. DataWatch. Barbara J. Burns, Sarah E. Teagle, Michael Schwartz, Adrian Angold, and Adam Holtzman. Sep/Oct 99. 214-225.

Medicaid Managed Care in Rural Areas: A Ten-State Follow-Up Study. UpDate. Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Pam Silberman, Sheila Hoag, and Rebecca Slifkin. Mar/Apr 99. 238-245.

Medicaid Managed Care Payment Rates in 1998. Data- Watch. John Holahan, Suresh Rangarajan, and Matthew Schirmer. May/June 99. 217-227.

Reversal of Fortune: Commercial HMOs in the Medicaid Market. Health Tracking. Michael J. McCue, Robert E. Hurley, Debra A. Draper, and Michael Jurgensen. Jan/Feb 99. 223-230.

Managed Care-Medicare

Impact of the BBA on Medicare HMO Payments for Rural Areas. DataWatch. Julie A. Schoenman. Jan/Feb 99. 244-254.

Medicare HMO Withdrawals: What Happens to Beneficiaries? Health Tracking. Mary A. Laschober, Patricia Neuman, Michelle S. Kitchman, Laura Meyer, and Kathryn M. Langwell. Nov/Dec 99. 150-157.

Should Medicare HMO Benefits Be Standardized? Peter D. Fox, Rani Snyder, Geraldine Dallek, and Thomas Rice. July/Aug 99. 40-52.

What Drives Medicare Managed Care Growth? Health Tracking. Randall S. Brown and Marsha R. Gold. Nov/Dec 99. 140-149.

Managed Care-Mental Health

Behavioral Health Benefits in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, 1997. Jeffrey A. Buck, Judith L. Teich, Beth Umland, and Mitchell Stein. Mar/Apr 99. 67-78.

Capturing Mental Health Cost Offsets. Perspective. Mary Jane England. Mar/Apr 99. 91-93.

Characteristics of Health Plans That Treat Psychiatric Patients. DataWatch. Deborah A. Zarin, Joyce C. West, Harold Alan Pincus, and Terri L. Tanielian. Sep/Oct 99. 226-236.

Competing Interests: Public-Sector Managed Behavioral Health Care. Perspective. Michael H. Bailit and Laurie L. Burgess. Sep/Oct 99. 112-115.

Consumer-Choice Markets: Lessons from FEHBP Mental Health Coverage. Health Tracking. Sandra M. Foote and Stanley B. Jones. Sep/Oct 99. 125-130.

A Critique of Mental Health Cost-Offset Research. Letter. J.R. Slosar. July/Aug 99. 206-207.

Equity in Managed Care for Mental Disorders. M. Audrey Burnam and José J. Escarce. Sep/Oct 99. 22-31.

Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices. Lisa V. Rubenstein, Maga Jackson-Triche, Jürgen Unützer, Jeanne Miranda, Katy Minnium, Marjorie L. Pearson, and Kenneth B. Wells. Sep/Oct 99. 89-105.

Justifying Mental Health Care Costs. Perspective. Howard H. Goldman. Mar/Apr 99. 94-95.

Managed Behavioral Health Care: A Medicaid Carve-Out for Youth. DataWatch. Barbara J. Burns, Sarah E. Teagle, Michael Schwartz, Adrian Angold, and Adam Holtzman. Sep/Oct 99. 214-225.

Managed Behavioral Health Care in 1999: An Industry at a Crossroads. Health Tracking. Steven Findlay. Sep/Oct 99. 116-124.

Managed Care and Clinical Reality in Schizophrenia Treatment. Perspective. Steven S. Sharfstein, John J. Boronow, and Faith B. Dickerson. Sep/Oct 99. 66-70.

Mental Health Cost Critique: The Authors Respond. Letter. Mark Olfson and Herbert J. Schlesinger. July/Aug 99. 207-208.

Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities for Managed Care. Mark Olfson, Merrile Sing, and Herbert J. Schlesinger. Mar/Apr 99. 79-90.

Mission Unfulfilled: Potholes on the Road to Mental Health Parity. David Mechanic and Donna D. McAlpine. Sep/Oct 99. 7-21.

More Evidence for the Insurability of Managed Behavioral Health Care. DataWatch. William Goldman, Joyce McCulloch, Brian Cuffel, and Danah Kozma. Sep/Oct 99. 172-181.

More on Mental Health Cost Offsets. Letter. Mary Jane England. July/Aug 99. 208.

Risk Sharing in Managed Behavioral Health Care. Data- Watch. Meredith B. Rosenthal. Sep/Oct 99. 204-213.

Strangers in the Night: Research and Managed Mental Health Care. Perspective. Saul Feldman. Sep/Oct 99. 48-51.

The Value of Mental Health Care at the System Level: The Case of Treating Depression. Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Howard H. Goldman. Sep/Oct 99. 71-88.

Managed Care-Quality

HEDIS Data Integrity. Letter. Margaret E. O'Kane. July/Aug 99. 209.

Making Report Cards Work. Health Tracking. Elliot K. Wicks and Jack A. Meyer. Mar/Apr 99. 152-155.

Performance Measures and Batting Averages. Letter. Terry R. Lied. Mar/Apr 99. 260-261.

The Pursuit of Quality by Business Coalitions: A National Survey. Health Tracking. Irene Fraser, Peggy McNamara, Gregg O. Lehman, Sandra Isaacson, and Kelli Moler. Nov/Dec 99. 158-165.

Raising the Bar: The Use of Performance Guarantees by the Pacific Business Group on Health. Health Tracking. Helen Halpin Schauffler, Catherine Brown, and Arnold Milstein. Mar/Apr 99. 134-142.

Managed Care-Regulatory Issues

Anecdotes: The Author Responds. Letter. David A. Rochefort. July/Aug 99. 202-203.

Impact of the BBA on Medicare HMO Payments for Rural Areas. DataWatch. Julie A. Schoenman. Jan/Feb 99. 244-254.

Legal Challenges to Managed Care Cost Containment Programs: An Initial Assessment. Peter D. Jacobson. July/Aug 99. 69-85.

Using Anecdotes: Having It Both Ways? Letter. Derek van Amerongen. July/Aug 99. 202.

Managed Care-Rural

Impact of the BBA on Medicare HMO Payments for Rural Areas. DataWatch. Julie A. Schoenman. Jan/Feb 99. 244-254.

Medicaid Managed Care in Rural Areas: A Ten-State Follow-Up Study. UpDate. Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Pam Silberman, Sheila Hoag, and Rebecca Slifkin. Mar/Apr 99. 238-245.

Rural Integrated Systems in California: Preparing for Managed Care. GrantWatch. Sheldon Weisgrau, Luisa Buada, Martha Campbell, and Ira Moscovice. Sep/Oct 99. 237-241.

Managed Competition

"Manacled Competition": Market Reforms in German Health Care. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. May/June 99. 76-91.

"Manacled Competition": The Authors Respond. Letter. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. July/Aug 99. 205-206.

"Mangled Competition" and "Managed Whatever." Perspective. Uwe E. Reinhardt. May/June 99. 92-94.

Socially Bounded Competition in Germany. Letter. Klaus-Dirk Henke. July/Aug 99. 203-205.

Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 1993-1997. M. Susan Marquis and Stephen H. Long. Nov/Dec 99. 75-88.

Medicaid (see also Managed Care-Medicaid and State/Local Issues)

Medicaid-Only Plans Can Serve Members Well. Letter. Jeffrey McWaters. Sep/Oct 99. 268.

Medicaid Rate Study: An Excellent Beginning. Letter. Judith D. Moore. Sep/Oct 99. 267-268.

Public-Sector Mental Health Care: New Challenges. Perspective. Michael F. Hogan. Sep/Oct 99. 106-111.

State Medicaid Rate Variations: Thanks for the Comparative Data. Letter. Mark E. Reynolds. Sep/Oct 99. 267.

Who Bears the Burden of Medicaid Drug Copayment Policies? DataWatch. Bruce Stuart and Christopher Zacker. Mar/Apr 99. 201-212.

Medicare (see also Managed Care-Medicare)

Bringing Forth Medicare+Choice: CMS's Robert A. Berenson. Interview. John K. Iglehart. Jan/Feb 99. 144-149.

Budget Bills and Medicare Policy: The Politics of the BBA. Charles N. Kahn III and Hanns Kuttner. Jan/Feb 99. 37-47.

Covering Older Americans: Forecast for the Next Decade. Health Tracking. Sherry Glied and Mark Stabile. Jan/Feb 99. 208-213.

Covering Prescription Drugs under Medicare: For the Good of the Patients. Perspective. Alan F. Holmer. July/Aug 99. 23-25.

Demographic Issues in Medicare Reform. David McKusick. Jan/Feb 99. 194-207.

A Drug Benefit: The Necessary Prescription for Medicare. Perspective. John Rother. July/Aug 99. 20-22.

Health Care for the Elderly: How Much? Who Will Pay for It? Victor R. Fuchs. Jan/Feb 99. 11-21.

History versus Ideology: The Medicare Reform Debate. Letter. Fortney "Pete" Stark. May/June 99. 265-266.

Medicare and Competition. Letter. Jeffrey S. McCombs. July/Aug 99. 208-209.

Medicare Reform: Foundations Respond to Federal Policy Changes. GrantWatch. Lauren LeRoy and Anne Schwartz. Jan/Feb 99. 255-257.

Medicare Reform: Who Pays and Who Benefits? Mark McClellan and Jonathan Skinner. Jan/Feb 99. 48-62.

Medicare's Choice Explosion? Implications for Beneficiaries. Patricia Neuman and Kathryn M. Langwell. Jan/Feb 99. 150-160.

Medicare's End-Stage Renal Disease Program: Current Status and Future Prospects. Allen R. Nissenson and Richard A. Rettig. Jan/Feb 99. 161-179.

Medicare: What's Right? What's Wrong? What's Next? Gail R. Wilensky and Joseph P. Newhouse. Jan/Feb 99. 92-106.

Moving Medicare to the FEHBP Model, or How to Make an Elephant Fly. Harry P. Cain II. July/Aug 99. 25-39.

The Political Economy of Medicare. Bruce C. Vladeck. Jan/Feb 99. 22-36.

Uses and Abuses of Long-Term Medicare Cost Estimates. Joseph White. Jan/Feb 99. 63-79.

Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Margaret Davis, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, and Barbara Cooper. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243.

Publications and Reports. UpDate. Jan/Feb 99. 264-265.

Public Opinion, Knowledge, and Medicare Reform. Jill Bernstein and Rosemary A. Stevens. Jan/Feb 99. 180-193.

Purchasing Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits: A New Proposal. Lynn Etheredge. July/Aug 99. 7-19.

Reexamining the Delivery System as Part of Medicare Reform. Nancy A. Whitelaw and Gail L. Warden. Jan/Feb 99. 132-143.

Reforming Medicare: The Authors Respond. Letter. Gail R. Wilensky and Joseph P. Newhouse. May/June 99. 266-267.

Restructuring Medicare for the Next Century: What Will Beneficiaries Really Need? Christine K. Cassel, Richard W. Besdine, and Lydia C. Siegel. Jan/Feb 99. 118-131.

Three Streams, One River: A Coordinated Approach to Financing Retirement. Lynn Etheredge. Jan/Feb 99. 80-91.

Will the Care Be There? Vulnerable Beneficiaries and Medicare Reform. Marilyn Moon. Jan/Feb 99. 107-117.

Mental Health/Substance Abuse (see also Managed Care-Mental Health)

Advances in Understanding and Treating Mental Illness: Implications for Policy. Grayson Norquist and Steven E. Hyman. Sep/Oct 99. 32-47.

Depression in the Workplace: Effects on Short-Term Disability. DataWatch. Ronald C. Kessler, Catherine Barber, Howard G. Birnbaum, Richard G. Frank, Paul E. Greenberg, Robert M. Rose, Gregory E. Simon, and Philip Wang. Sep/Oct 99. 163-171.

Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodate Depressed Workers? UpDate. Thomas W. Croghan, Thomas J. Kniesner, and Regina H. Powers. Sep/Oct 99. 249-253.

Effect of Declining Mental Health Service Use on Employees of a Large Corporation. DataWatch. Robert A. Rosenheck, Benjamin Druss, Marilyn Stolar, Douglas Leslie, and William Sledge. Sep/Oct 99. 193-203.

Quality of Care in Mental Health: The Case of Schizophrenia. Anthony F. Lehman. Sep/Oct 99. 52-65.

State Mental Health Parity Laws: Cause or Consequence of Differences in Use? DataWatch. Roland Sturm and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. Sep/Oct 99. 182-192.

Nonprofit/For-Profit Status

Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different? Health Tracking. Glenn Melnick, Emmett Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger. May/June 99. 167-173.

Nonprofit Hospital Conversions and Community Benefits: New Evidence from Three States. Health Tracking. Gary J. Young and Kamal R. Desai. Sep/Oct 99. 146-155.

Public-Sector Mental Health Care: New Challenges. Perspective. Michael F. Hogan. Sep/Oct 99. 106-111.

Uncompensated Care and Hospital Conversions in Florida. DataWatch. Jack Needleman, JoAnn Lamphere, and Deborah Chollet. July/Aug 99. 125-133.

Wisconsin Blues Conversion Model. GrantWatch. Lee L. Prina. Nov/Dec 99. 224-225.

Personal Experience

Boundaries. Narrative Matters. Lisa Iezzoni. Nov/Dec 99. 171-176.

Me and the System: The Personal Essay and Health Policy. Narrative Matters. Fitzhugh Mullan. July/Aug 99. 118-124.

Of Wheelchairs and Managed Care. Narrative Matters. Andrew I. Batavia. Nov/Dec 99. 177-182.

Pills, Policies, and Patients. Narrative Matters. J.B. Sardis. Sep/Oct 99. 156-162.

Pharmaceuticals

Covering Older Americans: Forecast for the Next Decade. Health Tracking. Sherry Glied and Mark Stabile. Jan/Feb 99. 208-213.

A Drug Benefit: The Necessary Prescription for Medicare. Perspective. John Rother. July/Aug 99. 20-22.

Drug Price Divergence in Europe: Regulatory Aspects. UpDate. Christine Huttin. May/June 99. 245-249.

Modernizing the FDA: An Incremental Revolution. Richard A. Merrill. Mar/Apr 99. 96-111.

Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Margaret Davis, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, and Barbara Cooper. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243.

Purchasing Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits: A New Proposal. Lynn Etheredge. July/Aug 99. 7-19.

Physicians (see Workforce Issues)

Public Opinion

Bolstering the Safety Net. UpDate. Larry S. Gage and Marsha Regenstein. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257.

The Cost of Health System Change: Public Discontent in Five Nations. DataWatch. Karen Donelan, Robert J. Blendon, Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, and Katherine Binns. May/June 99. 206-216.

Public Opinion, Knowledge, and Medicare Reform. Jill Bernstein and Rosemary A. Stevens. Jan/Feb 99. 180-193.

The Uninsured, the Working Uninsured, and the Public. DataWatch. Robert J. Blendon, John T. Young, and Catherine M. DesRoches. Nov/Dec 99. 203-211.

Quality Of Care (see also Managed Care-Quality)

At the Helm of an Insurance Giant: Aetna's Richard L. Huber. Interview. James C. Robinson. Nov/Dec 99. 89-99.

Measuring the Measurers. Letter. J.D. Kleinke. Sep/Oct 99. 266.

The National Quality Forum: A "Me-Too" or a Breakthrough in Quality Measurement and Reporting? UpDate. Tracy Miller and Sheila Leatherman. Nov/Dec 99. 233-237.

Performance of the "100 Top Hospitals": What Does the Report Card Report? Jersey Chen, Martha J. Radford, Yun Wang, Thomas A. Marciniak, and Harlan M. Krumholz. July/Aug 99. 53-68.

The Pursuit of Quality by Business Coalitions: A National Survey. Health Tracking. Irene Fraser, Peggy McNamara, Gregg O. Lehman, Sandra Isaacson, and Kelli Moler. Nov/Dec 99. 158-165.

Quality of Care in Mental Health: The Case of Schizophrenia. Anthony F. Lehman. Sep/Oct 99. 52-65.

Research And Technology

Advances in Understanding and Treating Mental Illness: Implications for Policy. Grayson Norquist and Steven E. Hyman. Sep/Oct 99. 32-47.

A Global Analysis of Technological Change in Health Care: The Case of Heart Attacks. UpDate. Mark McClellan and Daniel Kessler for the TECH Investigators. May/June 99. 250-255.

Health Information: A Broader View. Letter. Don E. Detmer and Mary Jo Deering. Mar/Apr 99. 256-257.

Health Information Technology: One Author Responds. Letter. Donald W. Moran. Mar/Apr 99. 258-259.

Information Technology: Value to Patients. Letter. Claire Rossé. Mar/Apr 99. 256.

A Maturing Market for Health Information Technology? Letter. William L. Roper and Glen Mays. Mar/Apr 99. 255-256.

Medicare's End-Stage Renal Disease Program: Current Status and Future Prospects. Allen R. Nissenson and Richard A. Rettig. Jan/Feb 99. 161-179.

Mixed Signals: Public Policy and the Future of Health Care R&D. Burton A. Weisbrod and Craig L. LaMay. Mar/Apr 99. 112-125.

Modernizing the FDA: An Incremental Revolution. Richard A. Merrill. Mar/Apr 99. 96-111.

A New Proposal for Cooperation in HIT Development. Letter. Gary Cantlon. Mar/Apr 99. 257-258.

Quality of Care in Mental Health: The Case of Schizophrenia. Anthony F. Lehman. Sep/Oct 99. 52-65.

Strangers in the Night: Research and Managed Mental Health Care. Perspective. Saul Feldman. Sep/Oct 99. 48-51.

State/Local Issues

Blue Shield of California's Access+ HMO. Health Tracking. Kathleen Richard and Ken Wood. May/June 99. 174-177.

Challenges in Securing Access to Care for Children. Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul W. Newacheck. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63.

The Children's Health Council: A Community Foundation/State Government Partnership. GrantWatch. Christopher H. Hall, Mary Alice Lee, and Judith Solomon. July/Aug 99. 167-171.

Early Experience with a New Model of Employer Group Purchasing in Minnesota. Jon Christianson, Roger Feldman, Jonathan P. Weiner, and Patricia Drury. Nov/Dec 99. 100-114.

Health Insurance Reform in the Small-Group Market. Health Tracking. Rick Curtis, Stephanie Lewis, Kevin Haugh, and Rafe Forland. May/June 99. 151-160.

Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. UpDate. Katherine Swartz and Deborah W. Garnick. July/Aug 99. 180-187.

HMO Consolidations: How National Mergers Affect Local Markets. Health Tracking. Roger B. Feldman, Douglas R. Wholey, and Jon B. Christianson. July/Aug 99. 96-104.

How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Perspective. Trish Riley. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66.

Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Patients in Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. Joel S. Weissman, Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine London. July/Aug 99. 156-166.

Managed Behavioral Health Care: A Medicaid Carve-Out for Youth. DataWatch. Barbara J. Burns, Sarah E. Teagle, Michael Schwartz, Adrian Angold, and Adam Holtzman. Sep/Oct 99. 214-225.

Managed Behavioral Health Care in 1999: An Industry at a Crossroads. Health Tracking. Steven Findlay. Sep/Oct 99. 116-124.

New Federalism and State Flexibility. Letter. Bruce M. Bullen. May/June 99. 267-268.

A New "New Federalism." Letter. Bruce Spitz. May/June 99. 268.

Nonprofit Hospital Conversions and Community Benefits: New Evidence from Three States. Health Tracking. Gary J. Young and Kamal R. Desai. Sep/Oct 99. 146-155.

Physicians' Perceptions of Autonomy and Satisfaction in California. DataWatch. Michael D. Burdi and Laurence C. Baker. July/Aug 99. 134-145.

Rural Integrated Systems in California: Preparing for Managed Care. GrantWatch. Sheldon Weisgrau, Luisa Buada, Martha Campbell, and Ira Moscovice. Sep/Oct 99. 237-241.

State Mental Health Parity Laws: Cause or Consequence of Differences in Use? DataWatch. Roland Sturm and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. Sep/Oct 99. 182-192.

Three Political Realities in Expanding Coverage for the Working Poor: One State's Experience. UpDate. Eleanor D. Kinney, Ming Tai-Seale, James Y. Greene, Rilla Murray, and William Tierney. July/Aug 99. 188-192.

Uncompensated Care and Hospital Conversions in Florida. DataWatch. Jack Needleman, JoAnn Lamphere, and Deborah Chollet. July/Aug 99. 125-133.

Waiting in the Wings: Eligibility and Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Health Tracking. Thomas M. Selden, Jessica S. Banthin, and Joel W. Cohen. Mar/Apr 99. 126-133.

What Drives Medicare Managed Care Growth? Health Tracking. Randall S. Brown and Marsha R. Gold. Nov/Dec 99. 140-149.

Who Gets Second Opinions? Health Tracking. Todd H. Wagner and Lisa Smith Wagner. Sep/Oct 99. 137-145.

Workforce Issues

Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices. Lisa V. Rubenstein, Maga Jackson-Triche, Jürgen Unützer, Jeanne Miranda, Katy Minnium, Marjorie L. Pearson, and Kenneth B. Wells. Sep/Oct 99. 89-105.

The Muscular Samaritan: The National Health Service Corps in the New Century. Commentary. Fitzhugh Mullan. Mar/Apr 99. 168-175.

Physicians' Perceptions of Autonomy and Satisfaction in California. DataWatch. Michael D. Burdi and Laurence C. Baker. July/Aug 99. 134-145.

Trouble in the Nurse Labor Market? Recent Trends and Future Outlook. Health Tracking. Peter I. Buerhaus and Douglas O. Staiger. Jan/Feb 99. 214-222.

Books Reviewed In 1999

The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World (by Jeremy Rifkin). Reviewed by Stanley Joel Reiser. Mar/Apr 99. 253-254.

Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century (by J.D. Kleinke). Reviewed by Robert M. Goldberg. Jan/Feb 99. 270-271.

Brain Policy: How the New Neuroscience Will Change Our Lives and Our Politics (by Robert H. Blank). Reviewed by Deborah B. Goldberg and Michael E. Goldberg. Nov/Dec 99. 243-244.

The Corporate Practice of Medicine: Competition and Innovation in Health Care (by James C. Robinson). Reviewed by Rosemary A. Stevens. Nov/Dec 99. 241-242.

The Economics of Health Reconsidered (by Thomas Rice). Reviewed by Bryan Dowd. Jan/Feb 99. 266-269.

Health Care Divided: Race and Healing a Nation (by David Barton Smith). Reviewed by Christopher H. Foreman Jr. Sep/Oct 99. 262-263.

Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge (by Steven Epstein). Reviewed by David A. Rochefort. May/June 99. 262-264.

The Limits of Privacy (by Amitai Etzioni). Reviewed by George J. Annas. July/Aug 99. 197-198.

The Managed Care Blues and How to Cure Them (by Walter A. Zelman and Robert A. Berenson). Reviewed by David G. Pockell. Mar/Apr 99. 249-250.

Managed Care in the City: The Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans, and Communities (by Dennis P. Andrulis and Betsy Carrier). Reviewed by G. Gordon Bonnyman Jr. Sep/Oct 99. 264-265.

Our Hands Are Tied: Legal Tensions and Medical Ethics (by Marshall B. Kapp). Reviewed by M. Gregg Bloche. Mar/Apr 99. 251-253.

State Medical Boards and the Politics of Public Protection (by Carl F. Ameringer). Reviewed by Arnold S. Relman. Nov/Dec 99. 244-245.

Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness (by Jay Neugeboren). Reviewed by David A. Rochefort. Sep/Oct 99. 260-261.

Thematic Issues/Special Sections In 1999
Future Of Medicare (January/February)
Insurance Coverage (March/April)
Mental Health/Substance Abuse Coverage (March/April
International Health Reform (May/June)
Personal Stories & Policy (July/August)
Mental Health Market (September/October)
Future Of Insurance (November/December)

1998 Author Index
Health Affairs

Aaron, Henry J. and Robert D. Reischauer. "Rethinking Medicare Reform" Needs Rethinking. Perspective. January/February 1998. 69-71.

Allen, Harris M. Jr. and William H. Rogers. Debating Survey Approaches: The Authors Respond. Letter. January/February 1998. 266-268.

Altman, Drew E. Foundations Today: Finding a New Role in the Changing Health Care System. GrantWatch. March/April 1998. 201-205.

Beatrice, Dennis F., Cindy Parks Thomas, and Brian Biles. Grant Making with an Impact: The Picker/Commonwealth Patient-Centered Program. GrantWatch. January/February 1998. 236-244.

Berk, Marc L. and Claudia L. Schur. Access to Care: How Much Difference Does Medicaid Make? May/June 1998. 169-180.

Berk, Marc L. and Claudia L. Schur. Measuring Access to Care: Improving Information for Policymakers. Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 180-186.

Blendon, Robert J., Mollyann Brodie, John M. Benson, Drew E. Altman, Larry Levitt, Tina Hoff, and Larry Hugick. Understanding the Managed Care Backlash. July/August 1998. 80-94.

Blustein, Jan, Karla Hanson, and Steven Shea. Preventable Hospitalizations and Socioeconomic Status. DataWatch. March/April 1998. 177-189.

Brodie, Mollyann, Lee Ann Brady, and Drew E. Altman. Media Coverage of Managed Care: Is There a Negative Bias? January/February 1998. 9-25.

Bryce, Cindy L. and Kathryn Ellen Cline. The Supply and Use of Selected Medical Technologies. DataWatch. January/February 1998. 213-224.

Butler, Stuart M. Medicare Price Controls: The Wrong Prescription. Perspective. January/February 1998. 72-74.


Cantor, Joel C., Stephen H. Long, and M. Susan Marquis. Challenges of State Health Reform: Variations in Ten States. DataWatch. January/February 1998. 191-200.

Caron, Aleece and Duncan Neuhauser. Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age (by Michael L. Millenson). Book Review. March/April 1998. 219-220.

Champion, Hale. The Media's Role in Managed Care Reform. Letter. July/August 1998. 244-245.

Christensen, Sandra. Medicare+Choice Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. UpDate. July/August 1998. 224-231.

Christianson, Jon B. The Role of Employers in Community Health Care Systems. Health Tracking. July/August 1998. 158-164.

Cleary, Paul D., James Lubalin, Ronald Hays, Pamela F. Short, Susan Edgman-Levitan, and Samantha Sheridan. Debating Survey Approaches. Letter. January/February 1998. 265-266.

Coburn, Andrew F. The Role of Health Services Research in Developing State Health Policy. January/February 1998. 139-151.

Coleman, Rogers K. Evils of Cost Shifting. Letter. March/April 1998. 226-227.

Coughlin, Teresa A. and David Liska. Changing State and Federal Payment Policies for Medicaid Disproportionate-Share Hospitals. May/June 1998. 118-136.

Croghan, Thomas W., Robert L. Obenchain, and William E. Crown. What Does Treatment of Depression Really Cost? DataWatch. July/August 1998. 198-208.

Declercq, Eugene R., Lisa L. Paine, Diana R. Simmes, and Jeanne F. DeJoseph. State Regulation, Payment Policies, and Nurse-Midwife Services. DataWatch. March/April 1998. 190-200.

Durham, Mary L. Partnerships for Research among Managed Care Organizations. January/February 1998. 111-122.

Eddy, David M. Performance Measurement: Problems and Solutions. July/August 1998. 7-25.

Eisenberg, John M. Health Services Research in a Market-Oriented Health Care System. January/February 1998. 98-108.

Ellwood, Marilyn R. and Leighton Ku. Welfare and Immigration Reforms: Unintended Side Effects for Medicaid. May/June 1998. 137-151.

Enthoven, Alain C. and Sara J. Singer. The Managed Care Backlash and the Task Force in California. July/August 1998. 95-110.

Etzioni, Amitai. HIV Testing of Infants: Privacy and Public Health. Commentary. July/August 1998. 170-183.

Fee, Elizabeth and Mary E. Garofalo. Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines (by Suzanne Gordon). Book Review. January/February 1998. 261-262.

Fox, Peter D., Lynn Etheredge, and Stanley B. Jones. Addressing the Needs of Chronically Ill Persons under Medicare. Health Tracking. March/April 1998. 144-151.

Fries, James F., C. Everett Koop, Jacque Sokolov, Carson E. Beadle, and Daniel Wright. Beyond Health Promotion: Reducing Need and Demand for Medical Care. March/April 1998. 70-84.

Gabel, Jon R. On Drinking with Your Competitors after Five: Research Collaboration in the Real World. Perspective. January/February 1998. 123-127.

Galvin, Robert S. Are Performance Measures Relevant? Perspective. July/August 1998. 29-31.

Garnick, Deborah W., Katherine Swartz, and Kathleen Carley Skwara. Insurance Agents: Ignored Players in Health Insurance Reform. Health Tracking. March/April 1998. 137-143.

Gilligan, Jim. Doctors as Decisionmakers. Letter. May/June 1998. 284-285.

Ginsburg, Paul B. Health System Change in 1997. Health Tracking. July/August 1998. 165-169.

Ginsburg, Paul B., Jon R. Gabel, and Kelly A. Hunt. Tracking Small-Firm Coverage, 1989-1996. Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 167-171.

Goldman, William, Joyce McCulloch, and Roland Sturm. Costs and Use of Mental Health Services before and after Managed Care. March/April 1998. 40-52.

Goldman, William, Joyce McCulloch, and Roland Sturm. Mental Health Care Costs: The Authors Respond. Letter. July/August 1998. 242-243.

Goldsmith, Jeff. Columbia/HCA: A Failure of Leadership. Perspective. March/April 1998. 27-29.

Grumbach, Kevin, Janet Coffman, Karen Vranizan, Noelle Blick, and Edward H. O'Neil. Independent Practice Association Physician Groups in California. DataWatch. May/June 1998. 227-237.

Guterman, Stuart. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Will Hospitals Take a Hit on Their PPS Margins? Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 159-166.

Herzlinger, Regina E. Health Care and Consumers: Some Amplification. Letter. May/June 1998. 277-278.

Holahan, John, Stephen Zuckerman, Alison Evans, and Suresh Rangarajan. Medicaid Managed Care in Thirteen States. May/June 1998. 43-63.

Howell, Joel D. The Progress of Experiment: Science and Therapeutic Reform in the United States (by Harry M. Marks). Book Review. January/February 1998. 263-264.

Hudson, Christopher G. From Poorhouses to Homelessness: Policy Analysis and Mental Health Care (by David A. Rochefort). Book Review. July/August 1998. 239-240.

Iglehart, John K. Physicians as Agents of Social Control: The Thoughts of Victor Fuchs. Interview. January/February 1998. 90-96.

Ignagni, Karen. Covering a Breaking Revolution: The Media and Managed Care. January/February 1998. 26-34.

Jeffords, Jim. A U.S. Senator on Government Regulation. Letter. March/April 1998. 222-223.

Jellinek, Michael S. Mental Health Care Costs-Not the Whole Story. Letter. July/August 1998. 241-242.

Jensen, Gail A., Kathryn Rost, Russell P.D. Burton, and Maria Bulycheva. Mental Health Insurance in the 1990s: Are Employers Offering Less to More? Health Tracking. May/June 1998. 201-208.

Kahn, Charles N. III. The AHCPR after the Battles. Perspective. January/February 1998. 109-110.

Katz, Steven J., Diana Verrilli, and Morris L. Barer. Canadians' Use of U.S. Medical Services. DataWatch. January/February 1998. 225-235.

Kenney, Genevieve, Shruti Rajan, and Stephanie Soscia. State Spending for Medicare and Medicaid Home Care Programs. DataWatch. January/February 1998. 201-212.

Klein, Rudolf. Why Britain Is Reorganizing Its National Health Service-Yet Again. July/August 1998. 111-125.

Kleinke, J.D. Deconstructing the Columbia/HCA Investigation. March/April 1998. 7-26.

Knickman, James R. A Foundation Executive on Access Measures. Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 187-188.

Kondratas, Anna, Alan Weil, and Naomi Goldstein. Assessing the New Federalism: An Introduction. May/June 1998. 17-24.

Kuhlthau, Karen, Deborah Klein Walker, James M. Perrin, Laurie Bauman, Steven L. Gortmaker, Paul W. Newacheck, and Ruth E.K. Stein. Assessing Managed Care for Children with Chronic Conditions. July/August 1998. 42-52.

Lansky, David. Measuring What Matters to the Public. Perspective. July/August 1998. 40-41.

Levit, Katharine R., Helen C. Lazenby, Bradley R. Braden, and the National Health Accounts Team. National Health Spending Trends in 1996. January/February 1998. 35-51.

Lillie-Blanton, Marsha and Barbara Lyons. Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: Recent State Experiences. DataWatch. May/June 1998. 238-247.

Ma, Ching-to Albert and Thomas G. McGuire. Costs and Incentives in a Behavioral Health Carve-Out. March/April 1998. 53-69.

Ma, Ching-to Albert and Thomas G. McGuire. Mental Health Carve-Outs: The Authors Respond. Letter. July/August 1998. 243-244.

Mann, Cindy. A Combination Approach to Children's Health Insurance. Letter. March/April 1998. 229-230.

Marmor, Theodore and Jonathan Oberlander. Rethinking Medicare Reform. January/February 1998. 52-68.

Marmor, Theodore R. and Jonathan B. Oberlander. Medicare: Still Looking for Solutions. Letter. March/April 1998. 223-226.

Marsh, Lawrence C. The Doctor's Bottom Line. Perspective. July/August 1998. 75-79.

Maxwell, James, Forrest Briscoe, Stephen Davidson, Lisa Eisen, Mark Robbins, Peter Temin, and Cheryl Young. Managed Competition in Practice: `Value Purchasing' by Fourteen Employers. Health Tracking. May/June 1998. 216-226.

McNeill, Dwight. Can Employers Focus on Quality? Letter. January/February 1998. 268-269.

McNeill, Dwight. Mental Health Care: A Commodity? Letter. July/August 1998. 241.

Meyer, Jack A. Health Benefits at Work: An Economic and Political Analysis of Employment-Based Health Insurance (by Mark V. Pauly). Book Review. May/June 1998. 273-274.

Mick, Stephen S. and Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee. Correction. Letter. January/February 1998. 269.

Miller, Franklin G., Arthur L. Caplan, and John C. Fletcher. Dealing with Dolly: Inside the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. UpDate. May/June 1998. 264-267.

Moore, Francis D. A New Commission to Guide the Managed Care Revolution. Letter. March/April 1998. 227-229.

Moscovice, Ira, Michelle Casey, and Sarah Krein. Expanding Rural Managed Care: Enrollment Patterns and Prospects. Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 172-179.

Motheral, Brenda, Fred Teitelbaum, and Barrett Toan. The "Shoe-Box Effect." Letter. May/June 1998. 284.

Mullan, Fitzhugh. The "Mona Lisa" of Health Policy: Primary Care at Home and Abroad. Commentary. March/April 1998. 118-126.

Mustard, J. Fraser. Purchasing Population Health: Paying for Results (by David A. Kindig). Book Review. May/June 1998. 275-276.

Nelson, Andrew F., Elaine S. Quiter, and Leif I. Solberg. The State of Research within Managed Care Plans: 1997 Survey. January/February 1998. 128-138.

Neuman, Patricia, Ed Maibach, Katharine Dusenbury, Michelle Kitchman, and Pam Zupp. Marketing HMOs to Medicare Beneficiaries. Health Tracking. July/August 1998. 132-139.

Newcomer, Lee N. Phyjsician, Measure Thyself. Perspective. July/August 1998. 32-35.

Nichols, Len M. and Linda J. Blumberg. A Different Kind of `New Federalism'? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. May/June 1998. 25-42.

O'Leary, Dennis S. Reordering Performance Measurement Priorities. Perspective. July/August 1998. 38-39.

Petrila, John. Courts as Gatekeepers in Managed Care Settings. Commentary. March/April 1998. 109-117.

Polednak, Anthony P. Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults: The Issue of Hispanics. Letter May/June 1998. 282-283.

Pomerantz, Jay M. Mental Health Carve-Outs. Letter. July/August 1998. 243.

Potts, Robert H. Jr. Emergency Departments Are Not the Problem. Letter. May/June 1998. 283-284.

Rajan, Shruti. Publicly Subsidized Health Insurance: A Typology of State Approaches. May/June 1998. 101-117.

Reforming States Group. Balanced Federalism and Health System Reform. Commentary. May/June 1998. 181-191.

Reinhardt, Uwe E. Columbia/HCA: Villain or Victim? Perspective. March/April 1998. 30-36.

Riley, Trish, Cynthia Pernice, and Robert Mollica. How Will States Implement Children's Health Insurance Programs? UpDate. May/June 1998. 260-263.

Robinson, James C. Financial Capital and Intellectual Capital in Physician Practice Management. July/August 1998. 53-74.

Robinson, James C. Health Care and Consumers: The Author Responds. Letter. May/June 1998. 279.

Roper, William L. and Charles M. Cutler. Health Plan Accountability and Reporting: Issues and Challenges. Health Tracking. March/April 1998. 152-155.

Saltman, Richard B. and Josep Figueras. Analyzing the Evidence on European Health Care Systems. March/April 1998. 85-108.

Schacht, Jennie. Creating Partnerships with Clinic Associations to Preserve the Safety Net. GrantWatch. May/June 1998. 248-252.

Schaffner, Kenneth F. Access to the Genome: The Challenge to Equality (by Maxwell J. Mehlman and Jeffrey R. Botkin). Book Review. July/August 1998. 237-238.

Schlesinger, Mark and Bradford Gray. A Broader Vision for Managed Care, Part 1: Measuring the Benefit to Communities. May/June 1998. 152-168.

Schroeder, Steven A. Reflections on the Challenges of Philanthropy. GrantWatch. July/August 1998. 209-216.

Selden, Thomas M., Jessica S. Banthin, and Joel W. Cohen. Medicaid's Problem Children: Eligible but Not Enrolled. Health Tracking. May/June 1998. 192-200.

Sennett, Cary. Moving Ahead, Measure by Measure. Perspective. July/August 1998. 36-37.

Solomon, Loel S. Rules of the Game: How Public Policy Affects Local Health Care Markets. Health Tracking. July/August 1998. 140-148.

Sondik, Edward J. and Edward L. Hunter. National Data Experts on Access Measures. Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 189-190.

Sparer, Michael S. Devolution of Power: An Interim Report Card. May/June 1998. 7-16.

Srinivasan, Srija, Larry Levitt, and Janet Lundy. Wall Street's Love Affairs with Health Care. Health Tracking. July/August 1998. 126-131.

Steinberg, Caroline Rossi and Raymond J. Baxter. Accountable Communities: How Norms and Values Affect Health System Change. Health Tracking. July/August 1998. 149-157.

Stoddard, Jeffrey, Edward Sekscenski, and Jonathan Weiner. The Physician Workforce: Broadening the Search for Solutions. UpDate. January/February 1998. 252-257.

Their, Samuel O. and Annetine C. Gelijns. Improving Health: The Reason Performance Measurement Matters. Perspective. July/August 1998. 26-28.

Thompson, Joseph W., James Bost, Faruque Ahmed, Carrie E. Ingalls, and Cary Sennett. The NCQA's Quality Compass: Evaluating Managed Care in the United States. Health Tracking. January/February 1998. 152-158.

Tudor, Cynthia G., Gerald Riley, and Melvin Ingber. Satisfaction with Care: Do Medicare HMOs Make a Difference? DataWatch. March/April 1998. 165-176.

Vladeck, Bruce C. Market Realities Meet Balanced Government: Another Look at Columbia/HCA. Perspective. March/April 1998. 37-39.

Vladeck, Bruce C. Beginnings Count: The Technological Imperative in American Health Care (by David J. Rothman). Book Review. March/April 1998. 220-221.

Waidmann, Timothy A. Potential Effects of Raising Medicare's Eligibility Age. DataWatch. March/April 1998. 156-164.

Wall, Susan. Transformations in Public Health Systems. May/June 1998. 64-80.

Weinick, Robin M., Margaret E. Weigers, and Joel W. Cohen. Children's Health Insurance, Access to Care, and Health Status: New Findings. Health Tracking. March/April 1998. 127-136.

Welch, W. Pete. What Does Medicare Pay For? Disentangling the Flow of Funds to Health Care Providers. DataWatch. July/August 1998. 184-197.

Wheatley, Ben, Gerben DeJong, and Janet Sutton. Consolidation of the Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Industry. Health Tracking. May/June 1998. 209-215.

White, Joseph. Medicare Reform. Letter. May/June 1998. 281-282.

Wiener, Joshua M. and David G. Stevenson. State Policy on Long-Term Care for the Elderly. May/June 1998. 81-100.

Zwerner, Alan R. Can Physicians Manage Physicians? Letter. May/June 1998. 279-281.

1997 Subject Index
Managed Care--Mental Health/Substance Abuse

Changes in Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment among Children. Health Tracking. Sarah Hudson Scholle, Kelly J. Kelleher, George Childs, John Mendeloff, and William P. Gardner. March/April 1997. 164-170.

Characteristics and Growth of Managed Behavioral Health Care Firms. Lucy C. Kihlstrom. July/August 1997. 127-130.

Children's Access to Mental Health Care: Does Insurance Matter? DataWatch. Sherry Glied, Christina W. Hoven, Robert E. Moore, A. Bowen Garrett, and Darrel A. Regier. January/February 1997. 167-174.

Coalition's Role in Mental Health Parity. Letter. E. Clarke Ross and Shelley S. Stewart. November/December 1997. 257.

Covering Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Jeffrey A. Buck and Beth Umland. July/August 1997. 120-126.

Mental Health Parity: Credit Due to Advocates. Letter. Laurie M. Flynn and Laura Lee Hall. November/December 1997. 256.

Mental Health Parity: The Authors Respond. Letter. Richard S. Frank, Chris Koyanagi, and Thomas G. McGuire. November/December 1997. 257-258.

The Politics and Economics of Mental Health "Parity" Laws. Richard G. Frank, Chris Koyanagi, and Thomas G. McGuire. July/August 1997. 108-119.

1992-1996 Subject Index
Mental Health/Substance Abuse

Ability to Obtain Health Care: Recent Estimates from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Access to Care Survey. DataWatch. Marc L. Berk, Claudia L. Schur, and Joel C. Cantor. Fall 1995. 139-146.

Americans with Disabilities Act: Lessons for the Future. UpDate. William L. Roper. Fall 1992. 257-258.

The Americans with Disabilities Act. UpDate. Lawrence O. Gostin. Fall 1992. 248-257.

Benefit Design Choices under Managed Competition. Perspective. Linda A. Bergthold. Supplement 1993. 99-109.

Bridging the Gap between Mental Illness and Health. Letter. William H. Sack. Winter 1995. 315.

Broadening the Ethical Analysis of Managed Care. Perspective. Richard C. Surles. Fall 1995. 29-31.

Budget Cuts and Mental Health. Letter. Chris Koyanagi. Winter 1995. 315-316.

Can HMOs Manage the Mental Health Benefit? Commentary. Mary L. Durham. Fall 1995. 116-123.

A Capitated Payment System for Involuntary Mental Health Clients. DataWatch. Bentson H. McFarland, Douglas A. Bigelow, Jay C. Smith, Mark C. Hornbrook, Ala Mofidi, and Patrick Payton. Fall 1995. 185-196.

Care for Depression in a Changing Environment. Kenneth B. Wells and Roland Sturm. Fall 1995. 78B89.

Case Management in Washington, D.C. Letter. Jonas Morris. Fall 1992. 271-272.

Case Management: S