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The articles listed below have been chosen by the editor-in-chief as featured articles.
September 2007 Joseph White,
Many studies arguing for or against markets to finance medical care investigate “market-oriented” measures such as cost sharing. This article looks at… More
June 2007 Joanne Lynn, Barry M. Straube, Karen M. Bell, Stephen F. Jencks, Robert T. Kambic,
The model discussed in this article divides the population into eight groups: people in good health, in maternal/infant situations, with an acute… More
March 2007 Adam Oliver,
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides health care for U.S. military veterans. By the early 1990s, the VHA had a reputation for delivering… More
December 2006 Robert J. Blendon, Mollyann Brodie, John M. Benson, Drew E. Altman, Tami Buhr,
For more than two decades, polls have shown that Americans are dissatisfied with their current health care system. However, the public’s views on how… More
September 2006 Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Allen B. Kachalia, Troyen A. Brennan,
Proposals that medical malpractice claims be removed from the tort system and processed in an alternative system, known as administrative compensation… More
June 2006 Jessica Greene, Jan Blustein, Beth C. Weitzman,
Many studies have explored the extent to which physicians’ characteristics and Medicaid program factors influence physicians’ decisions to accept… More
March 2006 Daniel M. Fox,
In 1935, when medical societies across the United States were complaining that the Milbank Memorial Fund endorsed health insurance mandated and… More
March 2006 Yaniv Hanoch, Thomas Rice,
Herbert Simon’s work on bounded rationality has had little impact on health policy discourse, despite numerous supportive findings. This is… More
September 2005 Vincent Mor,
Publicly reporting information stimulates providers’ efforts to improve the quality of health care. The availability of mandated, uniform clinical… More
June 2005 Mita Giacomini,
Health plans often deliberate covering technologies with challenging purposes, effects, or costs. They must integrate quantitative evidence (e.g., how… More