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1999 INDEX Authors eee A Blumberg, Linda J. Who Pays for Employer-Sponsored Aiken, Linda H. See Julie Sochalski. Health {nsurance? Perspective. Nov/Dec 99. 58-61. Amelung, Volker E. See Lawrence D. Brown. Bonnyman, G. GordonJr . Managed Care in the Inner City: The Amersbach, Gabriele. See Judith R. Lave. Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans, and Communities (by Anderson, Gerard F., George Greenberg, and Craig K. Dennis P. Andrulis and Betsy Carrier). Book Review. Lisk. Academic Health Centers: Exploring a Financial Sep/Oct 99. 264-265. Paradox. Commentary. Mar/Apr 99. 156-167. BoronoJowhn, J . See Steven S. Sharfstein. Anderson, Gerard F., George Greenberg, and Craig K. Brown, Catherine. See Helen Halpin Schauffler. Lisk. Are Teaching Hospitals Thriving? The Authors Brown, Lawrence D. and Volker E. Amelung. “Man- Respond. Letter. July/Aug 99. 201-202. acled Competition”: Market Reforms in German Anderson, Gerard F. and Jean-Pierre Poullier. Health Health Care.” May/June 99. 76-91. Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in Industrial- Brown, Lawrence D. and Volker E. Amelung. “Man- ized Countries. DataWatch. May/June 99. 178-192. acled Competition”: The Authors Respond. Letter. Angold, Adrian. See BarbaraJ . Burns. July/Aug 99. 205-206. Annas, GeorgeJ . The Limits ofP rivacy (by Amitai Etzioni). Brown, Randall S. and Marsha R. Gold. What Drives Book Review. July/Aug 99. 197-198. Medicare Managed Care Growth? Health Tracking. Arno, Peter S., Carol Levine, and Margaret M. Nov/Dec 99. 140-149. Memmott. The Economic Value of Informal Caregiv- Buada, Luisa. See Sheldon Weisgrau. ing. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 182-188. Buck, Jeffrey A., Judith L. Teich, Beth Umland, and Ayanian, John Z. for the Authors. Funding Acknow- Mitchell Stein. Behavioral Health Benefits in Employer- ledgment. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 262. Sponsored Health Plans, 1997. Mar/Apr 99. 67-78. Budetti, Peter P. See Anthony T. Lo Sasso. B Buerhaus, Peter I. and Douglas O. Staiger. Trouble in Bailit, Michael H. and Laurie L. Burgess. Competing the Nurse Labor Market? Recent Trends and Future Interests: Public-Sector Managed Behavioral Health Outlook. Health Tracking. Jan/Feb 99. 214-222. Care. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. 112-115. Bullen, Bruce M. New Federalism and State Flexibility. Baker, Laurence C. See Michael D. Burdi. Letter. May/June 99. 267-268. Banthin, Jessica S. See Thomas M. Selden. Burdi, Michael D. and Laurence C. Baker. Physicians’ Barber, Catherine. See Ronald C. Kessler. Perceptions of Autonomy and Satisfaction in Califor- Batavia, Andrew I. Of Wheelchairs and Managed Care. nia. DataWatch. July/Aug 99. 134-145. Narrative Matters. Nov/Dec 99. 177-182. Burgess, Laurie L. See Michael H. Bailit. Berenson, Robert A. See John K. Iglehart. Burnam, M. Audrey and José J. Escarce. Equity in Man- Berk, Marc L. and Claudia L. Schur. Access to Care: aged Care for Mental Disorders. Sep/Oct 99. 22-31. Authors’ Response. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 260. Burns, Barbara J., Sarah E. Teagle, Michael Schwartz, Bernstein, Jill and Rosemary A. Stevens. Public Opin- Adrian Angold, and Adam Holtzman. Managed Be- ion, Knowledge, and Medicare Reform. Jan/Feb 99. havioral Health Care: A Medicaid Carve-Out for 180-193. Youth. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 214-225. Besdine, Richard W. See Christine K. Cassel. Butler, Stuart and David B. Kendall. Expanding Access Binns, Katherine. See Karen Donelan. and Choice for Health Care Consumers through Tax Birnbaum, Howard G. See Ronald C. Kessler. Reform. Nov/Dec 99. 45-57 Bishop, Christine E. Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Data- C Watch. July/Aug 99. 146-155. Cain, Harry P. Il. Moving Medicare to the FEHBP Black, Jeanne T. See Judith R. Lave. Model, or How to Make an Elephant Fly. July/Aug 99. Blendon, Robert J., John T. Young, and Catherine M. 25-39. DesRoches. The Uninsured, the Working Uninsured, Campbell, John Creighton. See Naoki Ikegami. and the Public. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 203-211. Campbell, Martha. See Sheldon Weisgrau. Blendon, RobertJ . See Karen Donelan. Cantlon, Gary. A New Proposal for Cooperation in HIT Bloche, M. Gregg. Our Hands Are Tied: Legal Tensions and Development. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 257-258. Medical Ethics (by Marshall B. Kapp). Book Review. Cassel, Christine K., Richard W. Besdine, and Lydia C. Mar/Apr 99. 251-253. Siegel. Restructuring Medicare for the Next Century: MEALTSH AFFAIRS - November / December 1999 1999 INDEX What Will Beneficiaries Really Need? Jan/Feb 99. Drury, Patricia. See Jon Christianson. 18-131. Druss, Benjamin. See Robert A. Rosenheck. Chen, Jersey, MarthaJ .R adford, Yun Wang, Thomas Dryfoos, Paul. See Joel S. Weissman. A. Marciniak, and Harlan M. Krumholz. Performance DuPlessis, Helen. See Neal Halfon. of the “100 Top Hospitals”: What Does the Report England, Mary Jane. Capturing Mental Health Cost Off- Card Report? July/Aug 99. 53-68. sets. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 91-93. Chollet, Deborah. See Jack Needleman. England, Mary Jane. More on Mental Health Cost Off- Christianson, Jon, Roger Feldman, Jonathan P. sets. Letter. July/Aug 99. 208. Weiner, and Patricia Drury. Early Experience with a Escarce, José J. See M. Audrey Burnam. New Model of Employer Group Purchasing in Minne- EscarcJoes,é J.S ee Alan L. Hillman. sota. Nov/Dec 99. 100-114. Etheredge, Lynn. Purchasing Medicare Prescription ChristiansonJ,on B. See Roger B. Feldman. Drug Benefits: A New Proposal. July/Aug 99. 7-19. Chulis, George. See Margaret Davis. Etheredge, Lynn. Three Streams, One River: A Coordi- Clouse, Jon. See Alan L. Hillman. nated Approach to Financing Retirement. Jan/Feb 99. Cohen, Joel W. See Thomas M. Selden. 80-91. Cohen, Jordan J. Who Says Teaching Hospitals Are Evans, John H. III. See Judith R. Lave. Thriving? Letter. July/Aug 99. 199-201. Cooper, Barbara. See Margaret Davis. F Croghan, Thomas W., ThomasJ . Kniesner, and Regina Feldman, Roger B., Douglas R. Wholey, and Jon B. H. Powers. Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Christianson. HMO Consolidations: How National Accommodate Depressed Workers? UpDate. Sep/Oct Mergers Affect Local Markets. Health Tracking. 99. 249-253. July/Aug 99. 96-104. Cuffel, Brian. See William Goldman. Feldman, Roger. See Jon Christianson. Curtis, Rick, Stephanie Lewis, Kevin Haugh, and Rafe Feldman, Saul. Strangers in the Night: Research and Forland. Health Insurance Reform in the Small-Group Managed Mental Health Care. Perspective. Sep/Oct Market. Health Tracking. May/June 99. 151-160. 99. 48-5]. Custer, William S., Charles N. Kahn III, and Thomas F. Felt-Lisk, Suzanne, Pam Silberman, Sheila Hoag, and Wildsmith IV. Why We Should Keep the Employ- Rebecca Slifkin. Medicaid Managed Care in Rural Ar- ment-Based Health Insurance System. Commentary. eas: A Ten-State Follow-Up Study. UpDate. Mar/Apr 254 Nov/Dec 99. 115-123. 99. 238-245. Findlay, Steven. Managed Behavioral Health Care in D-= 1999: An Industry at a Crossroads. Health Tracking. Dallek, Geraldine. See Peter D. Fox. Sep/Oct 99. 116-124. Davis, Karen. Improving Lives through Information. Florence, Curtis S. See Kenneth E. Thorpe. GrantWatch. Maz/Apr 99. 219-225. Foote, Sandra M. and Stanley B. Jones. Consumer- Davis, Karen. International Health Policy: Common Choice Markets: Lessons from FEHBP Mental Health Problems, Alternative Strategies. Commentary. Coverage. Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 125-130. May/June 99. 135-143. Foreman, Christopher H. Jr. Health Care Divided: Race and Davis, Karen. See Karen Donelan. Healinga N ation (by David Barton Smith). Book Review. Davis, Margaret, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Sep/Oct 99. 262-263. Zarabozo, and Barbara Cooper. Prescription Drug Forland, Rafe. See Rick Curtis. Coverage, Utilization, and Spending among Medicare Fox, Peter D., Rani Snyder, Geraldine Dallek, and Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243. Thomas Rice. Should Medicare HMO Benefits Be Deering, Mary Jo. See Don E. Detmer. Standardized? July/Aug 99. 40-52. Desai, Kamal R. See GaryJ .Y oung. Frank, Richard G., Thomas G. McGuire, Sharon-Lise DesRoches, Catherine M. See Robert J. Blendon. T. Normand, and Howard H. Goldman. The Value of Detmer, Don E. and Mary Jo Deering. Health Informa- Mental Health Care at the System Level: The Case of tion: A Broader View. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 256-257. Treating Depression. Sep/Oct 99. 71-88. Dickerson, Faith B. See Steven S. Sharfstein. Frank, Richard G. See Ronald C. Kessler. Dobson, Frank. Modernizing Britain’s National Health Fraser, Irene, Peggy McNamara, Gregg O. Lehman, Service. Perspective. May/June 99. 40-41. Sandra Isaacson, and Kelli Moler. The Pursuit of Donelan, Karen, Robert J. Blendon, Cathy Schoen, Quality by Business Coalitions: A National Survey. Karen Davis, and Katherine Binns. The Cost of Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 158-165. Health System Change: Public Discontent in Five Na- Freeland, Mark. See Sheila Smith. tions. DataWatch. May/June 99. 206-216. Fronstin, Paul. Employment-Based Health Insurance for Dornan, Douglas H. Need to Broaden the Scope of Defin- Children: Why Did Coverage Increase in the Mid- ing “Health.” Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 269. 1990s? Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 131-136. Dowd, Bryan. The Economics of Health Reconsidered (by Fuchs, Victor R. Health Care for the Elderly: How Much? Thomas Rice). Book Review. Jan/Feb 99. 266-269. Who Will Pay for It? Jan/Feb 99. 11-21. Draper, Debra A. See MichaelJ .M cCue. HEALTH AFFAIRS - Volume 18, Number 6 1999 INDEX G other View. Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 246-247. Gabel, Jon R. Job-Based Health Insurance, 1977-1998: Halvorson, George C. Health Plans’ Strategic Responses The Accidental System under Scrutiny. Nov/Dec 99. to a Changing Marketplace. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 62-74. 28-29. Gabel, Jon, Kimberly Hurst, Heidi Whitmore, and Ham, Chris. More on Reform of the NHS. Letter. Catherine Hoffman. Class and Benefits at the Work- Mar/Apr 99. 261-262. place. Health Tracking. May/June 99. 144-150. Haugh, Kevin. See Rick Curtis. Gabel, Jon R. Functioning in a Different Economy. Letter. Heffler, Stephen. See Sheila Smith. Jan/Feb 99. 274-275. Henke, Klaus-Dirk. Socially Bounded Competition in Gage, Larry S. and Marsha Regenstein. Bolstering the Germany. Letter. July/Aug 99. 203-205. Safety Net. UpDate. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257. Hensler, Deborah R. See David M. Studdert. Galvin, Robert S. An Employer's View of the U.S. Health Herring, Bradley. See Mark Pauly. Care Market. Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 166-170. Hillman, Alan L., Mark V. Pauly, José J. Escarce, Garnick, Deborah W. See Katherine Swartz. Kimberly Ripley, Martin Gaynor, Jon Clouse, and Gaynor, Martin. See Alan L. Hillman. Richard Ross. Financial Incentives and Drug Spend- Gilmer, Todd. See Richard Kronick. ing in Managed Care. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. Ginsburg, Paul B. Health Spending: Questioning the As- 189-200. sumptions. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 272-274. Hoag, Sheila. See Suzanne Felt-Lisk. Glied, Sherry and Mark Stabile. Covering Older Ameri- Hoffman, Catherine. See Jon Gabel. cans: Forecast for the Next Decade. Health Tracking. Hogan, Michael F. Public-Sector Mental Health Care: Jan/Feb 99. 208-213. New Challenges. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. 106-111. Goid, Marsha R. See Randall S. Brown. Hogan, Paul. See John Sheils. Goldberg, Deborah B. and Michael E. Goldberg. Brain Holahan, John, Suresh Rangarajan, and Matthew Policy: How the New Neuroscience Will Change Our Lives and Schirmer. Medicaid Managed Care Payment Rates in Our Politics (by Robert H. Blank). Book Review. 1998. DataWatch. May/June 99. 217-227. Nov/Dec 99. 243-244. Holmer, Alan F. Covering Prescription Drugs under Goldberg, Michael E. See Deborah B. Goldberg. Medicare: For the Good of the Patients. Perspective. Goldberg, Robert M. Bleeding Edge: The Business of Health July/Aug 99. 23-24. Care in the New Century (by J.D. Kleinke). Book Review. Holtzman, Adam. See BarbaraJ . Burns. Jan/Feb 99. 270-271. Huber, Richard L. See James C. Robinson. Goldman, Howard H. Justifying Mental Health Care Hurley, Robert E. See MichaelJ .M cCue. Costs. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 94-95. Hurst, Kimberly. See Jon Gabel. Goldman, Howard H. See Richard G. Frank. Huttin, Christine. Drug Price Divergence in Europe: Goldman, William, Joyce McCulloch, Brian Cuffel, and Regulatory Aspects. UpDate. May/June 99. 245-249. Danah Kozma. More Evidence for the Insurability of Hyman, Steven E. See Grayson Norquist. Managed Behavioral Health Care. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 172-181. I] Goldsmith, Jeff. UCSF/Stanford: Building a “Prestige Iezzoni, Lisa. Boundaries. Narrative Matters. Nov/Dec Cartel.” Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 149-151. 99. 171-176. Gray, Bradley. See Kenneth E. Thorpe. Iglehart, John K. Bringing Forth Medicare+Choice: Greenberg, George. See Gerard F. Anderson. HCFA’s Robert A. Berenson. Interview. Jan/Feb 99. Greenberg, Paul E. See Ronald C. Kessler. 144-149. Greene, James Y. See Eleanor D. Kinney. Ikegami, Naoki and John Creighton Campbell. Health Gresenz, Carole Roan. See David M. Studdert. Care Reform in Japan: The Virtues of Muddling Grogan, Colleen M. and Michael K. Gusmano. How Are Through. May/June 99. 56-75. Safety-Net Providers Faring under Medicaid Managed Illsley, Raymond. Reducing Health Inequalities: Brit- Care? UpDate. Mar/Apr 99. 233-237. ain’s Latest Attempt. Perspective. May/June 99. 45-46. Gusmano, Michael K. See Colleen M. Grogan. Inkelas, Moira. See Neal Halfon. Isaacson, Sandra. See Irene Fraser. H Jackson-Triche, Maga. See Lisa V. Rubenstein. Halfon, Neal, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul Jacobson, Peter D. Legal Challenges to Managed Care W. Newachecx. Challenges in Securing Access to Cost Containment Programs: An Initial Assessment. Care for Children. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63. July/Aug 99. 69-85. Hall, Christopher H., Mary Alice Lee, and Judith Jacobson, Peter D. Legal Challenges: The Author Re- Solomon. The Children’s Health Council: A Commu- sponds. Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 247-248. nity Foundation/State Government Partnership. Johns, Lucy. More on Managed Care Organization. Let- GrantWatch. July/Aug 99. 167-171. ter. May/June 99. 269. Hall, Jane. Incremental Change in the Australian Health Jones, Stanley B. See Sandra M. Foote. Care System. May/June 99. 95-110. Jurgensen, Michael. See MichaelJ .M cCue. Hall, Mark A. Legal Challenges to Managed Care: An- HEALTH AFFAIRS - November/December 1999 1999 INDEX K Lisk, Craig K. See Gerard F. Anderson. Kahn, Charles N. il and Hanns Kuttner. Budget Bills London, Katharine. See Joel S. Weissman. and Medicare Policy: The Politics of the BBA. Jan/Feb Long, Stephen H. and M. Susan Marquis. Comparing 99. 37-47. Employee Health Benefits in the Public and Private Kahn, Charles N. III. See William S. Custer. Sectors, 1997. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 183-193. Keeler, Emmett. See Glenn Melnick. Long, Stephen H. and M. Susan Marquis. Pooled Pur- Kendall, David B. See Stuart Butler. chasing: Who Are the Players? Health Tracking. Kessler, Daniel. See Mark McClellan. July/Aug 99. 105-111. Kessler, Ronald C., Catherine Barber, Howard G. Long, Stephen H. and M. Susan Marquis. Stability and Birnbaum, Richard G. Frank, Paul E. Greenberg, Variation in Employment-Based Health Insurance Cov- Robert M. Rose, Gregory E. Simon, and Philip erage, 1993-1997. Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 133-139. Wang. Depression in the Workplace: Effects on Short- Long, Stephen H. See M. Susan Marquis. Term Disability. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 163-171. Lo Sasso, Anthony T., Linda Perloff, Jill Schield, James Kinney, Eleanor D., Ming Tai-Seale, James Y. Greene, J. Murphy, James D. Mortimer, and Peter P. Budetti. Rilla Murray, and William Tierney. Three Political Beyond Cost: “Responsible Purchasing” of Managed Realities in Expanding Coverage for the Working Poor: Care by Employers. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 212-223. One State’s Experience. UpDate. July/Aug 99. 188-192. Kitchman, Michelle S. See Mary A. Laschober. M Kleinke, J.D. Measuring the Measurers. Letter. Sep/Oct Maeda, Akiko. See George Schieber. 99. 266. Marciniak, Thomas A. See Jersey Chen. Kniesner, ThomasJ .S ee Thomas W. Croghan. Marmot, Michael. Acting on the Evidence to Reduce Kozma, Danah. See William Goldman. Inequalities in Health. Perspective. May/June 99. Kronick, Richard and Todd Gilmer. Explaining the De- 42-44. cline in Health Insurance Coverage, 1979-1995. Marquis, M. Susan and Stephen H. Long. Recent Trends Mar/Apr 99. 30-47. in Self-Insured Employer Health Plans. Health Track- Krumholz, Harlan M. See Jersey Chen. ing. May/June 99. 161-166. Kuttner, Hanns. See Charles N. Kahn III. Marquis, M. Susan and Stephen H. Long. Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 1993-1997. L Nov/Dec 99. 75-88. 256 LaMay, Craig L. See Burton A. Weisbrod. Marquis, M. Susan. See Stephen H. Long. Lamphere, JoAnn. See Jack Needleman. Mays, Glen. See William L. Roper. Langwell, Kathryn M. See Mary A. Laschober. McAlpine, Donna D. See David Mechanic. Langwell, Kathryn M. See Patricia Neuman. McClellan, Mark and Daniel Kessler for the TECH In- Laschober, Mary A., Patricia Neuman, Michelle S. vestigators. A Global Analysis of Technological Kitchman, Laura Meyer, and Kathryn M. Langwell. Change in Health Care: The Case of Heart Attacks. Medicare HMO Withdrawals: What Happens to UpDate. May/June 99. 250-255. Beneficiaries? Health Tracking. Nov/Dec 99. 150-157. McClellan, Mark and Jonathan Skinner. Medicare Re- Lave, Judith R., Pamela B. Peele, Jeanne T. Black, John form: Who Pays and Who Benefits? Jan/Feb 99. 48-62. H. Evans III, and Gabriele Amersbach. Changing the McClellan, Mark. Spending Growth Rates: Are the Dif- Employer-Sponsored Health Plan System: The Views ferences Real? Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 250-252. of Employees in Large Firms. Health Tracking. McCombs, Jeffrey S. Medicare and Competition. Letter. July/Aug 99. 112-117. July/Aug 99. 208-209. Leatherman, Sheila. See Tracy Miller. McCue, MichaelJ. ,R obert E. Hurley, Debra A. Draper, Lee, Mary Alice. See Christopher H. Hall. and Michael Jurgensen. Reversal of Fortune: Com- Le Grand, Julian. Competition, Cooperation, or Control? mercial HMOs in the Medicaid Market. Health Track- Tales from the British National Health Service. ing. Jan/Feb 99. 223-230. May/June 99. 27-39. McCulloch, Joyce. See William Goldman. Lehman, Anthony F. Quality of Care in Mental Health: McGuire, Thomas G. See Richard G. Frank. The Case of Schizophrenia. Sep/Oct 99. 52-65. Mckusick, David. Demographic Issues in Medicare Re- Lehman, Gregg O. See Irene Fraser. form. Jan/Feb 99. 194-207. LeRoy, Lauren. International Grant Making by U.S. McNamara, Peggy. See Irene Fraser. Foundations. GrantWatch. May/June 99. 234-238. McWaters, Jeffrey. Medicaid-Only Plans Can Serve LeRoy, Lauren and Anne Schwartz. Medicare Reform: Members Well. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 268. Foundations Respond to Federal Policy Changes. Mechanic, David and Donna D. McAlpine. Mission Un- GrantWatch. Jan/Feb 99. 255-257. fulfilled: Potholes on the Road to Mental Health Parity. Leslie, Douglas. See Robert A. Rosenheck. Sep/Oct 99. 7-21. Levine, Carol. See Peter S. Arno. Melnick, Glenn, Emmett Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger. Lewis, Stephanie. See Rick Curtis. Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Lied, Terry R. Performance Measures and Batting Aver- Different? Health Tracking. May/June 99. 167-173. ages. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 260-261. Memmott, Margaret M. See Peter S. Arno. MEALTH AFPAIRS -« Volume 18, Number 6 1999 INDEX Merrill, Richard A. Modernizing the FDA: An Incre- 99. 207-208. mental Revolution. Mar/Apr 99. 96-111. Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo. See Roland Sturm. Meyer, Jack A. See Elliot K. Wicks. Pauly, Mark, Allison Percy, and Bradley Herring. Indi- Meyer, Laura. See Mary A. Laschober. vidual versus Job-Based Health Insurance: Weighing Miller, Tracy and Sheila Leatherman. The National the Pros and Cons. Nov/Dec 99. 28-44. Quality Forum: A “Me-Too” or a Breakthrough in Pauly, Mark V. See Alan L. Hillman. Quality Measurement and Reporting? UpDate. Pearson, Marjorie L. See Lisa V. Rubenstein. Nov/Dec 99. 233-237. Peele, Pamela B. See Judith R. Lave. Milstein, Arnold. See Helen Halpin Schauffler. Percy, Allison. See Mark Pauly. Minnium, Katy. See Lisa V. Rubenstein. Perloff, Linda. See Anthony T. Lo Sasso. Miranda, Jeanne. See Lisa V. Rubenstein. Pincus, Harold Alan. See Deborah A. Zarin. Moler, Kelli. See Irene Fraser. Pockell, David G. The Managed Car 3lues and How to Cure Moon, Marilyn. Will the Care Be There? Vulnerable Them (by Walter A. Zelman and Robert A. Berenson). Beneficiaries and Medicare Reform. Jan/Feb 99. Book Review. Mar/Apr 99. 249-250. 107-117. Podger, Andrew. Reforming the Australian Health Care Moore, Judith D. Medicaid Rate Study: An Excellent System: A Government Perspective. Perspective. Beginning. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 267-268. May/June 99. 111-113. Moran, Donald W. Health Information Technology: One Poisal, John. See Margaret Davis. Author Responds. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 258-259. Potts, Robert H. Jr. More on the Shalala-Reinhardt In- Mortimer, James D. See Anthony T. Lo Sasso. terview. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 268-269. Moscovice, Ira. See Sheldon Weisgrau. Poullier, Jean-Pierre. See Gerard F. Anderson. Mullan, Fitzhugh. Me and the System: The Personal Es- Powers, Regina H. See Thomas W. Croghan. say and Health Policy. Narrative Matters. July/Aug 99. Prina, Lee L. Wisconsin Blues Conversion Model. 118-124. GrantWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 224-225. Mullan, Fitzhugh. The Muscular Samaritan: The Na- tional Health Service Corps in the New Century. Com- R mentary. Mar/Apr 99. 168-175. Radford, MarthaJ . See Jersey Chen. Murphy, James J. See Anthony T. Lo Sasso. Rangarajan, Suresh. See John Holahan. Murray, Rilla. See Eleanor D. Kinney. Regenstein, Marsha. See Larry S. Gage. Reinhardt, Uwe E. Employer-Based Health Insurance: A N Balance Sheet. Commentary. Nov/Dec 99. 124-132. National Health Expenditures Projection Team. See Reinhardt, Uwe E. “Mangled Competition” and “Man- Sheila Smith. aged Whatever.” Perspective. May/June 99. 92-94. Naylor, C. David. Health Care in Canada: Incremental- Reinhardt, Uwe E. See Donna E. Shalala. ism under Fiscal Duress. May/June 99. 9-26. Reiser, Stanley Joel. The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene Needleman, Jack, JoAnn Lamphere, and Deborah and Remaking the World (by Jeremy Rifkin). Mar/Apr 99. Chollet. Uncompensated Care and Hospital Conver- 253-254. sions in Florida. DataWatch. July/Aug 99. 125-133. Relman, Arnold S. State Medical Boards and the Politics of Neuman, Patricia and Kathryn M. Langwell. Medicare’s Public Protection (by Carl F. Ameringer). Book Review. Choice Explosion? Implications for Beneficiaries. Nov/Dec 99. 244-245. Jan/Feb 99. 150-160. Rettig, Richard A. See Allen R. Nissenson. Neuman, Patricia. See Mary A. Laschober. Reynolds, Mark E. State Medicaid Rate Variations: Thanks for Newacheck, Paul W. See Neal Halfon. the Comparative Data. Letter. Sep/Oct 99. 267. Newhouse, Joseph P. See Gail R. Wilensky. Rice, Thomas. See Peter D. Fox. Nissenson, Allen R. and Richard A. Rettig. Medicare’s Richard, Kathleen and Ken Wood. Blue Shield of Cali- End-Stage Renal Disease Program: Current Status and fornia’s Access+ HMO. Health Tracking. May/June 99. Future Prospects. Jan/Feb 99. 161-179. 174-177. Normand, Sharon-Lise T. See Richard G. Frank.. Riley, Trish. How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Norquist, Grayson and Steven E. Hyman. Advances in Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66. Understanding and Treating Mental Illness: Implica- Rimel, Rebecca W. Strategic Philanthropy: Pew’s Ap- tions for Policy. Sep/Oct 99. 32-47. proach to Matching Needs with Resources. GrantWatch. May/June 99. 228-233. O-P-Q Ripley, Kimberly. See Alan L. Hillman. O’Kane, Margaret E. HEDIS Data Integrity. Letter. Robinson, James C. At the Helm of an Insurance Giant: July/Aug 99. 209. Aetna’s Richard L. Huber. Interview. Nov/Dec 99. 89-99. Olfson, Mark, Merrile Sing, and HerbertJ .S chlesinger. Robinson, James C. The Future of Managed Care Or- Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportuni- ganization. Mar/Apr 99. 7-24. ties for Managed Care. Mar/Apr 99. 79-90. Rochefort, David A. Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Olfson, Mark and HerbertJ .S chlesinger. Mental Health Politics of Knowledge (by Steven Epstein). Book Review. Cost Critique: The Authors Respond. Letter. July/Aug May/June 99. 262-264. HEALTH AFFAIRS - November /December 1999 1999 INDEX Rochefort, David A. Transforming Madness: New Lives for Dickerson. Managed Care and Clinical Reality in People Living with Mental Illness (by Jay Neugeboren). Schizophrenia Treatment. Perspective. Sep/Oct 99. Book Review. Sep/Oct 99. 260-261. 66-70. Rochefort, David A. Anecdotes: The Author Responds. Sheils, John and Paul Hogan. Cost of Tax-Exempt Letter. July/Aug 99. 202-203. Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. Roper, William L. and Glen Mays. A Maturing Market 176-181. for Health Information Technology? Letter. Mar/Apr Sheils, John F. Cost Control: Don’t Count Employers 99. 255-256. Out. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 275-276. Rose, Robert M. See Ronald C. Kessler. Siegel, Lydia C. See Christine K. Cassel. Rosenheck, Robert A., Benjamin Druss, Marilyn Silberman, Pam. See Suzanne Felt-Lisk. Stolar, Douglas Leslie, and William Sledge. Effect of Simon, Gregory E. See Ronald C. Kessler. Declining Mental Health Service Use on Employees of Sing, Merrile. See Mark Olfson. a Large Corporation. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 193-203. Skinner, Jonathan. See Mark McClellan. Rosenthal, Meredith B. Risk Sharing in Managed Behav- Sledge, William. See Robert A. Rosenheck. ioral Health Care. DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 204-213. Slifkin, Rebecca. See Suzanne Felt-Lisk. Ross, Richard. See Alan L. Hillman. Slosar, J.R. A Critique of Mental Health Cost-Offset Re- Rossé, Claire. Information Technology: Value to Pa- search. Letter. July/Aug 99. 206-207. tients. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 256. Smith, Sheila, Stephen Heffler, Mark Freeland, and the Rother, John. A Drug Benefit: The Necessary Prescrip- National Health Expenditures Projection Team. The tion for Medicare. Perspective. July/Aug 99. 20-22. Next Decade of Health Spending: A New Outlook. Rubenstein, Lisa V., Maga Jackson-Triche, Jurgen Health Tracking. July/Aug 99. 86-95. Uniitzer, Jeanne Miranda, Katy Minnium, Marjorie Smith, Sheila for the Authors. The HCFA Authors Re- L. Pearson, and Kenneth B. Wells. Evidence-Based spond. Letter. Jan/Feb 99. 276-277. Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Prac- Snyder, Rani. See Peter D. Fox. tices. Sep/Oct 99. 89-105. Sochalski, Julie and Linda H. Aiken. Accounting for Variation in Hospital Outcomes: A Cross-National S Study. UpDate. May/June 99. 256-259. Sage, William M. See David M. Studdert. Solomon, Judith. See Christopher H. Hall. Sardis, J.B. Pills, Policies, and Patients. Narrative Mat- Spitz, Bruce. A New “New Federalism.” Letter. May/June 258 ters. Sep/Oct 99. 156-162. 99. 268. Schaeffer, Leonard D. and L. Carl Volpe. Focusing on Stabile, Mark. See Sherry Glied. the Health Care Consumer. Perspective. Mar/Apr 99. Staiger, Douglas O. See Peter I. Buerhaus. 25-27. Stark, Fortney “Pete.” History versus Ideology: The Schauffler, Helen Halpin, Catherine Brown, and Arnold Medicare Reform Debate. Letter. May/June 99. Milstein. Raising the Bar: The Use of Performance 265--266. Guarantees by the Pacific Business Group on Health. Stein, Mitchell. See Jeffrey A. Buck. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 134-142. Stevens, Rosemary A. The Corporate Practice of Medicine: Schieber, George and Akiko Maeda. Health Care Fi- Competition and Innovation in Health Care (by James C. nancing and Delivery in Developing Countries. Data- Robinson). Book Review. Nov/Dec 99. 241-242. Watch. May/June 99. 193-205. Stevens, Rosemary A. SeeJ ill Bernstein. Schield, Jill. See Anthony T. Lo Sasso. Stolar, Marilyn. See Robert A. Rosenheck. Schirmer, Matthew. See John Holahan. Stuart, Bruce and Christopher Zacker. Who Bears the Schlesinger, HerbertJ .S ee Mark Olfson. Burden of Medicaid Drug Copayment Policies? Data- Schoen, Cathy. See Karen Donelan. Watch. Mar/Apr 99. 201-212. Schoenman, Julie A. Impact of the BBA on Medicare Studdert, David M., William M. Sage, Carole Roan HMO Payments for Rural Areas. DataWatch. Jan/Feb Gresenz, and Deborah R. Hensler. Expanded Man- 99. 244-254. aged Care Liability: What Impact on Employer Cover- Schreiber, Steven. Need to Measure Absolute, Not Rela- age? Nov/Dec 99. 7-27. tive, Access to Care. Letter. Mar/Apr 99. 259. Sturm, Roland and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. State Men- Schur, Claudia L. See Marc L. Berk. tal Health Parity Laws: Cause or Consequence of Dif- Schwartz, Anne. See Lauren LeRoy. ferences in Use? DataWatch. Sep/Oct 99. 182-192. Schwartz, Michael. See BarbaraJ .B urns. Swartz, Katherine and Deborah W. Garnick. Hidden Selden, Thomas M., Jessica S. Banthin, and Joel W. Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. Up- Cohen. Waiting in the Wings: Eligibility and Enroll- Date. July/Aug 99. 180-187. ment in the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro- Swartz, Katherine and Deborah W. Garnick. New Jer- gram. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 126-133. sey Experiment: The Authors Respond. Letter. Shalala, Donna E. and Uwe E. Reinhardt. Viewing the Nov/Dec 99. 249-250. 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. REReRALTA AFFAIRS - Volume 18, Number 6 1999 INDEX T-U-V fornia: Preparing for Managed Care. GrantWatch. Tai-Seale, Ming. See Eleanor D. Kinney. Sep/Oct 99. 237-241. Tanielian, Terri L. See Deborah A. Zarin. Weissman, Joel S., Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine Teagle, Sarah E. See BarbaraJ .B urns. London. Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Pa- TECH Investigators. See Mark McClellan. tients in Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. Teich, Judith L. See Jeffrey A. Buck. July/Aug 99. 156-166. Thorpe, Kenneth E. and Curtis S. Florence. Why Are Wells, Kenneth B. See Lisa V. Rubenstein. Workers Uninsured? Employer-Sponsored Health In- West, Joyce C. See Deborah A. Zarin. surance in 1997. DataWatch. Mar/Apr 99. 213-218. White, Joseph. Uses and Abuses of Long-Term Medicare Thorpe, Kenneth E., Curtis S. Florence, and Bradley Cost Estimates. Jan/Feb 99. 63-79. Gray. Market Incentives, Plan Choice, and Price In- Whitelaw, Nancy A. and Gail L. Warden. Reexamining creases. DataWatch. Nov/Dec 99. 194-202. the Delivery System as Part of Medicare Reform. Tierney, William. See Eleanor D. Kinney. Jan/Feb 99. 132-143. Tooman, Lee D. Jr. New Jersey's Experiment: A “Dismal Whitmore, Heidi. See Jon Gabel. Failure.” Letter. Nov/Dec 99. 248-249. Wholey, Douglas R. See Roger B. Feldman. Tuohy, Carolyn Hughes. Dynamics of a Changing Wicks, Elliot K. and Jack A. Meyer. Making Report Health Sphere: The United States, Britain, and Canada. Cards Work. Health Tracking. Mar/Apr 99. 152-155. May/June 99. 114-134. Wildsmith, Thomas F. IV. See William S. Custer. Umland, Beth. See Jeffrey A. Buck. Wilensky, Gail R. and Joseph P. Newhouse. Medicare: Unitzer, Jiirgen. See Lisa V. Rubenstein. What's Right? What's Wrong? What's Next? Jan/Feb Van Amerongen, Derek. Using Anecdotes: Having It 99. 92-106. Both Ways? Letter. July/Aug 99. 202. Wilensky, Gail R. and Joseph P. Newhouse. Reforming Van Etten, Peter. Camelot or Common Sense? The Logic Medicare: The Authors Respond. Letter. May/June 99. behind the UCSF/Stanford Merger. Health Tracking. 266-267. Mar/Apr 99. 143-148. Wolfson, Daniel B. How to Improve Trust in Health Vladeck, Bruce C. The Political Economy of Medicare. Plans. Letter. May/June 99. 269. Jan/Feb 99. 22-36. Wood, Ken. See Kathleen Richard. Volpe, L. Carl. See Leonard D. Schaeffer. X-Y-Z W Young, GaryJ .a nd Kamal R. Desai. Nonprofit Hospital Wagner, Lisa Smith. See Todd H. Wagner. Conversions and Community Benefits: New Evidence Wagner, Todd H. and Lisa Smith Wagner. Who Gets from Three States. Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. Second Opinions? Health Tracking. Sep/Oct 99. 146-155. 137-145. Young, John T. See RobertJ .B lendon. Wang, Philip. See Ronald C. Kessler. Zacker, Christopher. See Bruce Stuart. Wang, Yun. See Jersey Chen. Zarabozo, Carlos. See Margaret Davis. Warden, Gail L. See Nancy A. Whitelaw. Zarin, Deborah A., Joyce C. West, Harold Alan Pincus, Weiner, Jonathan P. See Jon Christianson. and Terri L. Tanielian. Characteristics of Health Plans Weisbrod, Burton A. and Craig L. LaMay. Mixed Sig- That Treat Psychiatric Patients. DataWatch. Sep/Oct nals: Public Policy and the Future of Health Care R&D. 99. 226-236. Mar/Apr 99. 112-125. Zwanziger, Jack. See Glenn Melnick. Weisgrau, Sheldon, Luisa Buada, Martha Campbell, and Ira Moscovice. Rural Integrated Systems in Cali- Subjects eee Access To Care 178-192. Access to Care: Authors’ Response. Letter. Marc L. Berk How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Perspective. and Claudia L. Schur. Mar/Apr 99. 260. Trish Riley. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66. Blue Shield of California’s Accesst HMO. Health Track- Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Patients in ing. Kathleen Richard and Ken Wood. May/June 99. Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. Joel S. 174-177. Weissman, Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine London. Bolstering the Safety Net. UpDate. Larry S. Gage and July/Aug 99. 156-166. Marsha Regenstein. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257. Managed Care and Clinical Reality in Schizophrenia Challenges in Securing Access to Care for Children. Neal Treatment. Perspective. Steven S. Sharfstein, John J. Halfon, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul W. Boronow, and Faith B. Dickerson. Sep/Oct 99. 66-70. Newacheck. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63. Need to Measure Absolute, Not Relative, Access to Care. Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in In- Letter. Steven Schreiber. Mar/Apr 99. 259. dustrialized Countries. DataWatch. Gerard F. Anderson and Jean-Pierre Poullier. May/June 99. HEALTH AFFAIRS - November/December 1999 1999 INDEX Foundations trialized Countries. DataWatch. Gerard F. Anderson The Children’s Health Council: A Community Founda- and Jean-Pierre Poullier. May/June 99. 178-192. tion/State Government Partnership. GrantWatch. Health Spending: Questioning the Assumptions. Letter. Christopher H. Hall, Mary Alice Lee, and Judith Paul B. Ginsburg. Jan/Feb 99. 272-274. Solomon. July/Aug 99. 167-171. Justifying Mental Health Care Costs. Perspective. Improving Lives through Information. GrantWatch. Howard H. Goldman. Mar/Apr 99. 94-95. Karen Davis. Mar/Apr 99. 219-225. Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities International Grant Making by U.S. Foundations. for Managed Care. Mark Olfson, Merrile Sing, and GrantWatch. Lauren LeRoy. May/June 99. 234-238. HerbertJ .S chlesinger. Mar/Apr 99. 79-90. International Health Policy: Common Problems, Alterna- The Next Decade of Health Spending: A New Outlook. tive Strategies. Commentary. Karen Davis. May/June Health Tracking. Sheila Smith, Stephen Heffler, Mark 99. 135-143. Freeland, and the National Health Expenditures Pro- Medicare Reform: Foundations Respond to Federal Pol- jection Team. July/Aug 99. 86-95. icy Changes. GrantWatch. Lauren LeRoy and Anne Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending Schwartz. Jan/Feb 99. 255-257. among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Margaret Strategic Philanthropy: Pew’s Approach to Matching Davis, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, Needs with Resources. GrantWatch. Rebecca W. and Barbara Cooper. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243. Rimel. May/June 99. 228-233. Wisconsin Blues Conversion Model. GrantWatch. Lee L. Health System Change And Reform Prina. Nov/Dec 99. 224-225. Bolstering the Safety Net. UpDate. Larry S. Gage and Marsha Regenstein. Sep/Oct 99. 254-257. Health Information (see Research And Technology) Expanding Access and Choice for Health Care Consum- ers through Tax Reform. Stuart Butler and David B. Health Professions Education Kendall. Nov/Dec 99. 45-57. Academic Health Centers: Exploring a Financial Paradox. Individual versus Job-Based Health Insurance: Weighing Commentary. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, the Pros and Cons. Mark Pauly, Allison Percy, and and Craig K. Lisk. Mar/Apr 99. 156-167. Bradley Herring. Nov/Dec 99. 28-44. Are Teaching Hospitals Thriving? The Authors Respond. More on the Shalala-Reinhardt Interview. Letter. Robert Letter. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, and H. PottsJr . Sep/Oct 99. 268-269. 260 Craig K. Lisk. July/Aug 99. 201-202. Viewing the U.S. Health Care System from Within: Can- Camelot or Common Sense? The Logic behind the did Talk from HHS. Interview. Donna E. Shalala and UCSF/Stanford Merger. Health Tracking. Peter Van Uwe E. Reinhardt. May/June 99. 47-55. Etten. Mar/Apr 99. 143-148. UCSF/Stanford: Building a “Prestige Cartel.” Health Hospitals Tracking. Jeff Goldsmith. Mar/Apr 99. 149-151. Academic Health Centers: Exploring a Financial Paradox. Who Says Teaching Hospitals Are Thriving? Letter. Commentary. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, Jordan J. Cohen. July/Aug 99. 199-201. and Craig K. Lisk. Mar/Apr 99. 156-167. Accounting for Variation in Hospitai Outcomes: A Cross- Health Spending National Study. UpDate. Julie Sochalski and Linda H. Capturing Mental Health Cost Offsets. Perspective. Mary Aiken. May/June 99. 256-259. Jane England. Mar/Apr 99. 91-93. Are Teaching Hospitals Thriving? The Authors Respond. Cost Control: Don’t Count Employers Out. Letter. John F. Letter. Gerard F. Anderson, George Greenberg, and Sheils. Jan/Feb 99. 275-276. Craig K. Lisk. July/Aug 99. 201-202. Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. Camelot or Common Sense? The Logic behind the John Sheils and Paul Hogan. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181. UCSF/Stanford Merger. Health Tracking. Peter Van The Economic Value of Informal Caregiving. DataWatch. Etten. Mar/Apr 99. 143-148. Peter S. Arno, Carol Levine, and Margaret M. Income Levels of Bad-Debt and Free-Care Patients in Memmott. Mar/Apr 99. 182-188. Massachusetts Hospitals. DataWatch. Joel S. Financial Incentives and Drug Spending in Managed Weissman, Paul Dryfoos, and Katharine London. Care. DataWatch. Alan L. Hillman, Mark V. Pauly, José July/Aug 99. 156-166. J. Escarce, Kimberly Ripley, Martin Gaynor, Jon Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Dif- Clouse, and Richard Ross. Mar/Apr 99. 189-200. ferent? Health Tracking. Glenn Melnick, Emmett Functioning in a Different Economy. Letter. Jon R. Gabel. Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger. May/June 99. 167-173. Jan/Feb 99. 274-275. Nonprofit Hospital Conversions and Community Bene- The HCFA Authors Respond. Letter. Sheila Smith for the fits: New Evidence from Three States. Health Track- Authors. Jan/Feb 99. 276-277. ing. Gary J. Young and Kamal R. Desai. Sep/Oct 99. Health Care Financing and Delivery in Developing Coun- 146-155. tries. DataWatch. George Schieber and Akiko Maeda. Performance of the “100 Top Hospitals”: What Does the May/June 99. 193-205. Report Card Report? Jersey Chen, MarthaJ . Radford, Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in Indus- Yun Wang, Thomas A. Marciniak, and Harlan M. REALTH AFFAIRS - Volume 18, Number 6 1999 INDEX Krumholz. July/Aug 99. 53-68. Nov/Dec 99. 100-114. UCSF/Stanford: Building a “Prestige Cartel.” Health Health Insurance Reform in the Small-Group Market. Tracking. Jeff Goldsmith. Mar/Apr 99. 149-151. Health Tracking. Rick Curtis, Stephanie Lewis, Kevin Uncompensated Care and Hospital Conversions in Flor- Haugh, and Rafe Forland. May/June 99. 151-160. ida. DataWatch. Jack Needleman, JoAnn Lamphere, Pooled Purchasing: Who Are the Players? Health Track- and Deborah Chollet. July/Aug 99. 125-133. ing. Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis. July/Aug Who Says Teaching Hospitals Are Thriving? Letter. 99. 105-111. JordanJ .C ohen. July/Aug 99. 199-201. The Pursuit of Quality by Business Coalitions: A Nationa! Survey. Health Tracking. Irene Fraser, Peggy Insurance (see also Managed Care) McNamara, Gregg O. Lehman, Sandra Isaacson, and At the Helm of an Insurance Giant: Aetna’s Richard L. Kelli Moler. Nov/Dec 99. 158-165. Huber. Interview. James C. Robinson. Nov/Dec 99. Raising the Bar: The Use of Performance Guarantees by 89-99. the Pacific Business Group on Health. Health Track- Consumer-Choice Markets: Lessons from FEHBP Mental ing. Helen Halpin Schauffler, Catherine Brown, and Health Coverage. Health Tracking. Sandra M. Foote Arnold Milstein. Mar/Apr 99. 134-142. and Stanley B. Jones. Sep/Oct 99. 125-130. Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. Insurance—Children John Sheils and Paul Hogan. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181. Challenges in Securing Access to Care for Children. Neal Covering Older Americans: Forecast for the Next Decade. Halfon, Moira Inkelas, Helen DuPlessis, and Paul W. Health Tracking. Sherry Glied and Mark Stabile. Newacheck. Mar/Apr 99. 48-63. Jan/Feb 99. 208-213. Employment-Based Health Insurance for Children: Why Expanding Access and Choice for Health Care Consum- Did Coverage Increase in the Mid-1990s? Health ers through Tax Reform. Stuart Butler and David B. Tracking. Paul Fronstin. Sep/Oct 99. 131-136. Kendall. Nov/Dec 99. 45-57. How Will We Know If CHIP Is Working? Perspective. Equity in Managed Care for Mental Disorders. M. Audrey Trish Riley. Mar/Apr 99. 64-66. Burnam andJ oséJ .E scarce. Sep/Oct 99. 22-31. Waiting in the Wings: Eligibility and Enrollment in the Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Health UpDate. Katherine Swartz and Deborah W. Garnick. Tracking. Thomas M. Selden, Jessica S. Banthin, and July/Aug 99. 180-187. Joel W. Cohen. Mar/Apr 99. 126-133. Mission Unfulfilled: Potholes on the Road to Mental Health Parity. David Mechanic and Donna D. Insurance—Employer-Based System McAlpine. Sep/Oct 99. 7-21. Behavioral Health Benefits in Employer-Sponsored More Evidence for the Insurability of Managed Behavioral Health Plans, 1997. Jeffrey A. Buck, Judith L. Teich, Health Care. DataWatch. William Goldman, Joyce Beth Umland, and Mitchell Stein. Mar/Apr 99. 67-78. McCulloch, Brian Cuffel, and Danah Kozma. Sep/Oct Changing the Employer-Sponsored Health Plan System: 99. 172-181. The Views of Employees in Large Firms. Health Track- New Jersey Experiment: The Authors Respond. Letter. ing. Judith R. Lave, Pamela B. Peele, Jeanne T. Black, Katherine Swartz and Deborah W. Garnick. Nov/Dec John H. Evans III, and Gabriele Amersbach. July/Aug 99. 249-250. 99. 112-117. New Jersey’s Experiment: A “Dismal Failure.” Letter. Lee Class and Benefits at the Workplace. Health Tracking. D. ToomanJr . Nov/Dec 99. 248-249. Jon Gabel, Kimberly Hurst, Heidi Whitmore, and Prescription Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending Catherine Hoffman. May/June 99. 144-150. among Medicare Beneficiaries. DataWatch. Margaret Comparing Employee Health Benefits in the Public and Davis, John Poisal, George Chulis, Carlos Zarabozo, Private Sectors, 1997. DataWatch. Stephen H. Long and Barbara Cooper. Jan/Feb 99. 231-243. and M. Susan Marquis. Nov/Dec 99. 183-193. The Value of Mental Health Care at the System Level: The Effect of Declining Mental Health Service Use on Em- Case of Treating Depression. Richard G. Frank, ployees of a Large Corporation. DataWatch. Robert A. Thomas G. McGuire, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Rosenheck, Benjamin Druss, Marilyn Stolar, Douglas Howard H. Goldman. Sep/Oct 99. 71-88. Leslie, and William Sledge. Sep/Oct 99. 193-203. Who Gets Second Opinions? Health Tracking. Todd H. Employer-Based Health Insurance: A Balance Sheet. Wagner and Lisa Smith Wagner. Sep/Oct 99. 137-145. Commentary. Uwe E. Reinhardt. Nov/Dec 99. 124-132. An Employer’s View of the U.S. Health Care Market. Insurance—Business Coalitions Health Tracking. Robert S. Galvin. Nov/Dec 99. Beyond Cost: “Responsible Purchasing” of Managed Care 166-170. by Employers. DataWatch. Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Linda Expanded Managed Care Liability: What Impact on Em- Perloff, Jill Schield, James J. Murphy, James D. ployer Coverage? David M. Studdert, William M. Sage, Mortimer, and Peter P. Budetti. Nov/Dec 99. 212-223. Carole Roan Gresenz, and Deborah R. Hensler. Early Experience with a New Model of Employer Group Nov/Dec 99. 7-27. Purchasing in Minnesota. Jon Christianson, Roger Explaining the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage, Feldman, Jonathan P. Weiner, and Patricia Drury. 1979-1995. Richard Kronick and Todd Gilmer. RPEALiN AFFAIRS -~ November/December 1999 1999 INDEX Mar/Apr 99. 30-47. Care: The Case of Heart Attacks. UpDate. Mark Individual versus Job-Based Health Insurance: Weighing McClellan and Daniel Kessler for the TECH Investiga- the Pros and Cons. Mark Pauly, Allison Percy, and tors. May/June 99. 250-255. Bradley Herring. Nov/Dec 99. 28-44. Health Care Financing and Delivery in Developing Coun- Job-Based Health Insurance, 1977-1998: The Accidental tries. DataWatch. George Schieber and Akiko Maeda. System under Scrutiny. Jon R. Gabel. Nov/Dec 99. May/June 99. 193-205. 62-74. Health Care in Canada: Incrementalism under Fiscal Du- Managed Behavioral Health Care in 1999: An Industry at ress. C. David Naylor. May/June 99. 9-26. a Crossroads. Health Tracking. Steven Findlay. Health Care Reform in Japan: The Virtues of Muddling Sep/Oct 99. 116-124. Through. Naoki Ikegami and John Creighton Market Incentives, Plan Choice, and Price Increases. Data- Campbell. May/June 99. 56-75. Watch. Kenneth E. Thorpe, Curtis S. Florence, and Health Spending, Access, and Outcomes: Trends in In- Bradley Gray. Nov/Dec 99. 194-202. dustrialized Countries. DataWatch. Gerard F. Recent Trends in Self-Insured Employer Health Plans. Anderson and Jean-Pierre Poullier. May/June 99. Health Tracking. M. Susan Marquis and Stephen H. 178-192. Long. May/June 99. 161-166. Incremental Change in the Australian Health Care Sys- Stability and Variation in Employment-Based Health In- tem. Jane Hall. May/June 99. 95-10. surance Coverage, 1993-1997. Health Tracking. International Health Policy: Common Problems, Alterna- Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis. Nov/Dec 99. tive Strategies. Commentary. Karen Davis. May/June 133-139. 99. 135-143. Three Political Realities in Expanding Coverage for the “Manacled Competition”: Market Reforms in German Working Poor: One State’s Experience. UpDate. Health Care. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Eleanor D. Kinney, Ming Tai-Seale, James Y. Greene, Amelung. May/June 99. 76-91. Rilla Murray, and William Tierney. July/Aug 99. “Manacled Competition”: The Authors Respond. Letter. 188-192. Lawrence D. Brown and Volker E. Amelung. July/Aug Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 99. 205-206. 1993-1997. M. Susan Marquis and Stephen H. Long. “Mangled Competition” and “Managed Whatever.” Per- Nov/Dec 99. 75-88. spective. Uwe E. Reinhardt. May/June 99. 92-94. The Uninsured, the Working Uninsured, and the Public. Modernizing Britain’s National Health Service. Perspec- 262 DataWatch. Robert J. Blendon, John T. Young, and tive. Frank Dobson. May/June 99. 40-41. Catherine M. DesRoches. Nov/Dec 99. 203-211. More on Reform of the NHS. Letter. Chris Ham. Mar/Apr Who Pays for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance? 99. 261-262. Perspective. LindaJ .B lumberg. Nov/Dec 99. 58-61. Need to Broaden the Scope of Defining “Health.” Letter. Why Are Workers Uninsured? Employer-Sponsored Douglas H. Dornan. Sep/Oct 99. 269. Health Insurance in 1997. DataWatch. Kenneth E. Publications and Reports. UpDate. May/June 99. Thorpe and Curtis S. Florence. Mar/Apr 99. 213-218. 260-261. Why We Should Keep the Employment-Based Health Reducing Health Inequalities: Britain’s Latest Attempt. Insurance System. Commentary. William S. Custer, Perspective. Raymond Illsley. May/June 99. 45-46. Charles N. Kahn III, and Thomas F. Wildsmith IV. Reforming the Australian Health Care System: A Govern- Nov/Dec 99. 115-123. ment Perspective. Perspective. Andrew Podger. May/June 99. 111-113. International Health Care Reform Socially Bounded Competition in Germany. Letter. Accounting for Variation in Hospital Outcomes: A Cross- Klaus-Dirk Henke. July/Aug 99. 203-205. National Study. UpDate. Julie Sochalski and Linda H. Spending Growth Rates: Are the Differences Real? Letter. Aiken. May/June 99. 256-259. Mark McClellan and Daniel Kessler. Nov/Dec 99. Acting on the Evidence to Reduce Inequalities in Health. 250-252. Perspective. Michael Marmot. May/June 99. 42-44. Competition, Cooperation, or Control? Tales from the Legal/Regulatory Issues British National Health Service. Julian Le Grand. Bringing Forth Medicare+Choice: HCFA’s Robert A. May/June 99. 27-39. Berenson. Interview. John K. Iglehart. Jan/Feb 99. The Cost of Health System Change: Public Discontent in 144-149. Five Nations. DataWatch. Karen Donelan, Robert J. Budget Bills and Medicare Policy: The Politics of the BBA. Blendon, Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, and Katherine Charles N. Kahn III and Hanns Kuttner. Jan/Feb 99. Binns. May/June 99. 206-216. 37-47. Drug Price Divergence in Europe: Regulatory Aspects. Cost of Tax-Exempt Health Benefits in 1998. DataWatch. UpDate. Christine Huttin. May/June 99. 245-249. John Sheils and Paul Hogan. Mar/Apr 99. 176-181. Dynamics of a Changing Health Sphere: The United Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodate States, Britain, and Canada. Carolyn Hughes Tuohy. Depressed Workers? UpDate. Thomas W. Croghan, May/June 99. 114-134. Thomas J. Kniesner, and Regina H. Powers. 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