Informing American Health Care Policy

Foreword.
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<br /> Preface and Acknowledgments.
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<br /> The Editors.
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<br /> The Contributors.
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<br /> Introduction (A. Monheit &amp; R. Wilson).
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<br /> PAST CHALLLENGES AND CURRENT ISSUES.
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<br /> National Medical ExpAnditure Surveys: Genesis and Rationale (R. Andersen &amp; O. Anderson).
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<br /> Modeling Consumer and Provider Behavior: The First National Expenditure Study (G. Wilensky).
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<br /> The Provider System and the Changing Locus of Expenditure Data: Survey Strategies from Fee–for–Service to Managed Care (J. Cohen &amp; A. Taylor).
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<br /> SOURCES OF PAYMENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF HEALTH INSURANCE.
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<br /> Examining Health Insurance Differences: Issues of Public Equity and Cost Efficiency (P. Short).
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<br /> Health Insurance, Employment, and the Labor Market (A. Monheit).
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<br /> VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: HEALTH CARE AND MEASURES OF ACCESS.
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<br /> The National ExpAnditure Surveys and Studies of Access to Care by Vulnerable Populations (M. Berk).
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<br /> Evaluating Medicare and Medicaid: The Yield in Information from the National Medical Expenditure Surveys (J. Kasper).
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<br /> SURVEY METHODS, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES.
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<br /> Better Estimates of Populations at Risk and More Efficient Sampling: Changing Survey Design Strategies over Time (S. Cohen).
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<br /> Continuity Versus Change: Challenges in Designing a Successor Survey (D. Walden).
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<br /> Survey Integration and End–of–Century Constraints (R. Arnett).
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<br /> THE ROLE OF NATIONAL DATA IN POLICY FORMULATION.
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<br /> Health System Reform Debates and Medical Expenditure Surveys (L. Nichols).
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<br /> Name Index.
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<br /> Subject Index.