Editor's Note

Mark Schlesinger

Markets as Belief Systems and Those Who Keep the Faith
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 417-421 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-018 [PDF] [References]  

Articles

David A. Hyman and Peter Jacobson

Is a Dose of Competition Just What the Doctor Ordered?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 423-435 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-001 [PDF] [References]  

Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition Executive Summary
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 437-472 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-31-3-437 [PDF]  

Part I: Defining Competition Policy for Health Care

Peter J. Hammer

Competition and Quality as Dynamic Processes in the Balkans of American Health Care
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 473-496 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-002 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Martin Gaynor

Why Don't Courts Treat Hospitals Like Tanks for Liquefied Gases? Some Reflections on Health Care Antitrust Enforcement
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 497-510 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-003 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Thomas L. Greaney

Antitrust and Hospital Mergers: Does the Nonprofit Form Affect Competitive Substance?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 511-529 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-004 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Part II: Market Perspectives on Competition Policy

William M. Sage and Dev N. Kalyan

Horses or Unicorns: Can Paying for Performance Make Quality Competition Routine?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 531-556 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-005 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cara S. Lesser and Paul B. Ginsburg

Strategies to Enhance Price and Quality Competition in Health Care: Lessons Learned from Tracking Local Markets
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 557-567 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-006 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Lawrence P. Casalino

The Federal Trade Commission, Clinical Integration, and the Organization of Physician Practice
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 569-585 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-007 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Part III: Government Action and Competition Policy

Clark C. Havighurst

Contesting Anticompetitive Actions Taken in the Name of the State: State Action Immunity and Health Care Markets
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 587-607 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-008 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William S. Brewbaker, III

Learning to Love the State Action Doctrine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 609-621 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-009 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

John D. Colombo

The Role of Tax Exemption in a Competitive Health Care Market
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 623-642 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-010 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Part IV: The Social Context of Competition Policy

Sherry Glied

Side Effects: A Dose of Competition and Access to Care
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 643-656 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-011 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sara Rosenbaum

A Dose of Reality: Assessing the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Report in an Uninsured, Underserved, and Vulnerable Population Context
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 657-670 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-012 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Meredith Rosenthal and Norman Daniels

Beyond Competition: The Normative Implications of Consumer-Driven Health Plans
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 671-685 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-013 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Diane Dawson, and André den Exter

The Role of Competition in Health Care: A Western European Perspective
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 687-703 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-014 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David A. Hyman

Endnote
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 704-706 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-015 [PDF]  

Books

   Review

Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau

Fads in Medical Care Management and Policy
Theodore Marmor. Fads in Medical Care Management and Policy. London: Stationery Office, 2004. 72 pp. £16.50 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 707-710 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-016 [PDF] [References]  

Diane S. Lauderdale

How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-being at Midlife
Orville Gilbert Brim, Carol D. Ryff, and Ronald C. Kessler, eds. How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-being at Midlife. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 688 pp. $30.00 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 710-713 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-017 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 715-719 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-31-3-715 [PDF]  

Errata

Erratum
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(3): 720 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2005-019 [PDF]  

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