Editor's Note

Michael S. Sparer

Editor's Note
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 859-860 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-021 [PDF]  

Articles

David Barton Smith, Zhanlian Feng, Mary L. Fennell, Jacqueline Zinn, and Vincent Mor

Racial Disparities in Access to Long-Term Care: The Illusive Pursuit of Equity
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 861-881 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-022 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jean M. Mitchell and Darrell J. Gaskin

Receipt of Preventive Dental Care among Special-Needs Children Enrolled in Medicaid: A Crisis in Need of Attention
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 883-905 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-023 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sara L. Imhof and Brian Kaskie

Promoting a "Good Death": Determinants of Pain-Management Policies in the United States
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 907-941 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-024 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Christy A. Rentmeester and Robert I. Garis

Rebates and Spreads: Pharmacy Benefit Management Practices and Corporate Citizenship
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 943-963 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-025 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Percivil M. Carrera, Karen K. Siemens, and John Bridges

Health Care Financing Reforms in Germany: The Case for Rethinking the Evolutionary Approach to Reforms
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 979-1005 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-026 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Commentaries

John Malley

Response to Rentmeester and Garis
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 965-973 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-030 [PDF]  

Christy A. Rentmeester and Robert I. Garis

Reply to Malley
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 975-978 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-029 [PDF]  

Books

   Review

Ellen Meara

Reinsuring Health: Why More Middle-Class People Are Uninsured and What Government Can Do.
Katherine Swartz. Reinsuring Health: Why More Middle-Class People Are Uninsured and What Government Can Do. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. 203 pp. $24.95 cloth; $15.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 1007-1011 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-027 [PDF] [References]  

Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.

Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State.
David G. Frederickson and H. George Frederickson. Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006. 218 pp. $26.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 1011-1015 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2008-028 [PDF] [References]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 1017-1019 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-33-5-1017 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33(5): 1021-1025 (2008); DOI:10.1215/03616878-33-5-1021 [PDF]  

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