"Carving Out" Conditions From Global Capitation Rates: Protecting High-Cost Patients, Physicians, and Health Plans in a Managed Care Environment

Ann M. Maguire, MD; Neil R. Powe,MD, MPH, MBA; Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH; John Andrews, MD; Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH; Gerald F. Anderson, PhD

Delivery of Preventive Healthcare to Older African-American Patients: A Performance Comparison from Two Practice Models

Lavoisier J. Cardozo, MD; Joel Steinberg, MD; Mary Beth Lepczyk, RN, MSN, CS; Lisa Binns-Emerick, RN, MSN; Yvonne M. Cardozo; Anil N. F. Aranha, MS, PhD

Insurance Type and the Transportation to Emergency Departments of Patients with Acute Cardiac Ischemia: The ACI-TIPI Trial Insurance Study

Harold A. Picken, MD; Deborah R. Zucker, PhD, MD; John L. Griffith, PhD; Joni R. Beshansky, RN, MPH; Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH

Does Competition by Health Maintenance Organizations Affect the Adoption of Cost-Containment Measures by Fee-for-Service Plans?

Jutta M. Joesch, PhD; Thomas M. Wickizer, PhD; Paul Feldstein, PhD

Safety and Clinical Efficacy of Zileuton in Patients with Chronic Asthma

Stephen C. Lazarus, MD; Theodore Lee, MD; James P. Kemp, MD; Sally Wenzel, MD; Louise M. Dube, PhD; Rachel F. Ochs, MD, JD; Pierre J. Carpentier, MD; James F. Lancaster, PhD; for the Zileuton Study Group

A Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Rimelolone for the Treatment of Ophthalmic Inflammatory Conditions

Michael T. Halpern, MD, PhD; Cynthia S. Palmer, MSc; C. Stephen Foster, MD; Ashish Pal, BS Pharm, MBA; Carmelina Battista, PharmD

Identification and Case Management in an HMO of Patients at Risk of Preterm Labor

Deanna Lear, RN, MS; Laura C. Schall, MS; Gary M. Marsh, PhD; Ken S. Liu, MA; Yvonne Yao, MD

A Closer Look at Lower Back Pain

John Arrington, MD; Robin Smith, MD, MBA

Food Borne Illnesses in the United States: Office Recognition and Management

Sunil K. Sood, MD

Correspondence regarding, "Screening and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer"

Steve Carden; Author reply by John H. Bond, MD and Bernard Levin, MD

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Focus on Appropriate Drug Therapy

Song Sullivan, PharmD; Melanie Swims, PharmD, BCPS