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• Preface(p. ix)
• Introduction(p. xi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxi)
• Part 1 Health of the Nation and Determinants of Health(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 The Health of the Nation(p. 3)
• Article 1 Trends in Mortality in the Twentieth Century(p. 9)
• Article 2 Healthy People 2010 Objectives(p. 30)
• Chapter 2 Determinants of Health(p. 49)
• Article 1 Determinants of Health(p. 57)
• Article 2 Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: An Agenda for Action(p. 65)
• Article 3 Race or Class versus Race and Class: Mortality Differentials in the United States(p. 79)
• Part 2 Health Policy and the Politics of Health(p. 85)
• Chapter 3 Health Policy(p. 87)
• Article 1 Health Care and Health Care Policy in a Changing World(p. 93)
• Article 2 The Process of Public Policymaking: A Conceptual Model(p. 109)
• Article 3 Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails(p. 116)
• Article 4 Decentralization, Devolution, and the Deficit: The Changing Role of the State and the Community(p. 129)
• Chapter 4 Ethics, Values, and Ideology(p. 143)
• Article 1 Ethics in the Political Marketplace(p. 151)
• Article 2 A National Bill of Patients' Rights(p. 157)
• Article 3 Health Care as a Social Good: Trauma Care and "The Kindness of Strangers"(p. 166)
• Chapter 5 The Politics of Health(p. 181)
• Article 1 The New Politics of U.S. Health Policy(p. 186)
• Article 2 The Politics of Long-Term Care Reform Under the Clinton Health Plan: Lessons for the Future(p. 206)
• Part 3 Public Health, Clinical Preventive Services, and the Emerging Collaboration of Medicine and Public Health(p. 215)
• Chapter 6 Public Health, Clinical Preventive Services, and the Emerging Collaboration of Medicine and Public Health(p. 217)
• Article 1 Ten Great Public Health Achievements--United States, 1900-1999(p. 225)
• Article 2 Motor-Vehicle Safety: A 20th Century Public Health Achievement(p. 228)
• Article 3 Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases(p. 233)
• Article 4 Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Decline in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke--United States, 1900-1999(p. 240)
• Article 5 Guide to Clinical Preventive Services(p. 247)
• Article 6 Medicine and Public Health: The Power of Collaboration(p. 262)
• Part 4 Health Insurance and Health Care Systems(p. 303)
• Chapter 7 The Health Insurance System(p. 305)
• Article 1 Health Insurance Coverage: Consumer Income(p. 313)
• Article 2 The American Health Care System: Health Insurance Coverage(p. 321)
• Article 3 The American Health Care System: Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage(p. 331)
• Chapter 8 Medicare and Medicaid(p. 341)
• Article 1 The American Health Care System: Medicare(p. 349)
• Article 2 Rethinking Medicare Reform(p. 363)
• Article 3 Medicare: Considerations for Adding a Prescription Drug Benefit(p. 379)
• Article 4 The American Health Care System: Medicaid(p. 389)
• Article 5 Medicare and Medicaid for the Elderly and Disabled Poor(p. 403)
• Article 6 Medicaid's Role for Children(p. 408)
• Chapter 9 Managed Care(p. 413)
• Article 1 Consumer Protection in Managed Care: A Third-Generation Approach(p. 417)
• Article 2 Medicaid and Managed Care(p. 426)
• Article 3 The Uncertain Future of Managed Care(p. 430)
• Chapter 10 Quality of Health Care(p. 435)
• Article 1 The American Health Care System: The Movement for Improved Quality in Health Care(p. 441)
• Article 2 Health System Reform and Quality(p. 452)
• Part 5 Women's Health and Aging(p. 467)
• Chapter 11 Women's Health and Aging(p. 469)
• Article 1 Women in the Health Care System(p. 475)
• Article 2 Gender and Race Bias in Medical Treatment(p. 483)
• Article 3 Writing a New National Prescription for Women's Health in the 21st Century(p. 490)
• Article 4 Health Concerns Across a Woman's Lifespan: The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health(p. 503)
• Article 5 Medicare: A Women's Issue(p. 514)
• Article 6 Aging and Gender: A New Voice on the Women's Health Agenda(p. 523)
• Recommended Reading(p. 547)
• Index(p. 557)