Volume 78 Number 1, 2000

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• Editor's Introduction: In This Issue

• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Are Employers Good Agents for Their Employees?
  Pamela B. Peele, Judith R. Lave, Jeanne T. Black, and John H. Evans III
  (Featured article -- click here for full text)

• The Role of Independent Agents in the Success of Health Insurance Market Reforms
  Mark A. Hall

• Do Consumers Use Information to Choose a Health Care Provider System?
  Roger Feldman, Jon Christianson, and Jennifer Schultz

• Disability Management, Employee Health and Fringe Benefits, and Long-Term-Disability Claims for Mental Disorders: An Empirical Exploration
  David S. Salkever, Howard Goldman, Mohankumar Purushothaman, and Judith Shinogle

• The Prevalence of Hospital Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Services: Good News, Bad News, and Policy Implications
  Peter C. Olden and Dolores G. Clement

• Notes on Contributors