THE MILBANK QUARTERLY
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF
POPULATION HEALTH and Health Policy
POPULATION HEALTH and Health Policy
In This Issue
(pages 1–2)
Paul D. Cleary
Population Health and Health Care Use: An Information System for Policy Makers
(pages 3–31)
Noralou P. Roos; Charlyn Black; Norman Frohlich; Carolyn DeCoster; Marsha Cohen; Douglas J. Tataryn; Cameron A. Mustard; Leslie L. Roos; Fred Toll; ; Charles A. Burchill; Leonard MacWilliam; Bogdan Bogdanovic
Without Universal Coverage, Health Care Use Data Do Not Provide Population Health
(pages 33–36)
Lee Greenfield
Health Care Data: Government Intervention or Private Cooperation?
(pages 37–41)
Josephine W. Musser
Who Has Responsibility for a Population's Health?
(pages 43–49)
David R. Nerenz
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Addiction Treatments: Reasonable Expectations, Appropriate Comparisons
(pages 51–85)
A. Thomas McLellan; George E. Woody; David Metzger; James McKay; Jack Durell; Arthur I. Alterman; Charles P. O'Brien
Deception in Medical and Behavioral Research: Is It Ever Acceptable?
(pages 87–114)
Dave Wendler
Appropriateness in Patient Care: A New Conceptual Framework
(pages 115–138)
Virginia A. Sharpe; Alan I. Faden
Appropriate Placement of Nursing-Home Residents in Lower Levels of Care
(pages 139–160)
William D. Spector; James D. Reschovsky; Joel W. Cohen
Notes on Contributors
(pages 161–163)