Archive of Featured Articles
June 2008 (Volume 86 Number 2):
"'Developing Good Taste in Evidence':
Facilitators of and Hindrances to Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking in State Government” Christopher J. Jewell and Lisa A. Bero
March 2008 (Volume 86 Number 1):
"Upstream Solutions: Does the Supplemental Security Income Program Reduce Disability in the Elderly?" Pamela Herd, Robert F. Schoeni, and James S. House
December 2007 (Volume 85 Number 4):
"Medicare and Medicaid: Conflicting Incentives for Long-Term Care" David C. Grabowski
September 2007 (Volume 85 Number 3):
"Markets and Medical Care: The United States, 19932005 " Joseph White
June 2007 (Volume 85 Number 2):
"Using Population Segmentation to Provide Better Health Care for All: The 'Bridges to Health' Model" Joanne Lynn, Barry M. Straube, Karen M. Bell, Stephen F. Jencks, and Robert T. Kambic
March 2007 (Volume 85 Number 1):
"The Veterans Health Administration: An American Success Story?" Adam Oliver
December 2006 (Volume 84 Number 4):
"Americans’ Views of Health Care Costs, Access, and Quality" Robert J. Blendon, Mollyann Brodie, John M. Benson, Drew E. Altman, and Tami Buhr
September 2006 (Volume 84 Number 3):
"'Health Courts' and Accountability for Patient Safety" Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Allen B. Kachalia, and Troyen A. Brennan
June 2006 (Volume 84 Number 2):
"Race, Segregation, and Physicians’ Participation in Medicaid" Jessica Greene, Jan Blustein, and Beth C. Weitzman
March 2006 (Volume 84 Number 1):
From the Publisher "The Significance of the Milbank Memorial Fund for Policy: An Assessment at Its Centennial" Daniel M. Fox
"Can Limiting Choice Increase Social Welfare? The Elderly and Health Insurance" Yaniv Hanoch and Thomas Rice
December 2005 (Volume 83 Number 4):
Milbank Quarterly: Centennial Edition
September 2005 (Volume 83 Number 3):
"Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care with Better Information" Vincent Mor
June 2005 (Volume 83 Number 2):
"One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: The Idea of Precedence in Health Technology Assessment and Coverage Decisions" Mita Giacomini
March 2005 (Volume 83 Number 1):
"Mortality of White Americans, African Americans, and Canadians: The Causes and Consequences for Health of Welfare State Institutions and Policies" Stephen J. Kunitz, with Irena Pesis-Katz
December 2004 (Volume 82 Number 4):
"Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review and Recommendations," Trisha Greenhalgh, Glenn Robert, Fraser Macfarlane, Paul Bate, and Olivia Kyriakidou
September 2004 (Volume 82 Number 3):
"Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of Bioterrorism: Planning a Public Health Response," Bradley D. Stein, Terri L. Tanielian, David P. Eisenman, Donna J. Keyser, M. Audrey Burnam, and Harold A. Pincus
June 2004 (Volume 82 Number 2):
"Driven to Tiers: Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in the Quality of Nursing Home Care ," Vincent Mor, Jacqueline Zinn, Joseph Angelelli, Joan M. Teno, and Susan C. Miller
March 2004 (Volume 82 Number 1):
"Is Income Inequality a Determinant of Population Health? Part 1. A Systematic Review ," John Lynch, George Davey Smith, Sam Harper, Marianne Hillemeier, Nancy Ross, George A. Kaplan, and Michael Wolfson
December 2003 (Volume 81 Number 4):
"The Impact of Blue Cross Conversions on Accessibility, Affordability, and the Public Interest ," Mark A. Hall and Christopher J. Conover
September 2003 (Volume 81 Number 3):
"On Being a Good Listener: Setting Priorities for Applied Health Services Research," Jonathan Lomas, Naomi Fulop, Diane Gagnon, and Pauline Allen
June 2003 (Volume 81 Number 2):
"Strengthening Research to Improve the Practice and Management of Long-Term Care," Penny Hollander Feldman and Robert L. Kane
March 2003 (Volume 81 Number 1):
"Employers' Benefits from Workers' Health Insurance," Ellen O'Brien
December 2002 (Volume 80 Number 4):
"Inside the Sausage Factory: Improving Estimates of the Effects of Health Insurance Expansion Proposals," Sherry Glied, Dahlia K. Remler, and Joshua Graff Zivin
September 2002 (Volume 80 Number 3):
"Life Course Health Development: An Integrated Framework for Developing Health, Policy, and Research," Neal Halfon and Miles Hochstein
June 2002 (Volume 80 Number 2):
"A Loss of Faith: The Sources of Reduced Political Legitimacy for the American Medical Profession," Mark Schlesinger
March 2002 (Volume 80 Number 1):
"Performance-Based Contracting in Wisconsin Public Health: Transforming State-Local Relations," John Chapin and Bruce Fetter
December 2001 (Volume 79 Number 4):
"Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Disability among the Near Elderly: A Longitudinal Analysis," Jan Ostermann and Frank A. Sloan
September 2001 (Volume 79 Number 3):
"Public Roles for the Medical Profession in the United States: Beyond Theories of Decline and Fall ," Rosemary A. Stevens
June 2001 (Volume 79 Number 2):
"Theory and Practice in the Design of Physician Payment Incentives," James C. Robinson
March 2001 (Volume 79 Number 1):
"Improving the Quality of Workers' Compensation Health Care Delivery: The Washington State Occupational Health Services Project," Thomas M. Wickizer, Gary Franklin, Roy Plaeger-Brockway, and Robert D. Mootz
December 2000 (Volume 78 Number 4):
"Purchasing Cooperatives for Small Employers: Performance and Prospects ," Elliot K. Wicks and Mark A. Hall
September 2000 (Volume 78 Number 3):
"Potential and Active Family Caregivers: Changing Networks and the "Sandwich Generation" ," Brenda C. Spillman and Liliana E. Pezzin
June 2000 (Volume 78 Number 2):
"Community Accountability among Hospitals Affiliated with Health Care Systems," Jeffrey A. Alexander, Bryan J. Weiner, and Melissa Succi.
March 2000 (Volume 78 Number 1):
"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.
December 1999 (Volume 77 Number 4):
"Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Mandated Benefit Laws ," Gail A. Jensen and Michael A. Morrisey.
September 1999 (Volume 77 Number 3):
"Responses of HMO Medical Directors to Trust Building in Managed Care," David Mechanic and Marsha Rosenthal.
June 1999 (Volume 77 Number 2):
"Enrollment in the State Child Health Insurance Program: A Conceptual Framework for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement," Neal Halfon, Moira Inkelas, and Paul W. Newacheck.
March 1999 (Volume 77 Number 1):
"The Changing US Health Care System: Challenges for Responsible Public Policy," Marsha Gold (Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC).
December 1998 (Volume 76 Number 4):
"Is Health Care Ready for Six Sigma Quality?" Mark R. Chassin (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York)."Quality at a Crossroads," Molly Joel Coye (The Lewin Group, San Francisco) and Don E. Detmer (University of Virginia, Charlottesville).
September 1998 (Volume 76 Number 3):
"Contribution of Psychosocial Factors to Socioeconomic Differences in Health," Michael G. Marmot (University College London), Rebecca Fuhrer, Susan L. Ettner, Nadine F. Marks, Larry L. Bumpass, and Carol D. Ryff.
June 1998 (Volume 76 Number 2):
"Evaluating Community Efforts to Decategorize and Integrate Financing of Children's Health Services," by Paul W. Newacheck, Neal Halfon, Claire D. Brindis, And Dana C. Hughes, University of California-San Francisco and Los Angeles.