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Number 1

J.P. Moatti, L. Manesse, C. Le Gal&s, J.P. Pages and F. Fagnani (France) Social perception of AIDS in the general public, a French study (HPE 00194)

M. Fuji and M.R. Reich (Japan, U.S.A.) Rising medical costs and the reform of Japan’s health insurance system (HPE 00191)

R. Leidi (F.R.G.) Training health services managers: improving health by more health economics? (HPE 00184)

A. Triomphe, Y.A. Flori, D. Costagliola and E. Eschwege (France) The cost of diabetes in France (HPE 00192)

A.R. Somers (U.S.A.) Aging in the 21st century: projections, personal preferences, public policies - a con- sumer view (HPE 00190)

M. Drummond and A. Maynard (U.K.) Efficiency in the National Health Service: lessons from abroad (HPE 00193)

T. Schneider, F. Fagnani, J.L. Lanoe, M. Hourmant and J.P. Soulillou (France) Economic analysis of an immunosuppressive strategy in renal transplantation (HPE 00195)

R. Hindel and W. Preger (U.S.A., F. R.G.) Cost-effectiveness prospects of picture archiving and communication systems (HPE 00196)

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Book reviews and Books received 109

Number 2

SPECIAL ISSUE DRGs: Evaluating the Experience

C.K. Davis and D.J. Rhodes (U.S.A.) The impact of DRGs on the cost and quality of health care in the United States (HPE 00206) 117

DRGs: evaluating the experience (Annotated bibliography) (HPE 00207)

M. M. Wiley (Ireland)

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DRGs as a basis for prospective payment (HPE 00203) 157

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M. fate/, A. Mottaz. T. Blanc and L. Schenker (Switzerland) Study of cost by type of diagnosis in Switzerland (HPE 00205) 167

S. Hskansson, E. Paulson and K. Kogeus (Sweden) Prospects for using DRGs in Swedish hospitals (HPE 00202) 177

F. H. Roger /Belgium) DRGs and documentation: the information problem (HPE 00201) 193

L. Jenkins (U.K.) DRGs: evaluating the experience (Report on a conference) (HPE 00200)

D. Huertas-Portocarrero, P. Perez Ruiz and J.P. Serna Marmol (Spain) Concurrent clinical review: using microcomputer-based DRG-software (HPE 00204)

Softreview: The Performance Manager+

News

Book reviews and Books received

Number 3

SPECIAL ISSUE The Challenges of Technology Assessment in Health Policy

Preface

Methodology

J. H. Glasser (U.S.A.) The aims and methods of technology assessment (HPE 00225)

A. Griffiths (Switzerland) Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of health services: the methodology and its application (HPE 00212)

J.H. Glasser and R.S. Chrzanowski (U.S.A., Switzerland) Medical technology assessment: adequate questions, appropriate methods, valuable answers (HPE 00211)

H. Hansluwka, R.S. Chrzanowski, F. Gutzwiller and F. Paccaud (Switzerland) Importance of databases for technology assessment (HPE 00214)

R.S. Chrzanowski and F. Paccaud (Switzerland) Study design for technology assessment: critical issues (HPE 00213)

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S.J. Reiser (U.S.A.) A perspective on ethical issues in technology assessment (HPE 00209) 297

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Applications

N. T. Racoveanu (Switzerland) Skull radiography in head trauma: a successful case of technology assessment (HPE 00220)

D.R. Lairson and J.M. Swint (U.S.A.) Economic considerations in technology assessment: the case of genetic disease (HPE 00224)

Local and National Experience

S. Perry (U.S.A.) Technology assessment in health care: the U.S. perspective (HPE 00208)

P. Durieux, C. Viens-Bitker, D. Jolly and C. Slum-Boisgard (France) Examples of the influence of evaluation on health policy (HPE 00221)

L. Tiret, F. Hatton, J.M. Desmonts and G. Vourc’h (France) The implications of a national study of risk of anaesthesia (HPE 00222)

J.J. Nobel (U.S.A.) Technology assessment policy: top down or bottom up? (HPE 00210)

J.C. Stephan (France) Technology assessment at the French National Centre for Hospital Equipment (HPE 00223)

Communication

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