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Health News Index November/December, 1999 The November/December 1999 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard Health News Index includes questions about major health stories covered in the news, including questions about Medical Errors and UnitedHealth Group's Policy Change.
Part 2 In addition to the state exit studies,24 another source of evidence about the impacts of loss of cash assistance can be found in the set of evaluations of the impacts of welfare-work initiatives.
1998 National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDSThis Report is also available in PDF in English (.pdf) en Espanol (.
The rapid growth of managed care has brought with it a growing connection between the stock market and health care organizations. Health care services have evolved from being delivered by physicians and tax exempt institutions to a market-driven industry attracting investment capital from numerous sources.
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