1. Paying nursing homes for better care

   • Robert L. Kane

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 4

2. The role of the health facilitator in community health education

   • Eva J. Salber
   • William L. Beery
   • Ethel J. R. Jackson

   Research Reports Pages: 5 - 20

3. Comparison of hospital admissions for cerebrovascular disease in Michigan and North Carolina

   • Charles M. Wylie
   • James O. Carpenter

   Research Reports Pages: 21 - 30

4. Does level of professional training make a difference in crisis intervention counseling?

   • Thomas I. DeVol

   Research Reports Pages: 31 - 35

5. The policy effectiveness of health services research: A reconsideration

   • David Falcone
   • B. Jon Jaeger

   Commentary Pages: 36 - 51

6. Problems in the development of a rural primary care center

   • David L. Cowen
   • Donald L. Hochstrasser
   • John Payne

   Case Study Pages: 52 - 59

7. Recent rural health research

   • Diana Dryer Wright

   Review Article Pages: 60 - 72

8. Book review

   • Robert Cohen

   BookReview Pages: 73 - 74

9. Letter to the editor

   • Andrew M. Mecca

   Letter Pages: 75 - 76

10. Publications received

    Announcement Pages: 77 - 77