The 1998 Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium Jeremiah A. Barondess Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 617 - 620
Introduction Joel Alpert Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 621 - 622
Keynote address Marian Wright Edelman Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 623 - 633
Presentation of the 1998 Margaret E. Mahoney award Jeremiah A. Barondess Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 634 - 635
Commonwealth Fund studies pertaining to universal access for children Karen Davis Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 636 - 638
Financing children's health care needs in the next century Cathy SchoenCatherine Desroches Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 639 - 659
Opportunities to improve health care for low-income adolescents Karen Scott CollinsMelinda Abrams Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 660 - 676
Medicaid's impact on access to and utilization of health care services among racial and ethnic minority children Allyson G. Hall Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 677 - 692
Health care coverage and access for children in an urban state: The New York perspective James R. Tallon Jr.David Sandman Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 693 - 701
Models of excellence in pediatric care: Introduction Alan R. Fleischman Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 702 - 703
Child development and pediatrics for the 21st century: The healthy steps approach Kathryn Taaffe McLearnBarry S. ZuckermanMargot Kaplan-Sanoff Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 704 - 723
Access denied: Taking action for medically underserved children Irwin Redlener Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 724 - 731
Children with chronic conditions in the 21st century Ruth E. K. Stein Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 732 - 738
Have professional recommendations and consumer demand altered pediatric practice regarding child development? Cynthia MinkovitzM. Bijoy MathewDonna Strobino Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 739 - 750
Creating systems of developmental health care for children Miles HochsteinNeal HalfonMoira Inkelas Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 751 - 771
Summary and next steps in achieving universal access Robert J. Haggerty Special Feature The Fourth Annual Margaret E. Mahoney Symposium on the State of the Nation's Health Pages: 772 - 776
Challenges to accessing useful information in health policy and public health: An introduction to a national forum held at the New York Academy of Medicine, March 23, 1998 Roz D. Lasker Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 777 - 784
Information needs in public health and health policy: Results of recent studies Patrick W. O'CarrollMarjorie A. CahnCatherine R. Selden Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 785 - 793
The retrieval problem for health policy and public health: Knowledge bases and search engines Clifford Lynch Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 794 - 806
Information resources for public health practice Neil Rambo Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 807 - 825
Web-based resources for retrieving health policy information: NLM and beyond Marjorie A. CahnCatherine R. SeldenIone Auston Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 826 - 841
Sources used in health policy research and implications for information retrieval systems Bradford H. Gray Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 842 - 852
Quality of public health information: Lessons from the field Ronald Bialek Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 853 - 863
Applied information quality: A framework for thinking about the quality of specific information Jana Bradley Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 864 - 877
Meeting information needs in health policy and public health: Priorities for the national library of medicine and the national network of libraries of medicine Betsy L. Humphreys Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 878 - 883
Meeting information needs in health policy and public health: Roles for the centers for disease control and prevention David Ross Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 884 - 887
Strategies for addressing priority information problems in health policy and public health Roz D. Lasker Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health Pages: 888 - 895
The pharmacoeconomic impact of antimicrobial therapy for peptic ulcer disease in a large urban jail Jonathan ShuterDavid D. FletcherEran Y. Bellin Original Articles Pages: 896 - 902
Supracervical and total abdominal hysterectomy trends in New York State: 1990–1996 E. Scott SillsJyot SainiHerbert F. Gretz III Original Articles Pages: 903 - 910
The use of the artificial kidney in the treatment of uremia John P. Merrill Classic Paper Pages: 911 - 918
Commentary on “The use of the artificial kidney in the treatment of uremia” George J. Schwartz Classic Paper Pages: 919 - 921
Cell therapy: Stem cell transplantation, gene therapy, and cellular immunotherapy Nicki PanoskaltsisJoseph D. Rosenblatt Book Review Pages: 922 - 926