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North Carolina Medical Journal
July/August 2009 Volume 70, Number 4
Can We Be Healthy While Our Economy is Unhealthy?

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Concordance Between Self-Reported Race/Ethnicity and that Recorded in a Veteran Affairs Electronic Medical Record
Natia S. Hamilton, MA
David Edelman, MD, MHS
Morris Weinberger, PhD
George L. Jackson, PhD, MHA

Mission Hospital's Code Stroke Team: Implications for an Aging Population
Reid Taylor, MD
Cindy Benton, MSN, FNP-C
Amy Buckner, RN, BSN
Robin Jones, BSN, CNRN
Alex Schneider, MD

Health Reform in
North Carolina


Health Reform: My View

William L. Roper, MD, MPH

Special Article

Expanding Access to Health Care in North Carolina: the NCIOM Health Access Study Group
Jesse Lichstein, MSPH
Representative Hugh Holliman
Senator Tony Rand, JD
L. Allen Dobson Jr., MD, FAAFP
Julia Lerche, MSPH
Mark Holmes, PhD
Pam Silberman JD, DrPH

Policy Forum:
Can We Be Healthy While Our Economy is Unhealthy?

Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Christine Nielsen, MPH

Issue Brief:
Can We Be Healthy While Our Economy is Unhealthy?

Mark Holmes, PhD

Commentaries

Can I Afford to be Healthy?
Steve Cline, DDS, MPH

Sidebar: Economic Conditions and Health Behaviors: Are Recessions Good for Your Health?
Christopher J. Ruhm, PhD

Health Care Employment and the Current Economic Recession
Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP
Jessica Carpenter
Sarah Broome, PhD


Financial Perspective of a Large Health Care System in North Carolina
John P. Lewis, MBA

Sidebar: Tight Capital Market's Impact on Hospitals
John Franklin

Impact of Community-Based Patient-Centered Medical Homes on Appropriate Health Care Utilization at Carolinas Medical Center
Kristin E. Wade, RN, MSN
Scott L. Furney, MD, FACP
Mary N. Hall, MD, FAAFP

Sidebar: Medical Homes Reduce Excessive Utilization: A Patient Success Story
Scott L. Furney, MD, FACP

Sidebar: A Proposal for Jump-Starting National Health Care Reform
William (Bill) K. Atkinson, PhD, MPH, MPA

Stressing the Safety Net: Effects of an Economic Downturn
Jennifer Henderson
Judith Long, MNA, MDiv


The Impact of the Economy on Individuals with Mental Health and Addiction Challenges: Tangible and Intangible Effects
Kim Franklin, PhD

Dental Care During a Recession
M. Alec Parker, DMD

HITECH Stimulus for Physicians
Samuel S. Spicer, MD

Maintaining Philanthropic Activity During Difficult Economic Times
Gene Cochrane

Weaker Media, Weaker Health News Reporting
Ferrel Guillory

Departments

Tarheel Footprints in Health Care

Philanthropy Profile

Running the Numbers

Spotlight on the Safety Net

Classified Ads

Index of Advertisers




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