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What Does Health Reform Mean for North Carolina?

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North Carolina Medical Journal
May/June 2010 Volume 71, Number 3
What Does Health Reform Mean for North Carolina?

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

The Effect of Patient Age on Perceived Resuscitation Outcomes by Practitioners
John E. Snyder, MS, MD, FACP
A. Lukas Loschner, MD
Hayden O. Kepley, PhD


Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Stage of Diagnosis among Medicaid-Insured Residents of North Carolina
Jeremy Snyder
Kristie L. Foley, PhD


Policy Forum

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


Issue Brief: Understanding Health Reform: A Work in Progress
Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH
Catherine E. Liao, MSPH
Tom Ricketts III, PhD, MPH


Commentaries

On the Constitutionality of Health Care Reform
Barak Richman, PhD, JD, MA

Federal Health Care Reform Legislation Establishes Consumer Protections, Health Insurance Exchanges
Wayne Goodwin

Sidebar: What Does the Temporary National High Risk Pool Mean for North Carolina?
Michael Keough

Health Reform Impacts and Improvements Affecting Medicare Beneficiaries
Bob Jackson

North Carolina's Safety Net in the New World of Health Reform
E. Benjamin Money, MPH

Sidebar: Health Reform's Effect on School-Based Health Centers
Constance N. Parker, MSN

Health Reform and Workforce: The North Carolina Connection
Thomas Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Elizabeth Walker, MSPH


Sidebar: The National Health Service Corps – A Critical Component of Provider Recruitment in North Carolina's Rural and Underserved Communities
John Price, MPA

Information Technology Reform IS Health Reform
Steve Cline, DDS, MPH

Prevention in Health Care Reform: The Time Has Come
Jeffrey Engel, MD

Comparative Effectiveness Research in the Era of Health Reform
Tim Carey, MD, MPH

Sidebar: Spending Limited Health Care Dollars on What Works Best: The Promise of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Senator Josh Stein

Reform Speeds Up an Already Accelerating Transformation: The Effect on Health Care Quality
Stephen Wallenhaupt, MD

Implementing National Health Reform in North Carolina
Adam Searing, JD, MPH
Adam Linker


Health Reform: Funding Provisions
Paul Mandsager

Departments

Philanthropy Profile:
North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership: Evidence-Based Nurse Home Visitation Program and Health Care Reform

Running the Numbers:
Projected Changes in North Carolina Health Insurance Coverage due to Health Reform

Mark Holmes, PhD

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