Foreword.

Preface and Acknowledgments.

The Editors.

The Contributors.

Introduction (A. Monheit & R. Wilson).

PAST CHALLLENGES AND CURRENT ISSUES.

National Medical ExpAnditure Surveys: Genesis and Rationale (R. Andersen & O. Anderson).

Modeling Consumer and Provider Behavior: The First National Expenditure Study (G. Wilensky).

The Provider System and the Changing Locus of Expenditure Data: Survey Strategies from Fee-for-Service to Managed Care (J. Cohen & A. Taylor).

SOURCES OF PAYMENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF HEALTH INSURANCE.

Examining Health Insurance Differences: Issues of Public Equity and Cost Efficiency (P. Short).

Health Insurance, Employment, and the Labor Market (A. Monheit).

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: HEALTH CARE AND MEASURES OF ACCESS.

The National ExpAnditure Surveys and Studies of Access to Care by Vulnerable Populations (M. Berk).

Evaluating Medicare and Medicaid: The Yield in Information from the National Medical Expenditure Surveys (J. Kasper).

SURVEY METHODS, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES.

Better Estimates of Populations at Risk and More Efficient Sampling: Changing Survey Design Strategies over Time (S. Cohen).

Continuity Versus Change: Challenges in Designing a Successor Survey (D. Walden).

Survey Integration and End-of-Century Constraints (R. Arnett).

THE ROLE OF NATIONAL DATA IN POLICY FORMULATION.

Health System Reform Debates and Medical Expenditure Surveys (L. Nichols).

Name Index.

Subject Index.