This important series presents timely economic research on health care and health policy issues. Each volume contains approximately five papers from an annual conference held in Washington, D.C. Topics covered include the effects of health policy reforms, changes in health care organization and management, measurement of health outcomes, health care output and productivity, the role of health-related behavior, health and aging, health and children, and health care financing.Contributors Amber E. Barnato, Ernst Berndt, Susan Busch, Richard Frank, Alan M. Garber, James Hughes, Christopher R. Kagay, Darius Lakdawalla, Mark C. McClellan, Michael Moore, Tomas Philipson, Gabriel Picone, Frank Sloan