December 2015
Money & Medicine
Since the beginning of Medicare and Medicaid in the mid-1960s, the money in health care has risen continuously with only a few plateaus, and now represents over 17% of the US gross domestic product. A number of articles in this issue of WMJ take a closer look at the issue of money in medicine today, from costs of care to the Affordable Care Act and the effect of preventive medicine on health care costs.
Click here to download a complete PDF of the issue. Click here to view the WMJ archive.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Letter to The Editor
Treating Patients as Customers—Whom Does it Help?
Cynthia Jones-Nosacek, MD
WMJ. 2015;114(5):229.
As I See It
Rustproofing People: Beans or Beef?
Darold A. Treffert, MD
WMJ. 2015;114(5):233.
In This Issue
Money
John J. Frey III, MD, WMJ Medical Editor
WMJ. 2015;114(5):234-235.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A Comparison of Costs Between Medical and Surgical Patients in an Academic Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Benson S. Hsu, MD, MBA; Thomas B. Brazelton III, MD, MPH
WMJ. 2015;114(5):236-239.
A Novel Approach for Measuring and Communicating State Health Trends Over Time
Karen Timberlake, JD; Anne Roubal, PhD; Kathryn Hatchell, BS; Bridget Catlin, PhD, MHSA; Patrick Remington, MD, MPH
WMJ. 2015;114(5):240-246.
Medical Student Views of the Affordable Care Act
John R. Meurer, MD; Nathan M. Ferda; Thomas Chelius, MS; Renie Schapiro, MPH; Timothy E. Corden, MD; Laura D. Cassidy, PhD; Christine S. Seibert, MD
WMJ. 2015;114(5):247-252.
BRIEF REPORT
One Wisconsin County’s Experience With Fall-Related Mortality
Sara M. Deprey, DPT, MS, GCS; Lynda Biedrzycki, MD; Kristine Klenz, BS
WMJ. 2015;114(5):253-256.
The Development of a Summary Measure to Estimate the Relative Burden of Smoking in Wisconsin Counties
Darren J. Knox, MPH; Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH
WMJ. 2015;114(5):257-262.
REVIEW ARTICLE
A Brief Clinical Update on Hepatitis C—The Essentials
Jonas Lee, MD; James Conniff, MD; Connie Kraus, PharmD; Sarina Schrager, MD, MS
WMJ. 2015;114(5):263-269.
CASE REPORT
Successful Treatment of Collagenous Gastritis in a Child With a Gluten-Free Diet
Raza U. Bajwa, MD; Aditya Joshi, MD, MPH; Janice B. Heikenen, MD
WMJ. 2015;114(5):271-273.
YOUR PROFESSION
Looking Back…to 1935
This Business of Medicine
WMJ. 2015;114(5):231.
Dean’s Column
Serving the State Through Medical Research
Howard H. Bailey, MD; Robert N. Golden, MD
WMJ. 2015;114(5):274-275.
MetaStar Matters
MetaStar Security Risk Assessments: HIPAA and Meaningful Use
Jay A. Gold, MD, JD, MPH; Brad Trudell, JD
WMJ. 2015;114(5):276-277.
Share WMJ