Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Context: Reform since 1985 -- 2 Paying the Piper: The Fee-for-Service System and Its Alternatives -- 3 How Many Pipers? The Supply and Distribution of Physicians -- 4 Calling the Tune: Quality Assessment and Assurance in Ambulatory Care -- 5 Restructuring the Pipers' Workshop: Physicians in Hospitals -- 6 The Pied Piper of Technology? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U