1. Laurence Baker, , is an associate professor and chief of health services research in the Department of Health Research and Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Stanford University; a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); and a fellow at the Stanford Center for Health Policy. Howard Birnbaum is a vice-president of the Analysis Group Inc. in Boston,...