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The Medicaid Expansion and the Uptake of Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Evidence from the Rhode Island All-payer Claims Database, 2012–2018 医疗补助扩张和阿片类药物使用障碍药物辅助治疗的吸收:来自罗德岛州所有付款人索赔数据库的证据，2012-2018

FRB-Boston: Current Policy Perspectives (Topic) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3832241

Mary A. Burke, Riley Sullivan

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