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Analytic framework to improve access for a state Medicaid agency 改善州医疗补助机构准入的分析框架

News Group Pub Date : 2021-10-08 DOI: 10.1287/lytx.2021.05.20n

Dwight Lewis, Nickolas K. Freeman, Irem Sengul Orgut, Thera Tyner, Ryan Tramp, Niranjan Biligowda, M. Hudnall, X. Yang, Thomas English, Marilyn V. Whitman, Steven Samsel, J. Cochran, Barry Cambron, Danny Rush, Kumari Seetala, J. Parton

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