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. 1999 Jun;76(2):247–279. doi: 10.1007/BF02344680

Strategies to increase enrollment in children's health insurance programs: A report of the New York Academy of Medicine

Dennis P Andrulis 1,, Tamar A Bauer 1, Sarah Hopkins 1
PMCID: PMC3455990  PMID: 10924034

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