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Out-of-Pocket Spending on Epinephrine Auto-Injectors Among the Privately Insured, 2015–2019

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Dr. Chua’s effort is supported by a career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant number 1K08DA048110-01). The funders played no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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  1. Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, 300 North Ingalls St, SPC 5456, Room 6E18, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5456, USA

    Kao-Ping Chua MD, PhD

  2. Department of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University, Boston, USA

    Rena M. Conti PhD

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Chua, KP., Conti, R.M. Out-of-Pocket Spending on Epinephrine Auto-Injectors Among the Privately Insured, 2015–2019. J GEN INTERN MED 38, 538–541 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07694-z

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