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Access to Prescription Drugs

The Case of Medicaid

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Disease Management & Health Outcomes

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The Center for Studying Health System Change is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The author has no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this editorial.

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Cunningham, P.J. Access to Prescription Drugs. Dis-Manage-Health-Outcomes 14, 1–3 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2165/00115677-200614010-00001

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