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The Impact of the Medicaid Reimbursement Bump on Influenza Vaccination Rates Among US Teens: Evidence from the National Immunization Survey–Teen 2011–2020

Felippe O. Marcondes, Mary Price, Alex McDowell, Joseph P. Newhouse, John Hsu and Vicki Fung
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2024, 37 (1) 137-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230170R2
Felippe O. Marcondes
From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (FOM); Mongan Institute Health Policy Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (MP, AM, JH, VF); Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (JPN, JH); Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (JPN); Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA (JPN); National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (JPN); Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (AM, JH, VF).
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Mary Price
From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (FOM); Mongan Institute Health Policy Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (MP, AM, JH, VF); Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (JPN, JH); Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (JPN); Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA (JPN); National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (JPN); Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (AM, JH, VF).
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Alex McDowell
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Joseph P. Newhouse
From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (FOM); Mongan Institute Health Policy Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (MP, AM, JH, VF); Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (JPN, JH); Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (JPN); Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA (JPN); National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (JPN); Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (AM, JH, VF).
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John Hsu
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Vicki Fung
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2024, 37 (1) 137-146; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230170R2

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2024, 37 (1) 137-146; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230170R2
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