Academic Pediatrics
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 48-55 , January 2010

Impact of Managed Care on Publicly Insured Children with Special Health Care Needs

Received 2 August 2007 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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 Dr Brat is currently at Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.007

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 48-55 , January 2010

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