Identifying Health Maintenance Organization membership through self-report of health plan name: ascertainment and reliability.

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Published in J Public Health Manag Pract on April 14, 2006

Authors

Karen M Clements1, Bruce B Cohen, Phyllis Brawarsky, Daniel R Brooks, Lorelei A Mucci, Phillip A Wood

Author Affiliations

1: Bureau of Family and Community Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA 02108, USA. karen.clements@state.ma.us

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