Coverage For Low-Income Immigrant Children Increased 24.5 Percent In States That Expanded CHIPRA Eligibility
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Affairs
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0278-2715,1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1363