Health Insurance Coverage of Washington's Non-Elderly Population
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The Washington State Population Survey was conducted in the spring of 1998 to provide social, demographic, and economic information about Washington. Responses were obtained from telephone interviews of 7,279 households that represented the state as a whole. The survey was designed by the Office of Financial Management (OFM) and conducted by the Washington State University Social and Economic Sciences Research Center. Data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. More information about the state survey is available under “Population/Data” at: http://www.ofm.wa.gov . Measuring the Uninsured
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تاریخ انتشار 1999