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. 2021 Oct 1;175(10):999-1000.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2081.

Youth Insured By Medicaid With Restrictive Eating Disorders-Underrecognized and Underresourced

Erin C Accurso  1 , Sara M Buckelew  2 , Lonnie R Snowden  3
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Youth Insured By Medicaid With Restrictive Eating Disorders-Underrecognized and Underresourced

Erin C Accurso et al. JAMA Pediatr. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: Dr. Accurso consults with Partnership HealthPlan of California (a health care organization that contracts with the State to administer Medicaid benefits) concerning strategies to improve the treatment of eating disorders. No other disclosures were reported.

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