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. 2022 Sep 13;6(17):5128-5131.
doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007622.

Hematologist encounters among Medicaid patients who have sickle cell disease

Sophia S Horiuchi  1 , Mei Zhou  2 , Angela Snyder  2 , Susan T Paulukonis  1
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Hematologist encounters among Medicaid patients who have sickle cell disease

Sophia S Horiuchi et al. Blood Adv. .
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Figure 1.
For individuals with SCD and continuous Medicaid coverage from 2016 to 2018, all encounters with a hematologist were identified using Medicaid claims. Individuals were categorized into those that had no hematologist encounters or those that had at least one hematologist encounter during the 3-year period from 2016 to 2018.
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