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. 2023 Nov 1;6(11):e2343569.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43569.

Mystery Shopper Study of State Medicaid Coverage for Out-of-State Abortion Care

Hazar Khidir  1 , Carlisle Topping  2 , Vanessa K Dalton  3 , Stacy Tessler Lindau  4   5 , Arjun K Venkatesh  6
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Mystery Shopper Study of State Medicaid Coverage for Out-of-State Abortion Care

Hazar Khidir et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study uses a mystery shopper survey to examine variation in state Medicaid agency responses to coverage questions on out-of-state abortion care.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Dalton reported receiving personal fees from Merck outside the submitted work. Dr Lindau reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health to the University of Chicago; receiving a contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to the University of Chicago; being founder and co-owner of NowPow LLC; serving as a paid adviser and an unpaid adviser to and being a shareholder in Unite USA Inc; being a shareholder in Glenbervie Health, LLC; and receiving royalties from UpToDate Inc paid to the University of Chicago outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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