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. 2022 Aug;37(10):2594-2596.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07086-9. Epub 2021 Aug 12.

Medicaid Expansion Increased Appointment Wait Times in Maine and Virginia

Samantha G Auty  1 , Kevin N Griffith  2
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Medicaid Expansion Increased Appointment Wait Times in Maine and Virginia

Samantha G Auty et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug.
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Unadjusted mean wait time for primary and specialty care appointments in the VHA and CC in late Medicaid expansion (i.e., Maine and Virginia) and non-Medicaid expansion states. The shaded area indicates the post period after Maine (effective 1/10/2019) and Virginia (effective 1/1/2019) implemented Medicaid expansion
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