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Health Care Financing Review, Summer, 1997 by David R. Arday, Susan L. Arday, Julie Bolen, Luann Rhodes, Joseph Chin, Patrick Minor

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David R. Arday, Susan L Arday, and Joseph Chin are with the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA); Julie Bolen is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Luann Rhodes is with the Klemm Analysis Group, Inc.; and Patrick Minor is with TRW. All views and opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of HCFA, CDC, Klemm Analysis Group, Inc., or TRW.