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      <creatorName nameType="Organizational">The ALS Association</creatorName>
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  <titles>
    <title>ALS Focus Wave 6 – Insurance and Payment for ALS Care Survey</title>
  </titles>
  <publisher>Harvard Dataverse</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2025</publicationYear>
  <subjects>
    <subject>Medicine, Health and Life Sciences</subject>
    <subject>ALS</subject>
    <subject>Survey</subject>
    <subject>ALS Focus</subject>
    <subject>Insurance</subject>
    <subject>Access</subject>
    <subject>Claim</subject>
    <subject>Denial</subject>
    <subject>Prior Authorization</subject>
    <subject>Appeal</subject>
    <subject>Cost</subject>
    <subject>Care</subject>
    <subject>Treatment</subject>
    <subject>Demographics</subject>
    <subject>Disease history</subject>
    <subject>Health status</subject>
  </subjects>
  <contributors>
    <contributor contributorType="ContactPerson">
      <contributorName nameType="Personal">Sherman, Alexander</contributorName>
      <givenName>Alexander</givenName>
      <familyName>Sherman</familyName>
      <affiliation>Harvard University</affiliation>
    </contributor>
  </contributors>
  <dates>
    <date dateType="Submitted">2025-08-01</date>
    <date dateType="Available">2025-08-01</date>
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&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_Demographics_Survey_Public – ALS Focus Demographics Survey written questions.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_InsuranceAndPayment_Survey_Public – ALS Focus Insurance and Payment for ALS Care Survey written questions.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_HealthStatus_Survey_Public – ALS Focus Health Status Survey written questions.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_Demographics_Methodologies_Public – ALS Focus Demographics Survey data cleaning approaches and guidance for data analysts.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_InsuranceAndPayments_Methodologies_Public – ALS Focus Insurance and Payment for ALS Care Survey data cleaning approaches and guidance for data analysts.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_Demograhics_Dictionary – ALS Focus Demographics Survey data dictionary.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_InsuranceAndPayments_Dictionary – ALS Focus Insurance and Payment for ALS Care (and Health Status Survey) data dictionary.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_Demographics_Public_Stata – ALS Focus Demographics Survey data in Stata (.dta) format.
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&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;ALSFocus_InsuranceAndPayments_Public_Stata – ALS Focus Insurance and Payment for ALS Care Survey data in Stata (.dta) format.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;
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