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the Lexis database. While the impact of potential publication-oriented selection bias on the generalizability of the findings is difficult to assess, the methodology has been deemed suitable for other content analyses in the field of health law and policy (Hammer & Sage, 2002, p. 563; Jacobson et al. , 2001, p. 287). Based on the realistically available data, there is simply no way to reliably speculate how any unpublished
opinions prior to June 1, 2005 might compare to the opinions in this study. Second, content analysis is typically subject to reliability concerns pertaining to the nature of coding, and its potential subjectivity. The involvement of a second coder was purposefully planned to reduce this threat. Because the 95. 8 percent interrater reliability appears to be quite high, this threat is not of great concern to this study.
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