Computer-generated recall letters for underimmunized children: How cost- effective?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-33

  Lieu, Tracy A ^a,d   Black, Steven B ^b   Ray, Paula ^b   Schwalbe, Joan A ^b   Lewis, Edwin M ^b   Lavetter, Allan ^c   Morozumi, Pius A ^c   Shinefield, Henry R ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Pediatric Vaccine Study Center   (United States)

^c Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; Immunizations; managed care; preventive services

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MUMPS; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUBELLA; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALIFORNIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MUMPS VACCINE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0031047225     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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