A randomized study of tracking with outreach and provider prompting to improve immunization coverage and primary care

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Rodewald, Lance E ^a,c   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a   Humiston, Sharon G ^a,c   Barth, Richard ^a   Kraus, Ronald ^a   Raubertas, Richard F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Immunization; Missed immunization opportunities; Outreach; Primary care; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033017080     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.1.31     Document Type: Article

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