Immunization performance measurement in a changing immunization environment

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 889-897

  Rodewald, Lance ^a   Maes, Edmond ^a   Stevenson, John ^a   Lyons, Bridget ^a   Stokley, Shannon ^a   Szilagyi, Peter ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization; Performance measurement; Quality of care; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 0033060822     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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