Impact of appointment reminders on vaccination coverage at an urban clinic

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 4 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 919-923

  Irigoyen, Matilde M ^a,d   Findley, Sally ^b   Earle, Beryl ^c   Stambaugh, Kevin ^c   Vaughan, Roger ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment reminder; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTAL SERVICE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033776842     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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