Cost-effectiveness of childhood immunization reminder/recall systems in urban private practices

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1 II, 2000, Pages 177-183

  Franzini, Luisa ^a   Rosenthal, Jorge ^b   Spears, William ^a   Martin, Heather S ^c   Balderas, Lorena ^c   Brown, Martha ^c   Milne, Gillian ^c   Drutz, Jan ^c,d   Evans, Donna ^c   Kozinetz, Claudia ^c,d   Oettgen, Barbara ^e   Hanson, Celine ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e North Central Medical Communications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost effectiveness; Immunizations; Infant; Reminder recall systems

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; IMMUNIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RECALL; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; POSTAL SERVICE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033946270     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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