Is reimbursement for childhood immunizations adequate? Evidence from two rural areas in Colorado

Public Health Reports

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-225

  Glazner, Judith E ^a   Steiner, John F ^a   Haas, Kathleen J ^b   Renfrew, Brenda ^a   Deutchman, Mark ^c   Berman, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; IMMUNIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036216676     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3549(04)50037-7     Document Type: Article

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