The cost of doing business: Cost structure of electronic immunization registries

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1291-1307

  Fontanesi, John M ^a   Flesher Jr , Don S ^b   De Guire, Michelle ^b   Lieberthal, Allan ^c   Holcomb, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b International Health Systems Inc   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost structure; Immunization registry; Parametric cost analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE COST; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREDICTION; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGISTRIES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0036813197     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.10772     Document Type: Article

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