Regional group purchasing of vaccines: Review of the Pan American Health Organization EPI revolving fund and the Gulf Cooperation Council group purchasing program

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-43

  DeRoeck, Denise ^a   Bawazir, Saleh A ^b   Carrasco, Peter ^c   Kaddar, Miloud ^c   Brooks, Alan ^d   Fitzsimmons, John ^e   Andrus, Jon ^e  

^a King Saud University ^*  (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Malaria Vaccine Initiative   (France)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Group purchasing; Middle East; Pan American Health Organization; Supply; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

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

FINANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; VACCINE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MIDDLE EAST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PURCHASING; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GROUP PURCHASING; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST; VACCINES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33645465807     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.822     Document Type: Review

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