Combination vaccine use and vaccination quality in a managed care population

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 506-512

  Happe, Laura E ^a   Lunacsek, Orsolya E ^a   Marshall, Gary S ^b   Lewis, Tamara ^c   Spencer, Shannon ^d  

^a XCENDA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d SelectHealth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PEDIARIX; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA, VARICELLA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEASLES; MUMPS; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 34548595308     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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