Reducing financial barriers to vaccination in the United States: Call to action

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Birkhead, Guthrie S ^a,b,c   Orenstein, Walter A ^d   Almquist, Jon R ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c National Vaccine Advisory Committee   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing; Health policy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

DIPHTHERIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MEDICAID; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; FEES, MEDICAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAID; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 71849099984     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1542B     Document Type: Note

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