Financial barriers to the adoption of combination vaccines by pediatricians

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1138-1144

  Gidengil, Courtney A ^a,c,e   Dutta Linn, M Maya ^b   Messonnier, Mark L ^f   Rusinak, Donna ^b   Lieu, Tracy A ^b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^d Division of General Pediatrics   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; KINRIX; PENTACET; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TRIHIBIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 78649919581     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.222     Document Type: Article

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