Financing and systems barriers to seasonal influenza vaccine delivery in community settings

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 52, 2011, Pages 9632-9639

  Penfold, Robert B ^a,c   Rusinak, Donna ^a   Lieu, Tracy A ^a,b   Shefer, Abigail ^c   Messonnier, Mark ^c   Lee, Grace M ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Community settings; Public health; Reimbursement; Vaccine delivery; Vaccine financing

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CODING; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; SCHOOL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555187074     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.041     Document Type: Article

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