Financial impact to providers using pediatric combination vaccines

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1087-1093

  Shen, Angela K ^a   Sobczyk, Elizabeth ^b   Simonsen, Lone ^c   Khan, Farid ^d   Esber, Allahna ^a   Andreae, Margie C ^e  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SDI Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination vaccine; Commercial insurer; Immunization administration; Medicaid; Vaccine financing

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; VACCINATION;

EID: 83155192950     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0025     Document Type: Article

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