Medicaid reimbursement and the uptake of adolescent vaccines

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1682-1689

  Gowda, Charitha ^a   Dempsey, Amanda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mandate; Medicaid reimbursement; Vaccine; Vaccines for children program

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICAID; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; TETANUS TOXOID; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84856771159     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.097     Document Type: Article

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