Evaluation of vaccination recall letter system for medicaid-enrolled children aged 19-23 months - Montana, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 811-815

  Custis, Cody L ^a   Helgerson, Steven D ^a   Murphy, James S ^a   Parry, Carolyn A ^b   Nett, Randall J ^c  

^a Montana Dept of Public Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MONTANA; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTAL SERVICE; REGISTRIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84868009691     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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