Provider dismissal policies and clustering of vaccine-hesitant families: An agent-based modeling approach

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1819-1824

  Buttenheim, Alison M ^a,b   Cherng, Sarah T ^c   Asch, David A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Immunization; Immunization schedule; Parents; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY ATTITUDE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

DECISION-MAKING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; PARENTS; VACCINATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84882989651     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.25635     Document Type: Article

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