Costs of adult vaccination in medical settings and pharmacies: An observational study

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 930-936

  Singhal, Puneet K ^a   Zhang, Dongmu ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACCINATION; AGED; HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL COST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906078582     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2014.20.9.930     Document Type: Article

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