Setting the course : a strategic vision for immunization / Committee on the Immunization Finance Dissemination Workshops, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Immunization Finance Dissemination.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunization--Government policy--United States.

Immunization.

Immunization--United States--Finance.

Immunization--United States--Planning.

Medicine, Preventive--United States.

Medicine, Preventive.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Summary of the Chicago Workshop

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002-

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immunization is essential to disease prevention efforts in public health, but the nation's immunization system faces financing challenges that are affecting the delivery of services. A 2000 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices (IOM, 2000), pointed to the instability of the fundamental infrastructure that supports immunization programs throughout the United States, including unpredictable federal funding levels, growing financial burdens and operational complexities in immunization services, shortcomings in public- and private-sector investments in vaccine purchases and immunization programs, and fluctuations in coverage plans in the public and private health care sectors that create uncertainties regarding vaccine purchase and service delivery arrangements. In January 2002, health officials, public health experts, health care providers, health plan representatives, health care purchasers, and community leaders met at the University of California at Los Angeles to explore the implications of the IOM findings and recommendations for California in general and for Los Angeles and San Diego County in particular. The one-day workshop was the third in a series of four meetings organized by IOM with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to foster informed discussions about challenges for immunization finance and future financing strategies for immunization activities and the public health infrastructure that supports those activities. This report of the Los Angeles workshop summarizes the findings of the IOM study, reviews progress in responding to the IOM recommendations at the federal level, and highlights continuing challenges in immunization finance for the nation and at the state and local levels in California.

Contents:

Front Matter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REVIEWERS

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Box

Executive Summary

Introduction

Background

A National Perspective on the Immunization System

State and Local Immunization Issues in California

Practical Challenges for Private Providers

Health Plans and Employers

Concluding Observations

References

A Institute of Medicine Committee on Immunization Finance Workshop

B INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE Immunization Finance Dissemination Workshop

C Website Referrals.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610180240

9780309168540

0309168546

9781280180248

1280180242

9780309504164

0309504163

OCLC:

70770595