Financing vaccines in the 21st century : assuring access and availability / Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in the United States, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in the United States.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vaccination--United States--Planning.

Vaccination.

Vaccines--Economic aspects--United States.

Vaccines.

Vaccination--Economic aspects--United States.

Vaccination--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Financing vaccines in the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The national immunization system has achieved high levels of immunization, particularly for children. However, this system faces difficult challenges for the future. Significant disparities remain in assuring access to recommended vaccines across geographic and demographic populations. These disparities result, in part, from fragmented public "private financing in which a large number of children and adults face limited access to immunization services. Access for adults lags well behind that of children, and rates of immunizations for those who are especially vulnerable because of chronic health conditions such as diabetes or heart and lung disease, remain low. Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability addresses these challenges by proposing new strategies for assuring access to vaccines and sustaining the supply of current and future vaccines. The book recommends changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-the entity that currently recommends vaccines-and calls for a series of public meetings, a post-implementation evaluation study, and development of a research agenda to facilitate implementation of the plan.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Independent Report Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Origins and Rationale of Immunization Policy Summary of Findings""; ""2 Origins and Rationale of Immunization Policy""; ""Public and Private Insurance Coverage Summary of Findings""; ""3 Public and Private Insurance Coverage""; ""Delivery Systems Summary of Findings""; ""4 Delivery Systems""; ""Vaccine Supply Summary of Findings""; ""5 Vaccine Supply""; ""Summary of Conclusions""; ""6 Conclusions and Alternative Strategies""

""Summary of Recommendations""""7 Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Recommended Vaccine Schedules (Childhood and Adult)""; ""Appendix B List of Contributors""; ""Appendix C Survey of State Vaccine Finance Practices""; ""Appendix D Overview of Commissioned Papers""; ""Appendix E Committee and Staff Biographies""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220).

ISBN:

9786610116096

9780309133258

0309133254

9781280116094

1280116099

9780309526197

0309526191

OCLC:

923259255