Financing vaccines in the 21st century : assuring access and availability /
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=104500 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Background
- Conceptual framework for the study
- Study process
- Summing up
- Organization of the report
- Origins and rationale of immunization policy
- Legislative history of vaccine policy
- Shared federal and state responsibility for financing
- Shared public and private responsibility for coverage
- Public and private delivery systems
- Private vaccine production
- The setting national of vaccine policy
- Findings
- Public and private insurance coverage
- Public insurance coverage
- Private insurance coverage
- Barriers to a well-functioning immunization finance system
- Findings
- The delivery system
- Delivery of adult and childhood vaccines
- The work of immunizing
- Provider reimbursement
- Barriers to a well-functioning immunization delivery system
- Findings
- Vaccine supply
- Size and growth of the vaccine market
- Vaccine production
- Cost structure
- Research and development
- Industry concentration
- Regulation
- Pricing
- Shortages
- Stockpiles
- CDC contracting
- Barriers to a well-functioning vaccine supply system
- Findings
- Conclusions and alternative strategies
- Conclusions
- Alternative strategies
- Weighing the alternatives
- Recommendations
- Final observations.