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A blueprint for improving the promotion and delivery of adult vaccination in the United States / Katherine M. Harris, Lori Uscher, Soeren Mattke and Arthur L. Kellermann

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xv, 37 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780833059789
  • 0833059785
  • 9780833059765
  • 0833059769
  • 9780833059772
  • 0833059777
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Blueprint for improving the promotion and delivery of adult vaccination in the United States.LOC classification:
  • RA638
NLM classification:
  • WA 115
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Contents:
Introduction -- Findings -- Low adult vaccination rates lead to costly and avoidable illnesses -- The policy and practice environment surrounding adult vaccination is changing rapidly -- Office-based settings are a logical focus of efforts to increase adult vaccination -- Office-based health care providers are not meeting their potential in promoting adult vaccination -- Economic barriers prevent office-based adult vaccination from reaching pediatric levels -- Encouraging practice change around adult vaccination -- Recommendations -- Conclusions and policy implications.
Abstract: Vaccine-preventable disease continues to take a heavy toll on adults despite the widespread availability of effective vaccines. This report identifies where efforts to improve the delivery of adult vaccination have stalled and recommends targeted strategies that are supported by available evidence and build on existing infrastructure.
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Introduction -- Findings -- Low adult vaccination rates lead to costly and avoidable illnesses -- The policy and practice environment surrounding adult vaccination is changing rapidly -- Office-based settings are a logical focus of efforts to increase adult vaccination -- Office-based health care providers are not meeting their potential in promoting adult vaccination -- Economic barriers prevent office-based adult vaccination from reaching pediatric levels -- Encouraging practice change around adult vaccination -- Recommendations -- Conclusions and policy implications.

Vaccine-preventable disease continues to take a heavy toll on adults despite the widespread availability of effective vaccines. This report identifies where efforts to improve the delivery of adult vaccination have stalled and recommends targeted strategies that are supported by available evidence and build on existing infrastructure.

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