Calling the Shots:

Immunization Finance Policies and Practices

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Size: 332 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2000

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Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices, Division of Health Care Services and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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Calling the Shots examines the basic strategies that finance the national immunization system in the current health care climate. It is a comprehensive volume, rich with data and highlighted examples, that explores:

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Front Matter	i-xx
Executive Summary	1-17	(skim)
Introduction	18-53	(skim)
Change and Complexity in the National Immunization System	54-70	(skim)
Financing Vaccine Purchase and Delivery	71-102	(skim)
Building, Monitoring, and Sustaining Immunization Capacity	103-141	(skim)
Immunization Finance Policies and Practices	142-192	(skim)
Summary Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations	193-227	(skim)
References	228-242	(skim)
Appendix A: Public Health Services Act, Section 317	243-249	(skim)
Appendix B: Immunization Time-Line	250-252	(skim)
Appendix C: List of Contributors	253-260	(skim)
Appendix D: Overview of State Survey	261-262	(skim)
Appendix E: Overview of Case Studies and Site Visits	263-270	(skim)
Appendix F: Annual Section 317 Awards to States	271-281	(skim)
Appendix G: State Immunization Requirements for School Children	282-286	(skim)
Appendix H: Committee and Staff Biographies	287-294	(skim)
Index	295-308	(skim)

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The evolution of the system in light of changing U.S. demographics, development of new vaccines, and other factors.
The effectiveness of public health and health insurance strategies, with special emphasis on the performance of the "Section 317" program .
The condition of the infrastructure for control and prevention of infectious disease, surveillance of vaccines rates and safety, and efforts to sustain high coverage.

Calling the Shots will be an indispensable resource to those responsible for maintaining our nation's vaccine vigilance.