Setting the Course A Strategic Vision for Immunization Finance: Part 1: Summary of the Chicago Workshop (2002) / Chapter Skim
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In 2000 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report, Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices, that points to several disturbing signs: growing financial burdens and operational complexities in immunization, shortcomings in public- and private-sector investments in vaccine purchases and immunization programs, and fluctuations in coverage plans within the public and private health care sectors that create uncertainties regarding vaccine purchase and coverage arrangements.
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Participants included members and staff of the IOM planning committee, consultants and other contributors to Calling the Shots, state and local health officials from Illinois and Michigan, representatives of health plans and health care providers serving the Illinois and Michigan areas, faculty from the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, community leaders, and staff from CDC and other federal agencies. (See Appendixes for the workshop agenda, list of participants, and websites that pertain to the IOM report and the workshop discussions.)
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