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Appendix C: Survey of State Vaccine Finace Practices
Pages 239-240

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From page 239...
... The purpose of this survey was to describe how state health departments finance, purchase, and distribute vaccines; address vaccine shortages; regulate immunization insurance benefits; and allocate scarce resources among vaccine purchase, delivery, and infrastructure investment. This survey was a follow-up to a prior survey of state immunization program practices regarding the scope, structure, financing, and operation of state immunization efforts, conducted by Dr.
From page 240...
... 240 FINANCING VACCINES IN THE 21ST CENTURY · Changes to the current system of vaccine financing or any new vaccine financing strategies · Estimates of annual needs for public-sector purchase each year for the child, adolescent, and adult populations · Adequacy of VFC funding · Process by which vaccines are ordered from the federal contract · Purchases of vaccines outside the federal contract · Distribution to providers and provider choice for publicly purchased vaccines · Stockpiles and shortages The report on the survey, State-Level Perspectives on Vaccine Purchase Financing, is available through the IOM's public record file.


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