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In January 2002, health officials, public health experts, health care providers, health plan representatives, health care purchasers, and community leaders met at the University of California at Los Angeles to discuss state-specific challenges for immunization finance and future strategies for strengthening immunization activities and the public health infrastructure that supports those activities. This report summarizes the discussions of the workshop, which examined immunization issues in California, with a special focus on Los Angeles and San Diego counties.
Aiding clinics and private providers in assessing the immunization status of their patients has helped improve coverage rates. For employers, providing coverage for immunizations and other preventive services can be a cost-effective investment that reduces absenteeism.
But California, its communities, and its health care providers and health plans face important challenges. The economic downturn is expected to mean reductions in state and local funding for immunization services. There is concern that nationwide shortages of several vaccines may result in lower immunization coverage rates. The high cost of new vaccines and the increasing cost of older vaccines are having a major impact on state and local budgets and their vaccine purchasing power. The high cost of vaccines also results in serious financial risk for many private providers who depend on reimbursements to cover the cost of their vaccine purchases. Workshop discussions suggested numerous future strategies, including better immunization registries and increased support for public health systems.
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Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization, Part 4: Summary of the Washington D.C. Workshop
This report is a summary of the national workshop in Washington, DC in March 2002. The report summarizes the findings of the IOM study Calling the Shots, reviews the status of implementation of the IOM report recommendations at the federal and state levels, and highlights continuing challenges in immunization finance for the nation as a whole and for individual state and local health departments.
Released: November 11, 2003
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Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices
At the request of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, established a committee to examine the roles and responsibilities of state and federal gov-ernments in supporting immunization services and to identify basic strategies that could strengthen the national immunization system in the current health care climate.
Released: April 4, 2003
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Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization Finance, Part 1. Summary of the Chicago Workshop
On June 15, 2001 state and local health officials from Illinois, Michigan, and the cities of Chicago and Detroit met with representatives from federal health agencies, private health insurance plans, medical societies, and health centers to examine the implications of the findings and recommendations of the IOM report, Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices (2000), for their jurisdictions.
Released: January 14, 2003
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