Examination of universal purchase programs as a driver of vaccine uptake among US States, 1995-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immunization against numerous potentially life-threatening illnesses has been a great public health achievement. In the United States, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program has provided vaccines to uninsured and underinsured children since the early 1990s, increasing vaccination rates. In recent years, some states have adopted Universal Purchase (UP) programs with the stated aim of further increasing vaccination rates. Under UP programs, states also purchase vaccines for privately-insured children at federally-contracted VFC prices and bill private health insurers for the vaccines through assessments.

Methods

In this study, we estimated the effect of UP adoption in a state on children's vaccination rates using state-level and individual-level data from the 1995-

SUBMITTER: Mulligan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898222 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature