Vaccine financing and billing in practices serving adult patients: A follow-up survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial concerns are often cited by physicians as a barrier to administering routinely recommended vaccines to adults. The purpose of this study was to assess perceived payments and profit from administering recommended adult vaccines and vaccine purchasing practices among general internal medicine (GIM) and family medicine (FM) practices in the United States.

Methods

We conducted an interviewer-administered survey from January-June 2014 of practices stratified by specialty (FM or GIM), affiliation (standalone or ≥ 2 practice sites), and level of financial decision-making (independent or larger system level) in FM and GIM practices that responded to a previous survey on adult vaccine financing and provided contact information for follow-up. Practice personnel id

SUBMITTER: Lindley MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5807000 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature