Analysis of the profitability of adult vaccination in 13 private provider practices in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Vaccination coverage among adults remains low in the United States. Understanding the barriers to provision of adult vaccination is an important step to increasing vaccination coverage and improving public health. To better understand financial factors that may affect practice decisions about adult vaccination, this study sought to understand how costs compared with payments for adult vaccinations in a sample of U.S. physician practices. We recruited a convenience sample of 19 practices in nine states in 2017. We conducted a time-motion study to assess the time costs of vaccination activities and conducted a survey of practice managers to assess materials, management, and dose costs and payments for vaccination. We received complete cost and payment data from 13 of the 19 practices. We cal

SUBMITTER: Yarnoff B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6778689 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature