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Journal Article
Is Reimbursement for Childhood Immunizations Adequate? Evidence from Two Rural Areas in Colorado
2001
Overview
Objective: To assess adequacy of reimbursement for childhood vaccinations in two rural regions in Colorado, the authors measured medical practice costs of providing childhood vaccinations and compared them with reimbursement. Methods: A \"time-motion\" method was used to measure labor costs of providing vaccinations in 13 private and public practices. Practices reported non-labor costs. The authors determined reimbursement by record review. Results: The average vaccine delivery cost per dose (excluding vaccine cost) ranged from $4.69 for community health centers to $5.60 for private practices. Average reimbursement exceeded average delivery costs for all vaccines and contributed to overhead in private practices. Average reimbursement was less than total cost (vaccine-delivery costs + overhead) in private practices for most vaccines in one region with significant managed care penetration. Reimbursement to public providers was less than the average vaccine delivery costs. Conclusions: Current reimbursement may not be adequate to induce private practices to provide childhood vaccinations, particularly in areas with substantial managed care penetration.
Publisher
Oxford University Press,Association of Schools of Public Health,SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subject
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Child
/ Child Health Services - economics
/ Colorado
/ Community Health Centers - economics
/ Costs
/ Health
/ Health Maintenance Organizations - economics
/ Humans
/ Immunization Programs - economics
/ Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - classification
/ Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - statistics & numerical data
/ Medicaid
/ Personnel Staffing and Scheduling - economics
/ Private Practice - economics
/ Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
/ Rural Health Services - economics
/ Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
/ State Health Plans - economics
/ Vaccines
