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Federal Policy For Pneumococcal Immunization and Its Implementation in the Medicare Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael A. Riddiough
Michael A. Riddiough*
Affiliation:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C
*
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 1155 Fifteenth St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005
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Abstract

The Congress has authorized the Medicare program to pay for the cost of pneumococcal vaccine and its administration. The history of this legislation demonstrates that chance and political considerations quite separate from the scientific issues on vaccination played an important role in the development of this policy. It demonstrates both the need for and the difficulty of achieving more effective coordination of the activities related to national policies on vaccines and immunization.

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Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , August 1982 , pp. 309 - 315
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1982

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