A Web-based Tool for Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization in the United States

Sheldon H. Jacobson; Edward C. Sewell

doi:10.1197/jamia.M2636

A Web-based Tool for Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization in the United States

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This article describes the motivation, development, and implementation of a software tool, www.vaccineselection.com, introduced to assist health care professionals and public health administrators in managing pediatric vaccine purchase decisions and making economically sound formulary choices. The tool integrates general operations research methodologies with specific local practice choices to solve for the lowest overall cost set of vaccines required to immunize a child according to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule. A description of the tool's capabilities is provided. Results on the use of the software tool are reported and discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	611-619
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.M2636
State	Published - Sep 2008

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A Web-based Tool for Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization in the United States

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