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Primary care physicians' perspective on financial issues and adult immunization in the Era of the Affordable Care Act.

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Abstract
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Financial barriers to adult vaccination are poorly understood. Our objectives were to assess among general internists (GIM) and family physicians (FP) shortly after Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation: (1) proportion of adult patients deferring or refusing vaccines because of cost and frequency of physicians not recommending vaccines for financial reasons; (2) satisfaction with reimbursement for vaccine purchase and administration by payer type; (3) knowledge of Medicare coverage of vaccines; and (4) awareness of vaccine-specific provisions of the ACA.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Vaccine
Volume
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35
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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647-654
Date Published
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2017
ISSN Number
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0264-410X
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264-410X(16)31202-6
DOI
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10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.007
Short Title
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Vaccine
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