Economics of immunization information systems in the United States: assessing costs and efficiency

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Economics of immunization information systems in the United States: assessing costs and efficiency Diana L Bartlett*1, Noelle-Angelique M Molinari1, Ismael R Ortega-Sanchez2 and Gary A Urquhart1 Address: 1Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE, MS-E62 Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA and 2Viral Diseases Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE, MS-A47, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA Email: Diana L Bartlett* - [email protected]; Noelle-Angelique M Molinari - [email protected]; Ismael R OrtegaSanchez - [email protected]; Gary A Urquhart - [email protected] * Corresponding author

Published: 22 August 2006 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2006, 4:15

doi:10.1186/1478-7547-4-15

Received: 30 January 2006 Accepted: 22 August 2006

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Abstract Background: One of the United States' national health objectives for 2010 is that 95% of children aged 69.9%. These cut points were chosen to represent natural breaks in the data. Two IIS were randomly sampled from each stratum or all IIS sampled if ≤ 2 in a stratum with the exception of high functional score and low child enrollment where 3 were sampled because 2 states shared the same IIS. 17 IIS were under development and fell into a stratum of