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Logistical and fiscal sustainability of a school-based, pharmacist-administered influenza vaccination program

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tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2012 Sep 1;52(5):e74-9.
Logistical and fiscal sustainability of a school-based, pharmacist-administered influenza vaccination program.
Fontanesi J, Jue-Leong S.
Abstract

OBJECTIVE To assess the fiscal and logistical viability of school-based, pharmacist-administered influenza vaccination programs. DESIGN Econometric observational study. SETTING Nine schools in the Rincon Unified School District, Santa Rosa, CA. PARTICIPANTS Safeway Pharmacies; Rincon Unified School District; California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch; and University of California, San Diego. INTERVENTION Assessment of direct workflow observations and administrative data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Unit costs, productivity, and effectiveness of school-based, pharmacist-administered influenza vaccination programs. RESULTS The results showed a unit cost of $23.63 (compared with $25.60 for mass vaccination and $39.79 for walk-in shot-only vaccination clinics). The productivity index ($0.88) and efficiency index ($1.12) were better compared with data reported for comparable vaccination programs. CONCLUSION School-based, pharmacist-administered vaccination programs are fiscally and logistically self-sustaining, viable alternatives to medical office-based or community-based mass vaccination clinics, and may offer a practical strategy for vaccinating children and adolescents.

PMID:
23023861
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23023861
 
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