Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices

Questions? Call 800-624-6242

About | Ordering | New

LoginRegister

| Items in cart [0]

HARDBACK
price:$49.95
add to cart

Rights & Permissions

Free PDF Access

Free Resources

Related Titles

Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices (2000)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format
Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web.
Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book.
Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic.

Citation Manager

. "Executive Summary." Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.

Please select a format:

Page
12


E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore

The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy.

Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices

TABLE ES-1 Recommended Finance Levels for the National Immunization System (Section 317, Vaccines for Children [VFC] Program, and state-level contributions) ($ in millions)

				IOM Committee Recommendation
Funding Source		Baseline Annual Avg.^a (FY 1994–1999)	FY 2000 Award^a	Rationale for FY 2002 Appropriations		FY 2002 Appropriation
FEDERAL
A.	Section 317
1.	Vaccine purchase awards	160	162	1.	Sustain current spending levels to meet residual needs	160
	Expenditures (child)	115	N/A
	Expenditures (adult)	4	N/A	2.	Increase federal assistance to the states to purchase adult vaccines to improve coverage rates	50
2.	Infrastructure awards Expenditures	271^b 187	123 111	3.	Increase annual award to reflect state capacity as reflected in historical expenditure levels	200
				4.	Increase allocation of federal funds to states that have significant immunization needs
				5.	Maintain a “hold harmless” condition for existing state awards
	Total Section 317 Awards	431	285			410
B.	VFC (vaccine purchase and operations)	397	548			548^c
	Total Federal Contribution (excluding Medicaid, Medicare)	828	833			958