title: Improving immunization rates in practice settings.
abstract: Many pediatricians do not know the immunization rate of patients in their practice. Evidence-based standards of practice have been established, leading to improved rates. Quality improvement efforts aimed at immunization are effective and may lead to improvement in other preventive health services. By providing more vaccines in the medical home, communities can decrease the need for higher cost case management and outreach services targeting patients with delayed immunizations.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. crizzo@neo.rr.com
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rizzo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*