Importance of Reasons for Stocking Adult Vaccines

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Manag Care
• Personal Author:
  Hutton, David W. ; Rose, Angela ; Singer, Dianne C. ; Bridges, Carolyn B. ; Kim, David ; Pike, Jamison ; Prosser, Lisa A.
• Description:
  Objectives:
  
  Identify the most important reasons underlying decisions to stock or not stock adult vaccines.
  
  Study Design & Methods:
  
  US physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and administrators of internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and multi-specialty practices involved in vaccine stocking decisions (n=125) completed a best-worst scaling survey online. Sixteen potential factors influencing stocking decisions were developed based on key informant interviews and focus groups. Respondents selected factors that were most and least important in vaccine stocking decisions. Relative importance scores for the best-worst scaling factors were calculated. Survey respondents described which vaccines their practice stocks and reasons for not stocking specific vaccines. Subgroup analyses were performed based on the respondent’s involvement in vaccine decision-making, role in the organization, specialty, and affiliation status; and practice characteristics such as practice size, insurance mix, and patient age mix.
  
  Results:
  
  Relative importance scores for stocking vaccines were highest for “cost of purchasing vaccine stock”, “expense of maintaining vaccine inventory”, and “lack of adequate reimbursement for vaccine acquisition and administration”. Most respondents (97%) stocked influenza vaccines, but stocking rates of other vaccines varied from 39% (meningococcal B) to 83% (Tdap) Best-worst scaling results were consistent across respondent subgroups, while the range of vaccine types stocked differed by practice type.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Economic factors associated with the purchase and maintenance of vaccine inventory and inadequate reimbursement for vaccination services were the most important to decision-makers when considering whether to stock or not stock vaccines for adults.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Attitude Of Health Personnel Decision Making Drug Storage Female Focus Groups Humans Male Surveys And Questionnaires United States Vaccines

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• Keywords:
  Barriers Decision-making Implementation Vaccination Vaccine Purchasing Vaccine Stocking
• Source:
  Am J Manag Care. 25(11):e334-e341
• Pubmed ID:
  31747238
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9004468
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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