Here’s another example of how the health care system devalues prevention.
More than 10 percent of pediatric practices failed to provide the full complement of vaccines, mainly because of poor reimbursement. Another factor is the recommended inclusion of newer, expensive vaccines like those protecting against human papillomavirus and meningococcus.
21 percent of family practices has seriously considered to stop providing vaccines altogether. This would impact rural areas the most, since children there rely on family practices for their medical care.
Ensuring appropriate childhood vaccination rates is critical from a public health standpoint. It’s a shame that doing so has to be at the expense of a practice’s financial bottom-line.
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