Influenza Vaccine Shortages and Implications.
Provides overview of 2004-2005 influenza (flu) season vaccine shortages and discusses related supply and demand issues. Discusses role of government and business in producing and distributing vaccines, annual strain selection and vaccine production, opportunities to streamline vaccine production, le...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Provides overview of 2004-2005 influenza (flu) season vaccine shortages and discusses related supply and demand issues. Discusses role of government and business in producing and distributing vaccines, annual strain selection and vaccine production, opportunities to streamline vaccine production, legal and policy issues, including Government responsibility for vaccines, determining annual flu vaccine production, vaccine distribution and rationing, and price gouging, economic issues, including economic risk, injury liability, and vaccine pricing, and implications of potential pandemic flu outbreak for U.S. public health system capabilities. Also covers Congressional actions in the 108th Congress, and provides information resources. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |