Cost appraisal and management of a mass immunisation programme in Jamaica — Report of a study carried out in the rural Parish of St Ann during 1983
D. Baxter
(Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, University of Manchester, Medical School, Manchester MI3 9PT)
M.S. Patel
(Health Economist, Institut Universitaire de Medicine Sociale et Preventive, Lausanne, Switzerland)
R. Killian
(Peace Corps Volunteer with the Ministry of Health, Jamaica)
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Abstract
During 1983, an extended (or outreach) immunisation programme was carried out in rural Jamaica. The resources used were recorded, and accurate costings for the programme calculated. The results demonstrated significant economies of scale, ie as numbers increased between the different phases of the programme, cost per unit immunisation decreased.
Citation
Baxter, D., Patel, M.S. and Killian, R. (1986), "Cost appraisal and management of a mass immunisation programme in Jamaica — Report of a study carried out in the rural Parish of St Ann during 1983", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060443
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1986, MCB UP Limited