Use of Fees to Discourage Nonmedical Exemptions to School Immunization Laws in US States
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Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States have renewed public discourse about state vaccine mandates for children entering schools. With acknowledgment of the challenge of eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions in most states, some have proposed instead to impose additional administrative burdens for parents seeking such exemptions. We review the use of taxes, fines, and fees as financial disincentives in public health. We argue that adding processing fees to a comprehensive set of administrative requirements for obtaining exemptions will avoid the use of taxpayer funding for exemption processing and will help tilt the balance of convenience in favor of vaccination
Balance (ability) · Business · Environmental health · Immunization · Political science · Public health · State (computer science) · Taxpayer · Vaccination · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |