Immunization financing: key area for American Academy of Pediatrics advocacy.

After reading these very informative articles, I cannot help but imagine that, if I were a business person charged with organizing a pediatric practice, I would immediately eliminate immunizations from the menu of services offered. However, immunizations are the most effective public health tool ever invented. They are the backbone of preventive pediatrics and the most valuable “carrots” pediatricians have to attract families to their practices. Furthermore, pediatricians chose their profession not from a business perspective but to experience the excitement and gratification of providing comprehensive health services for all children in a pediatric medical home.