Vaccines such as theinfluenzavaccine, or "flu shot," are given mainly to specific groups of people—older adults and others who are at high risk of developing influenza or its complications. Then, there are vaccines that are given to almost everyone, such as the ones that preventdiphtheria, ...
Our aim is to develop a decision support tool that removes from the task of constructing catch-up schedules the tedious combinatorial aspects, while maintaining a level of generality that allows easy accommodation for changes in the existing rules and adding new vaccines to the schedule lineup. ...
guidelines and discretionary considerations when creating a catch-up schedule. A physician or caregiver simply inputs a child's date of birth and previous immunization dates, and selects whether to administer the vaccines as soon as possible or to administer the vaccines when recommended. Then the ...