Bias with respect to socioeconomic status: A closer look at zip code matching in a pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness study

• Main Authors: Ruth Link-Gelles (Author), Daniel Westreich (Author), Allison E. Aiello (Author), Nong Shang (Author), David J. Weber (Author), Corinne Holtzman (Author), Karen Scherzinger (Author), Arthur Reingold (Author), William Schaffner (Author), Lee H. Harrison (Author), Jennifer B. Rosen (Author), Susan Petit (Author), Monica Farley (Author), Ann Thomas (Author), Jeffrey Eason (Author), Christine Wigen (Author), Meghan Barnes (Author), Ola Thomas (Author), Shelley Zansky (Author), Bernard Beall (Author), Cynthia G. Whitney (Author), Matthew R. Moore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In 2010, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) was introduced in the US for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in children. Individual-level socioeconomic status (SES) is a potential confounder of the estimated effectiveness of PCV13 and is often controlled for in observational s...