Vaccination coverage in children can be estimated from health insurance data

• Main Authors: Tauscher Martin (Author), Varga Rudolf (Author), Redel Rebekka (Author), Kalies Helen (Author), von Kries Rüdiger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The introduction of new vaccines for young children requires instruments for a rapid and timely assessment of the progressively increasing vaccination coverage. We assessed whether routine data generated by statutory health insurance...