HPV vaccine initiation at 9 or 10 years of age and better series completion by age 13 among privately and publicly insured children in the US

• Main Authors: Kunal Saxena (Author), Niranjan Kathe (Author), Poorva Sardana (Author), Lixia Yao (Author), Ya-Ting Chen (Author), Noel T. Brewer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice recommends routine human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination at 11-12 years of age, but states that vaccination may be initiated as early as 9 years. Our primary goal was to assess whether initiating HPV vaccination at 9-10 years of age, compared to 11...