Citation:
Kabir A, Newall AT, Randall D, .....Fathima P, Liu B, Moore H, et al. Estimating pneumococcal vaccine coverage among Australian Indigenous children and children with medically at-risk conditions using record linkage. Vaccine. 2021.
Keywords:
Coverage; Data linkage; Indigenous; Medically at-risk conditions; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Abstract:
Risk-based recommendations are common for pneumococcal vaccines but little is known about their uptake. In Australia, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was funded only for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) children and those with underlying medical conditions in 2001, and then there were different booster dose recommendations depending on risk after the introduction of universal PCV vaccination in 2005.
Estimating pneumococcal vaccine coverage among Australian Indigenous children and children with medically at-risk conditions using record linkage
Risk-based recommendations are common for pneumococcal vaccines but little is known about their uptake. In Australia, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was funded only for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) children and those with underlying medical conditions in 2001, and then there were different booster dose recommendations depending on risk after the introduction of universal PCV vaccination in 2005.