Vaccination Timeliness Among US Children Aged 0-19 Months, National Immunization Survey-Child 2011-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Delays in receiving vaccinations lead to greater vaccine-preventable disease risk. Timeliness of receipt of recommended vaccinations is not routinely tracked in the US, either overall or for populations that have known barriers to accessing routine health care, including lower-income families and children.

Objective

To measure vaccination timeliness among US children aged 0 to 19 months, overall and by socioeconomic indicators.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial, cross-sectional study analyzed nationally representative data from the 2011 to 2021 National Immunization Survey-Child (NIS-Child), an annual survey of parents, with immunization histories collected from clinicians administering vaccines. The 2020 and 2021 surveys largely reflected vacci

SUBMITTER: Newcomer SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015353 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature