Evaluating the impact of the vaccination prescription program on herpes zoster vaccine coverage in Ningbo, China: An interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT: As the population ages, herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia, which are associated with a substantial disease burden, are expected to increase. Ningbo began to implement the Vaccination Prescription Program for community individuals in April 2022. The anonymized HZ vaccination records of individuals aged above 50 during 2020-2023 were extracted from the Ningbo Immunization Information Management System. We applied interrupted time series analyses controlling for long-term trends and seasonality to assess the effects of the program on HZ vaccination coverage. Effect modification from demographic characteristics was investigated. Totally 18,133 doses of the HZ vaccine were administered. The cumulative coverage increased from 0.16‰ to 2.97‰, and the full series cumulative coverage fr

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11901373 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature