Private provider participation in statewide immunization registries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-based registries have been promoted as an effective method to improve childhood immunization rates, yet rates of registry participation in the private sector are low. We sought to describe, through a national overview, the perspectives of childhood immunization providers in private practice regarding factors associated with participation or non-participation in immunization registries.

Methods

Two mailed surveys, one for 264 private practices identified as registry non-participants and the other for 971 identified as registry participants, from 15 of the 31 states with population-based statewide immunization registries. Frequency distributions were calculated separately for non-participants and participants regarding the physician-reported factors that

SUBMITTER: Clark SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1382205 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature