Patterns of rotavirus vaccine uptake and use in privately-insured US infants, 2006-2010.

ABSTRACT: Rotavirus vaccines are highly effective at preventing gastroenteritis in young children and are now universally recommended for infants in the US. We studied patterns of use of rotavirus vaccines among US infants with commercial insurance. We identified a large cohort of infants in the MarketScan Research Databases, 2006-2010. The analysis was restricted to infants residing in states without state-funded rotavirus vaccination programs. We computed summary statistics and used multivariable regression to assess the association between patient-, provider-, and ecologic-level variables of rotavirus vaccine receipt and series completion. Approximately 69% of 594,117 eligible infants received at least one dose of rotavirus vaccine from 2006-2010. Most infants received the rotavirus vaccines at t

SUBMITTER: Panozzo CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3774785 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature