Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among individuals with systemic inflammatory diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is safe and efficacious in patients with systemic inflammatory diseases (SID) who have higher rates of persistent HPV infection. We compared HPV vaccine uptake among SID and non-SID patients.

Methods

Using a U.S. insurance claims database (2006-2012), we identified individuals 9-26 years with ≥2 SID diagnosis codes ≥7 days apart with ≥12 months of continuous enrollment prior to the second code (index date). We matched SID patients by age, sex and index date to randomly selected non-SID subjects and selected those with ≥24 months of post-index date continuous follow-up. We also identified a non-SID subcohort with ≥1 diagnosis code for asthma. We defined initiation as ≥1 HPV vaccination claim after 2007, and completion as 3 cla

SUBMITTER: Feldman CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4334247 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature