Zoster vaccination inequalities: A population based cohort study using linked data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify inequalities in zoster vaccine uptake by determining its association with socio-demographic factors: age, gender, ethnicity, immigration status, deprivation (at Lower-layer Super Output Area-level), care home residence and living arrangements.

Method

This population-based cohort study utilised anonymised primary care electronic health records from England (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) linked to deprivation and hospitalisation data. Data from 35,333 individuals from 277 general practices in England and eligible for zoster vaccination during the two-year period (2013-2015) after vaccine introduction were analysed. Logistic regression was used to obtain adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for the association of socio-demographic factors with zoster vaccine

SUBMITTER: Jain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237346 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature