The Dutch influenza vaccination policy and medication use, outpatient visits, hospitalization and mortality at age 65.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our objective was to obtain estimates of the impact of the Dutch vaccination programme on medication use, outpatient visits, hospitalization and mortality at age 65.

Methods

We linked population-wide mortality, hospitalization and municipality registries to identify influenza-related deaths and hospitalizations, and used health interview surveys to identify medication use and outpatient visits during 1996-2008. We applied a regression discontinuity design to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of the personal invitation for a free influenza vaccination sent to every Dutch inhabitant at age 65 years on each of the outcomes, separately in influenza-epidemic and non-epidemic months.

Results

Invitation receipt for free influenza vaccination at age 65 led to

SUBMITTER: Van Ourti T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7183360 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature