Inequalities in childhood vaccination timing and completion in London.

Authors: Tiley KS, White JM, Andrews N, Ramsay M, Edelstein M Abstract The UK primary vaccination course includes vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP/IPV/Hib) and is scheduled at ages four, 8 and 12 weeks, followed by a 'preschool booster' at age three years four months. Vaccine coverage is generally measured at age one, two and five years. In addition to high coverage, vaccination should be timely to maximise population protection. Vaccination histories for 315,381 children born March 2001 to April 2010 were extracted from Child Health Information Systems in nine London health service areas and grouped into first and fifth birthday cohorts. We assessed timeliness of receipt of DTaP/IPV/Hib and drop-out rates by ethnic...

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