Vaccine uptake determinants in The Netherlands

Background: Combining existing data on background characteristics with data from immunization registers might give insight into determinants of vaccine uptake, which can help to improve communication strategies and invitation policy of National Immunisation Programmes. Methods: The study population consisted of children born in 2005 as registered in the Dutch national immunization register Præventis. A hierarchical logistic regression model was used to quantify associations between individual vaccination status and proxy variables for ethnic background (individual level), socio-economic status... Mehr ...