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Research from H. Kalies and co-authors provides new data about health insurance
April 16th, 2008
New research, 'Vaccination coverage in children can be estimated from health insurance data,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Munich, Germany, "The introduction of new vaccines for young children requires instruments for a rapid and timely assessment of the progressively increasing vaccination coverage. We assessed whether routine data generated by statutory health insurances (SHI) might be used to monitor vaccination coverage in young children." "For 90% of the population Germany's healthcare system is premium-funded through SHI. Specific medical codes on childhood vaccination are used for billing. These were used to analyse vaccine uptake up to...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-04-16)
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