Seasonal vs pandemic flu vaccine coverage
In France, seasonal influenza coverage stayed near 21% while pandemic H1N1 coverage was only about 11%.
Source
Influenza vaccination coverage against seasonal and pandemic influenza and their determinants in France: a cross-sectional survey
What they did
A retrospective cross-sectional telephone survey estimated influenza vaccination coverage for seasonal seasons and the 2009 pandemic vaccine, and examined uptake determinants.
What they found
Seasonal coverage was about 20.6–20.8% overall and about 55% among at-risk people. Pandemic coverage was 11.1% overall; older adults had high seasonal but low pandemic uptake.
The limits
What it doesn't show
Self-reported vaccination and incomplete household response can bias estimates. Cross-sectional correlates are not causal.
Key terms
- IVC
- Influenza vaccination coverage.
- Pandemic vaccine
- Vaccine targeting 2009 A(H1N1).
- At-risk individuals
- People with age or comorbidity indications.
- Cross-sectional survey
- One-time population sample of coverage.
- HCW
- Health-care workers.
- Response rate
- Share of eligible households that participated.
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Pandemic IVC overall ~:
Common questions
Seasonal overall coverage?
About 21%.
Pandemic coverage?
About 11.1%.
At-risk seasonal coverage?
About 55%.
Household response?
55.7%.
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