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Vaccination

Seasonal vs pandemic flu vaccine coverage

Vaux S, Van Cauteren D, Guthmann JP, et al. · BMC public health · 2011

Open access · cc by · source: Europe PMC

In France, seasonal influenza coverage stayed near 21% while pandemic H1N1 coverage was only about 11%.

Study at a glance

Design
Cross-sectional — Retrospective telephone survey of French mainland population on seasonal and pandemic vaccine uptake
N
N=10091 · 10,130 randomly selected; 10,091 included; 8,905/15,983 households responded (55.7%)
Population
Random sample of mainland France population
Outcome
Seasonal and 2009 pandemic influenza vaccination coverage

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Key findings

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.

Methodology

A retrospective cross-sectional telephone survey estimated influenza vaccination coverage for seasonal seasons and the 2009 pandemic vaccine, and examined uptake determinants.

Limitations

Self-reported vaccination and incomplete household response can bias estimates. Cross-sectional correlates are not causal.

How this study connects

Role on claims

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  • SupportsVaccinationconcept

    Multiple studies in this library examine vaccination with empirical patient or population outcomes rather than opinion alone.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • SupportsVaccinationconcept

    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.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • SupportsVaccinationconcept

    Effect sizes and settings differ across vaccination studies — digital vs clinic, trial vs observational — so results should not be pooled casually.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • A retrospective telephone survey estimated seasonal influenza coverage at about 20.6–20.8% overall and about 55% among at-risk people, versus 11.1% overall for the 2009 pandemic vaccine. Older adults had high seasonal but low pandemic uptake. Self-report and incomplete household response can bias those percentages; cross-sectional correlates of uptake are not causal.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

  • Hypothetical acceptance, reported coverage, administrative utilisation and CRT endline surveys are four different measurement jobs. Libya's 79.6% at ≥90% efficacy is a stated intention under a scenario. Seasonal flu coverage of ~21% and pandemic coverage of 11.1% are recalled past behaviour. Telemedicine's jump from 1.4% to 28.1% is billing data. SASA!'s ~50% IPV contrast is a randomised community comparison that used surveys. Averaging those percentages as 'survey findings on uptake' erases the disagreements.

    Evidence for the claim as stated.

Open questions

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