Varicella-related hospitalization and emergency department visit rates, before and after introduction of varicella vaccine, among white and black children in Hamilton County, Ohio

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Staat, Mary Allen ^a   Meinzen Derr, Jareen ^a   Welch, Timothy ^b   Roberts, Nancy E ^a   Jamison, Linda ^a   Gerber, Michael A ^a   Morrow, Ardythe L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial disparity; Vaccine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CHICKENPOX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; LENGTH OF STAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OHIO; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646849856     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2412     Document Type: Article

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