Monitoring vaccination coverage: Defining the role of surveys

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 4103-4109

  Cutts, Felicity T ^a   Claquin, Pierre ^b   Danovaro Holliday, M Carolina ^b   Rhoda, Dale A ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Biostat Global Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage; Health facility surveys; Program monitoring; Surveys; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; TIME; VACCINATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELECTION BIAS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84977553719     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.053     Document Type: Review

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