Bias with respect to socioeconomic status: A closer look at zip code matching in a pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness study

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 587-594

  Link Gelles, Ruth ^a,b   Westreich, Daniel ^b   Aiello, Allison E ^b   Shang, Nong ^b   Weber, David J ^b   Holtzman, Corinne ^c   Scherzinger, Karen ^d   Reingold, Arthur ^e   Schaffner, William ^f   Harrison, Lee H ^g   Rosen, Jennifer B ^h   Petit, Susan ⁱ   Farley, Monica ^j,p   Thomas, Ann ^k   Eason, Jeffrey ^l   Wigen, Christine ^m   Barnes, Meghan ⁿ   Thomas, Ola ^m   Zansky, Shelley ^o   Beall, Bernard ^a   Whitney, Cynthia G ^a   Moore, Matthew R ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

ⁱ CDC   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^l UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^m Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

ⁿ Colorado Emerging Infections Program ^*  (United States)

^o NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^p ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Matched case control; PCV13; Pneumococcal vaccine; Pneumococcus; Socioeconomic status; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983246874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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