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The European Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn109
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

The influence of public or private paediatric health care on vaccination coverages in children in Catalonia (Spain)

E. Borràs1,2, A. Domínguez1,3, M. Oviedo1,2, J. Batalla1,2 and L. Salleras1,3

1 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
2 Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health, Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
3 Department of Public Health, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Correspondence: Dr Eva Borràs, Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health, Generalitat of Catalonia, c/ Roc Boronat, 81-95, 08005 Barcelona, Spain, tel: 0034 93 551 39 00, fax: 0034 93 551 7514, e-mail: eva.borras{at}gencat.cat

Received May 26, 2008 , accepted October 10, 2008

Background: Maintaining high vaccination coverages is necessary in order to control vaccine-preventable diseases. We studied vaccination coverages in a representative sample of 630 children aged <3 years in Catalonia in order to determine the relationship between vaccination coverages and socioeconomic factors. Methods: Sampling was carried out in a representative sample of the health regions in Catalonia stratified according to habitat. A sample of 630 parents of children aged <3 years born in October 2001 were interviewed by telephone. Information collected included sociodemographic data, type of health care provider (public or private) and information on vaccination coverage for the basic plus booster immunization series (BBI) which consisted of: four DTP, four OPV, one MMR and the doses of Hib and MenC necessary according to age of administration of the first dose. Results: A total of 87.62% of the children were vaccinated with the BBI series, and no statistically significant differences in coverage between public (87.93%) and private (88.30%) paediatric providers, or between social classes (high: 87.58%, low: 88.81%) were found. Vaccination coverage was associated with attending a day-care centre (OR: 1.89; 95% CI: 1.12–3.21) and maternal university education (OR: 1.84; 95% CI: 1.01–3.33). Conclusion: Vaccination coverages are high and are similar between types of provider, probably due to preventive policies which have made a concerted effort to ensure universal vaccination.

Keywords: children, health care, vaccination coverage


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