Open AccessAssociation Between Vaccine Exemption Policy Change in California and Adverse Event Reporting
Author(s) -
Anne M. Hause,
Elisabeth Hesse,
Carmen S. Ng,
Paige Marquez,
Michael M. McNeil,
Saad B. Omer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002585
Subject(s) - adverse event reporting system , medicine , adverse effect , immunization , mandate , family medicine , environmental health , political science , immunology , law , antigen
California Senate Bill 277 (SB277) eliminated non-medical immunization exemptions. Since its introduction on February 19, 2015, the rate of medical exemptions in the state has increased. Filing a report to Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) may be perceived as helpful in applying for a medical exemption. Our objective was to describe trends in reporting to VAERS from California coincident with introduction of SB277.