Open AccessGeneral Practitioner Attendance in Proximity to HPV Vaccination: A Nationwide, Register-Based, Matched Case–Control Study
Author(s) -
Tina Hovgaard Lützen,
Charlotte Ulrikka Rask,
Oleguer PlanaRipoll,
Bodil Hammer Bech,
Lene Wulff Krogsgaard,
Nanna Rolving,
Dorte Rytter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s253429
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , attendance , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , referral , adverse effect , demography , rate ratio , population , immunology , family medicine , environmental health , physics , sociology , economics , optics , economic growth
This study aimed to describe and compare general practitioner (GP) attendance patterns in the years surrounding HPV-vaccination among cases suspected to experience adverse events and their matched controls in order to determine if a potential larger change in GP attendance among cases was observed in temporal relation to vaccination.