Exempting Schoolchildren From Immunizations: States With Few Barriers Had Highest Rates Of Nonmedical Exemptions
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Exempting schoolchildren from immunizations: states with few barriers had highest rates of nonmedical exemptions.
Rates of nonmedical exemptions from school immunizations are increasing and have been associated with resurfacing clusters of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles. Historically, state-level school immunization policies successfully suppressed such diseases. We examined state immunization exemption regulations across the United States. We assessed procedures for exempting schoolchildren...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Affairs
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0278-2715,1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0239