Relationship between public subsidies and vaccination rates with the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons, including the influence of the free vaccination campaign after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Naito, Toshio; Matsuda, Naoto; Tanei, Mika; Watanabe, Yukiko; Watanabe, Akira

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2014.03.004

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“…The Japanese Respiratory Society recommends vaccination with pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons aged 65 years. However, the estimated vaccination rate was only 20.9% in persons aged 65 in Japan [1]. This rate is low compared to 61.3% reported in a patient survey conducted by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010 [2].…”

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confidence: 77%

Impact of the national routine vaccination program on 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine vaccination rates in elderly persons in Japan

Naito

Yokokawa

Watanabe

2018

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

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Low vaccination rates with pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons in Japan are thought to be related to low levels of public subsidy. We previously reported that larger subsidies were significantly associated with elevated vaccination rates with the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PPV23) in elderly persons. Since 2014, the Japanese government has offered subsidies through a 5-year national routine vaccination program for elderly persons at 5-year age intervals. Here, we investigated the effect of the national routine vaccination program on PPV23 vaccination rates. PPV23 vaccination rates were calculated as follows: cumulative amount shipped to each municipality divided by the population aged ≥65 years. At the end of 2015, 2 years into the 5-year national immunization program, the estimated vaccination rate was 40.6%, which was significantly increased compared with former periods (p = 0.01). Our findings show that the national routine vaccination program plays an important role in increasing the vaccination rate of PPV23 in Japan.

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Section: Brief Reportmentioning

confidence: 77%

Impact of the national routine vaccination program on 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine vaccination rates in elderly persons in Japan

Naito

Yokokawa

Watanabe

2018

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

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“…Low vaccination rates with pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons in Japan are thought to be related to low levels of public subsidies. We previously reported that larger subsidies were significantly associated with increased vaccination rates with PPSV23 in elderly persons 1) . Since 2014, the Japanese government has offered subsidies through a 5-year national routine vaccination program for elderly persons at 5-year age intervals.…”

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“…The Japanese Respiratory Society recommends vaccination with pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons aged ≥65 years. However, the estimated vaccination rate was reported to be only 25.4% in persons aged ≥65 years in Japan 1) . This rate is low compared to the 61.3% reported in a patient survey conducted by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010 2) .…”

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Impact of the Introduction of a Vaccination Status Checkbox in Electronic Medical Records on Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates

Fukushima

Suzuki

Abe

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Juntendo Medical Journal

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It has been reported that vaccination rates with pneumococcal vaccine are low in elderly persons in Japan. The primary aim of this study was to examine whether introduction of a vaccination status checkbox in electronic medical records increased the vaccination rates. Materials and Methods: Subjects were inpatients and outpatients of the Department of General Medicine at Juntendo University Hospital between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2018. The vaccination rates of individuals ≥65 years old were calculated based on a checkbox in the electronic medical records. Results: A total of 30,580 people ≥65 years of age were evaluated. The vaccination rate (19.5%) for individuals ≥65 years old after introducing a regular vaccination schedule was significantly higher than the vaccination rate (8.4%) before introducing the schedule (p < 0.01). Conclusions: With the introduction of a regular vaccination schedule for the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination targeting elderly individuals since October 2014 in Japan, the vaccination rate was shown to be improved by the introduction of a checkbox to indicate a patientʼs vaccination status in the electronic medical records. Vaccination rates with pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons might be a good quality indicator for primary care physicians.

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“…PCV7 was then incorporated into the routine immunization schedule for children in April 2013, and it was replaced by PCV13 in November 2013. However, the estimated proportion of PPV23-vaccinated elderly was as low as 25 by 2013 (12). Thereafter, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare initiated a routine vaccination program using PPV23 for adults aged 65 years in October 2014.…”

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Serotype Replacement in Adult Pneumococcal Pneumonia after the Introduction of Seven-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines for Children in Japan: a Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Data Analysis

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Relationship between public subsidies and vaccination rates with the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in elderly persons, including the influence of the free vaccination campaign after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Cited by 25 publications

References 7 publications

Impact of the national routine vaccination program on 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine vaccination rates in elderly persons in Japan

Impact of the national routine vaccination program on 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine vaccination rates in elderly persons in Japan

Impact of the Introduction of a Vaccination Status Checkbox in Electronic Medical Records on Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates

Serotype Replacement in Adult Pneumococcal Pneumonia after the Introduction of Seven-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines for Children in Japan: a Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Data Analysis

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