Current issues in immunisation (National immunisation coverage - interpreting the first three quarterly reports from the ACIR)

Authors

  • Peter B McIntyre National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS) Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, PO Box 3515, Parramatta, New South Wales 2124; University of Sydney.
  • Timothy C Heath National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS) Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, PO Box 3515, Parramatta, New South Wales 2124; University of Sydney.
  • Edward D O'Brien National Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health and Family Services, Australian Capital Territory
  • Brynley P Hull Family Medicine Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital Westmead, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.24

Keywords:

immunisation coverage, Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, childhood immunisation

Abstract

An occasional report series from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS). The report compares the methods used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Registers to obtain immunisation coverage data, and outlines some of the limitations of the data.

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Published

11/06/98

How to Cite

McIntyre, Peter B, Timothy C Heath, Edward D O'Brien, and Brynley P Hull. 1998. “Current Issues in Immunisation (National Immunisation Coverage - Interpreting the First Three Quarterly Reports from the ACIR)”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 22 (June):111-12. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.24.

Issue

Vol. 22 (1998)

Section

Surveillance summary

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