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Vaccine-Preventable, Hospitalizations among American Indian/Alaska Native Children Using the 2012 Kid's Inpatient Database

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Description
Explores health disparities in American Indian (AI) children related to vaccine-preventable infectious disease (VP-ID) hospitalizations. Utilizes the Kid's Inpatient Database (KID) to examine 12,732 VP-ID hospitalizations in 2012. Includes demographic breakdowns of hospitalized patients according to age, sex, household income, geographic location, and metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan location.
Author(s)
Amanda J. Nickel, Susan E. Puumala, Anupam B. Kharbanda
Citation
Vaccine, 36(7), 945-948
Date
02/2018
Tagged as
Children and youth · Health disparities · Infectious diseases · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Vaccination