Cancelled routine vaccination appointments due to COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Cancellations Covid-19 Germany Healthcare system Pandemic Routine vaccination

Journal

Vaccine: X
ISSN: 2590-1362
Titre abrégé: Vaccine X
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101748769

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Historique:
received: 25 09 2020
revised: 24 03 2021
accepted: 29 03 2021
pubmed: 7 4 2021
medline: 7 4 2021
entrez: 6 4 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Pandemic measures to mitigate the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany led to cancellations of routine vaccination appointments for both adults and children. Survey data indicate that, with easing pandemic restrictions, many cancelled appointments were rescheduled or caught up. Nevertheless, 40% of cancelled appointments were still not rescheduled and were primarily cancelled by patients. Therefore, doctors should regularly remind patients of vaccinations and use every visit to improve their vaccination statuses.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33821245
doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100094
pii: S2590-1362(21)00011-5
pmc: PMC8012162
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

100094

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Auteurs

Nora Katharina Schmid-Küpke (NK)

Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunization Unit, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

Dorothea Matysiak-Klose (D)

Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunization Unit, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

Anette Siedler (A)

Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunization Unit, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

Lisa Felgendreff (L)

Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt, Nordhäuser Straße 63, 99089 Erfurt, Germany.
Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Erfurt, Nordhäuser Straße 63, 99089 Erfurt, Germany.

Lothar Wieler (L)

Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

Heidrun M Thaiss (HM)

Federal Center for Health Education, Cologne, Germany.

Cornelia Betsch (C)

Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt, Nordhäuser Straße 63, 99089 Erfurt, Germany.
Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Erfurt, Nordhäuser Straße 63, 99089 Erfurt, Germany.

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