Investigating adverse events following immunisation with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine using electronic General Practice data
Highlights • 23vPPV booster recommendations were changed in 2011 following an increase in AEFI reports. • A post-hoc analysis of electronic data from 250 General Practices was conducted to verify the signal. • It was 10-15 times more sensitive than passive reporting, enough to detect a 3-fold increa...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Vaccine 2017-03, Vol.35 (11), p.1524-1529 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • 23vPPV booster recommendations were changed in 2011 following an increase in AEFI reports. • A post-hoc analysis of electronic data from 250 General Practices was conducted to verify the signal. • It was 10-15 times more sensitive than passive reporting, enough to detect a 3-fold increase. • The original apparent signal appears to have been an artefact. • This data source has substantial potential, but would need to be larger and available in real time. |
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ISSN: | 0264-410X 1873-2518 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.063 |