The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA
The Vaccine Safety Datalink is a collaborative project involving the National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several large health maintenance organizations in the USA. The project began in 1990 with the primary purpose of rigorously evaluating concerns abo...
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| author | R.T. Chen F. DeStefano R.L. Davis L.A. Jackson R.S. Thompson J.P. Mullooly S.B. Black H.R. Shinefield C.M. Vadheim J.I. Ward S.M. Marcy |
| author_facet | R.T. Chen F. DeStefano R.L. Davis L.A. Jackson R.S. Thompson J.P. Mullooly S.B. Black H.R. Shinefield C.M. Vadheim J.I. Ward S.M. Marcy |
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| description | The Vaccine Safety Datalink is a collaborative project involving the National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several large health maintenance organizations in the USA. The project began in 1990 with the primary purpose of rigorously evaluating concerns about the safety of vaccines. Computerized data on vaccination, medical outcome (e.g. outpatient visits, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and deaths) and covariates (e.g. birth certificates, census data) are prospectively collected and linked under joint protocol at multiple health maintenance organizations for analysis. Approximately 6 million persons (2% of the population of the USA) are now members of health maintenance organizations participating in the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has proved to be a valuable resource providing important information on a number of vaccine safety issues. The databases and infrastructure created for the Vaccine Safety Datalink have also provided opportunities to address vaccination coverage, cost-effectiveness and other matters connected with immunization as well as matters outside this field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d6e6de40c5f4c6388df4e9e7bc342d22024-03-02T00:10:04ZengThe World Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization0042-968678218619410.1590/S0042-96862000000200006S0042-96862000000200006The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USAR.T. Chen0F. DeStefano1R.L. Davis2L.A. Jackson3R.S. Thompson4J.P. Mullooly5S.B. Black6H.R. Shinefield7C.M. Vadheim8J.I. Ward9S.M. Marcy10Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionGroup Health Cooperative of Puget SoundGroup Health Cooperative of Puget SoundGroup Health Cooperative of Puget SoundNorthwest Kaiser PermanenteNorthern California Kaiser PermanenteNorthern California Kaiser PermanenteHarbor-UCLA Medical CenterHarbor-UCLA Medical CenterSouthern California Kaiser PermanenteThe Vaccine Safety Datalink is a collaborative project involving the National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several large health maintenance organizations in the USA. The project began in 1990 with the primary purpose of rigorously evaluating concerns about the safety of vaccines. Computerized data on vaccination, medical outcome (e.g. outpatient visits, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and deaths) and covariates (e.g. birth certificates, census data) are prospectively collected and linked under joint protocol at multiple health maintenance organizations for analysis. Approximately 6 million persons (2% of the population of the USA) are now members of health maintenance organizations participating in the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which has proved to be a valuable resource providing important information on a number of vaccine safety issues. The databases and infrastructure created for the Vaccine Safety Datalink have also provided opportunities to address vaccination coverage, cost-effectiveness and other matters connected with immunization as well as matters outside this field.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000200006&lng=en&tlng=enadverse drug reaction reporting systemshealth maintenance organizationsvaccines, combined, adverse effectsviral vaccines, adverse effectsUnited States |
| spellingShingle | R.T. Chen F. DeStefano R.L. Davis L.A. Jackson R.S. Thompson J.P. Mullooly S.B. Black H.R. Shinefield C.M. Vadheim J.I. Ward S.M. Marcy The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA Bulletin of the World Health Organization adverse drug reaction reporting systems health maintenance organizations vaccines, combined, adverse effects viral vaccines, adverse effects United States |
| title | The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA |
| title_full | The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA |
| title_fullStr | The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA |
| title_short | The Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the USA |
| title_sort | vaccine safety datalink immunization research in health maintenance organizations in the usa |
| topic | adverse drug reaction reporting systems health maintenance organizations vaccines, combined, adverse effects viral vaccines, adverse effects United States |
| url | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000200006&lng=en&tlng=en |
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