Measuring the performance of vaccination programs using cross-sectional surveys: a likelihood framework and retrospective analysis.
BACKGROUND: The performance of routine and supplemental immunization activities is usually measured by the administrative method: dividing the number of doses distributed by the size of the target population. This method leads to coverage estimates that are sometimes impossible (e.g., vaccination o...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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