<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0007_s_422_w2aab3b8c21b1b7b1aab1c15b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>Socio-economic inequalities may have an impact on the uptake of selfpaid vaccines. The aim of the study was to identify the effect of some socio economic determinants on vaccination rates with self-paid human papilloma virus (HPV) and rotavirus (RV) vaccines.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0007_s_424_w2aab3b8c21b1b7b1aab1c15b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>Vaccination coverage data, available in electronic database cepljenje.net (administered by the National Institute of Public Health), were collected at administrative unit level. The socio-economic determinants (the average gross pay in euros, the unemployment rate, the educational and households structure, the population density, the number of inhabitants, the number of children aged from 0 to 4, the number of women aged from 15 to 30) were extracted from Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia web page. The strength of the correlation between socioeconomic variables and self-paid HPV and RV vaccination rates was determined.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0007_s_425_w2aab3b8c21b1b7b1aab1c15b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Rotavirus vaccination rates show a slight negative correlation with the number of residents per administrative unit (ρ=-0.29, p=0.04), and no correlation with other socio-economic variables. Likewise, no correlation has been found between HPV vaccination rates and the selected socio-economic variables.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2016-0007_s_427_w2aab3b8c21b1b7b1aab1c15b4Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Ecological study did not reveal any correlations between socio economic variables and vaccination rates with RV and HPV self-paid vaccines on administrative unit level.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundSocio-economic inequalities may have an impact on the uptake of selfpaid vaccines. The aim of the study was to identify the effect of some socio economic determinants on vaccination rates with self-paid human papilloma virus (HPV) and rotavirus (RV) vaccines.MethodsVaccination coverage data, available in electronic database cepljenje.net (administered by the National Institute of Public Health), were collected at administrative unit level. The socio-economic determinants (the average gross pay in euros, the unemployment rate, the educational and households structure, the population density, the number of inhabitants, the number of children aged from 0 to 4, the number of women aged from 15 to 30) were extracted from Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia web page. The strength of the correlation between socioeconomic variables and self-paid HPV and RV vaccination rates was determined.ResultsRotavirus vaccination rates show a slight negative correlation with the number of residents per administrative unit (ρ=-0.29, p=0.04), and no correlation with other socio-economic variables. Likewise, no correlation has been found between HPV vaccination rates and the selected socio-economic variables.ConclusionEcological study did not reveal any correlations between socio economic variables and vaccination rates with RV and HPV self-paid vaccines on administrative unit level.

The Impact of Socio-Economic Determinants on the Vaccination Rates with Rotavirus and Human Papiloma Virus Vaccine

University Medical Center Ljubljana, Division of Internal Medicine, Zaloška cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana,

National Institute of Public Health, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana,

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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VPLIV SOCIALNO-EKONOMSKIH DETERMINANT NA PRECEPLJENOST S CEPIVOM PROTI ROTAVIRUSNIM OKUŽBAM IN OKUŽBAM S ČLOVEŠKIM PAPILOMA VIRUSOM

BackgroundSocio-economic inequalities may have an impact on the uptake of selfpaid vaccines. The aim of the study was to identify the effect of some socio...

The Impact of Socio-Economic Determinants on the Vaccination Rates with Rotavirus and Human Papiloma Virus Vaccine

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Mar 10, 2016

Page range: 43 - 52

Received: Mar 16, 2015

Accepted: Sep 21, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0007

Keywords
socio-economic determinants, vaccination rates, human papilloma virus, rotavirus

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Impact of Socio-Economic Determinants on the Vaccination Rates with Rotavirus and Human Papiloma Virus Vaccine

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Mar 10, 2016

Page range: 43 - 52

Received: Mar 16, 2015

Accepted: Sep 21, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0007

Keywordssocio-economic determinants, vaccination rates, human papilloma virus, rotavirus

© National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
socio-economic determinants, vaccination rates, human papilloma virus, rotavirus