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LISA A. COVE, RN, NP; LANCE E. RODEWALD, MD; SHARON G. HUMISTON, MD, MPH
Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Pediatrics Division of Emergency Medicine

RICHARD F. RAUBERTAS, PHD
Department of Biostatistics

CYNTHIA B. DOANE, MSPH; PETER G. SZILAGYI, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics University of Rochester 601 N Elmwood Ave Rochester, NY 14642

Am J Dis Child. 1993;147(1):16-17.

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Sir.—Despite the known value of vaccinations, the national goal of achieving a 90% vaccination rate among 2-year-old children by 1990 was not met.¹ This suggests the need to develop new strategies to vaccinate preschool children. At high risk for undervaccination are the impoverished, the uninsured, and toddlers.² Many of these children receive care in an emergency department (ED) at some time during the "vaccination window" of their lives.³ In fact, children seen in the ED are more likely to be undervaccinated than their age-matched peers from the same primary-care practice.⁴

Tifft and Lederman⁵ conducted a study in Baltimore, Md, on the documentation of vaccination status of hospitalized preschool-aged patients. The admitting physician documented parental report of vaccination status as being "up-to-date" in 36 (35%) of the 102 charts reviewed, specific age-appropriate vaccine documentation was available in 30 (29%), a deficiency was documented in 19 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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