Vaccination Policies and Rates of Exemption from Immunization, 2005–2011
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jennifer L. Richards; Saad B. Omer; Michelle Ward; Robert A. Bednarczyk
- Source
- N Engl J Med
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Health Policy
MEDLINE
General Medicine
United States
Article
humanities
Vaccination
Immunization
Family medicine
medicine
Humans
business
health care economics and organizations
Health policy
- Language
- ISSN
- 1533-4406
0028-4793
CDC data for 2005–2011 show an increase in the rate at which children are exempted from school immunization requirements. Rates of nonmedical exemption were higher in states where grounds for exemption are broader and required administrative procedures are less difficult.