Relationship between influenza-related experience and current vaccination outcome | BMC Public Health

Data

Data in this study came from the ten panels (panel 11 to panel 20 from 2006 to 2016) of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The U.S. Public Health Service conducts MEPS through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and CDC. On average, there are close to 20,000 observations in each panel. Observations were restricted to adults aged 18 and above because only this population group was asked the flu vaccination question.

Each panel interviewed the same household and noninstitutionalized individuals five times over two-and-a-half years. For example, the first round of interviews in the 2010 panel was conducted in January 2010. Individuals were interviewed the second time between February and August 2010. The third round of interviews was carried out between August and December 2010. The fourth…

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