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Vaccination coverage and use of the Brazilian Health System for vaccination against influenza and pneumonia in adults and elderly with self-reported d

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Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2018;27(2):e2017272. doi: 10.5123/s1679-49742018000200006. Epub 2018 May 7.
[h=1]Vaccination coverage and use of the Brazilian Health System for vaccination against influenza and pneumonia in adults and elderly with self-reported diabetes, municipality of S?o Paulo, 2003, 2008 and 2015.[/h] [Article in English, Portuguese]
Monteiro CN[SUP]1[/SUP], Gianini RJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Stopa SR[SUP]3[/SUP], Segri NJ[SUP]4[/SUP], Barros MBA[SUP]5[/SUP], Cesar CLG[SUP]3[/SUP], Goldbaum M[SUP]2[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] to estimate the vaccination coverage against influenza and pneumonia and to analyze the utilization of Brazilian National Health System-SUS for vaccination in adults and elderly with self-reported diabetes in S?o Paulo, Brazil, in 2003, 2008 and 2015.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Cross-sectional studies with data from the ISA-Capital (population-based household surveys).
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] 3,357, 3,271 and 4,043 were interviewed in 2003, 2008 and 2015; the prevalence of diabetes mellitus were 5.0% (2003), 6.4% (2008) and 7.7% (2015); fewer than half of people with diabetes, vaccinated against influenza (47.2%) and pneumonia (17.9%) in 2003, with a small increase in 2015 (59.2% and 26.1%, respectively); the majority of people who are vaccinated against influenza and pneumonia used SUS, 88.7% (2003) and 97.2% (2015) for influenza; 84.7% (2003) and 94.5% (2015) for pneumonia, without difference among age, sex, education level and ethnicity.
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] despite the low vaccination coverage against influenza and pneumonia in the population with diabetes mellitus since 2003 the utilization of SUS to vaccination has been progressively expanding.


PMID: 29742237 DOI: 10.5123/s1679-49742018000200006
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