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Measuring the Performance of Vaccination Programs Using Cross-Sectional Surveys: A Likelihood Framework and Retrospective Analysis

BACKGROUND: The performance of routine and supplemental immunization activities is usually measured by the administrative method: dividing the number of doses distributed by the size of the target population. This method leads to coverage estimates that are sometimes impossible (e.g., vaccination of...

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Autores principales: Lessler, Justin, Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Grais, Rebecca F., Luquero, Francisco J., Cummings, Derek A. T., Grenfell, Bryan T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3201935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001110