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ArticlePloS one2017

Health care utilization in general practice after HPV vaccination-A Danish nationwide register-based cohort study.

Lene Wulff Krogsgaard, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Tina Hovgaard Lützen, Mogens Vestergaard, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Bodil Hammer Bech, Dorte Rytter

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Lene Wulff KrogsgaardResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3936-6240
Claus Høstrup VestergaardResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Oleguer Plana-RipollNational Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tina Hovgaard LützenSection for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mogens VestergaardResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Morten Fenger-GrønResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Bodil Hammer BechResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Dorte RytterSection for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has increasingly been suspected of adverse effects in Denmark since 2013. By using consultations with the general practitioner (GP) as an indicator for morbidity, this study aims to examine the association between HPV vaccination and morbidity in girls in the Danish childhood immunization program.

methodsThe study is a nationwide register-based cohort study. Both the HPV and the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccines were offered to 12-year-old girls in Denmark in the study period (2008-2015). Therefore, both vaccines were included as exposures to allow differentiation between potential effects. This resulted in four exposure groups: HPV only vaccinated, HPV+MMR vaccinated, MMR only vaccinated, and Non-vaccinated girls. Outcomes were: daytime consultation rates and frequent GP attendance (> 7 annual GP consultations). We estimated consultation rates by negative binomial regressions analysis and frequent GP attendance by logistic regression analysis. Both analyses were stratified on the years 2008-2013 versus 2014.

resultsThe study included 214,240 girls born in 1996-2002. All vaccinated groups consulted the GP more often than the non-vaccinated group, both before and after the vaccination. After the vaccination, an increase in consultations was observed for all three vaccinated groups; most distinct for girls vaccinated in 2014. For girls vaccinated before 2014, we found a slightly higher risk of frequent GP attendance after vaccination in the HPV only group compared to the non-vaccinated group, whereas in 2014, frequent GP attendance was seen for all three vaccinated groups; most substantial for the MMR only vaccinated group.

conclusionIn this study, no exclusive increase in health care utilization was detected after HPV vaccination. However, a general difference in the health care utilization pattern was found between vaccinated and non-vaccinated girls, which increased after the time of vaccination, primarily for girls vaccinated after 2013.

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AdolescentChildCohort StudiesFemaleGeneral PracticeHumansPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesPatient Acceptance of Health CareProspective StudiesVaccinationPapillomavirus Vaccines

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