Public Health and Economic Consequences of Vaccine Hesitancy for Measles in the United States
JAMA PediatricsPublished 24 July 2017
Nathan C. Lo, Peter J. Hotez
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This analysis predicts that even minor reductions in childhood vaccination, driven by vaccine hesitancy, will have substantial public health and economic consequences, and support an urgent need to address vaccine Hesitancy in policy dialogues at the state and national level.
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This analysis predicts that even minor reductions in childhood vaccination, driven by vaccine hesitancy (nonmedical and personal belief exemptions), will have substantial public health and economic consequences. The results support an urgent need to address vaccine hesitancy in policy dialogues at the state and national level, with consideration of removing personal belief exemptions of childhood vaccination.
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