A decision by a patient or parent to delay or refuse a vaccine recommended by a health care provider
Comprises a range of behaviors from unquestioning acceptance of vaccines to cautio...
Likelihood of vaccine refusal or hesitancy may not be evident until the time that a vaccine recommendation is made.
Evidence of delayed/missing vaccines when reviewing a child’s immuni...
Provider recommendation is the most important predictor of vaccine acceptance.
Evidence suggests that a presumptive recommendation is more effective than a participatory recom...
Edwards KM, Hackell JM; for Committee on Infectious Diseases, Committee on Practice and Ambulatory. Countering vaccine hesitancy. Pediatrics. 2016;138(3):e20162146. [View Abst...
V64.05 Vaccination not carried out because of caregiver refusal
V64.06 Vaccination not carried out because of patient refusal
Z28.82 Immunization not carried out because of caregiver refu...
Q: Are alternative vaccine schedules safer?
A: The routine recommended schedule was evaluated by the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine) who found no increased risk for several...
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