Studies in the Area of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines Reported from University of Connecticut (Accountable Care Organizations and Hpv Vaccine Uptake: a Multilevel Analysis): Immunization and Public Health – Human Papillomavirus Vaccines

2024 NOV 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Vaccine Daily -- Current study results on Immunization and Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccines have been published. According to news reporting from Storrs, Connecticut, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “To examine associations between accountable care organization (ACO) membership and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and to evaluate variation in HPV vaccination across ACO providers. Retrospective cohort study.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Connecticut, “We analyzed the records of commercially insured children and adolescents aged 11 to 14 years using Connecticut’s All-Payer Claims Database from January 2012 to December 2017. A total of 23,911 adolescents receiving care from 933 ACO-attributable providers and 923 non-ACO-attributable providers were included. The mean rate of HPV vaccine initiation was 53% overall (51% among boys, 55% among girls). Among those who initiated the vaccine, the mean rate of HPV vaccine completion was 69% (67% among boys, 70% among girls). Adolescents receiving care at ACOs vs non-ACOs were significantly more likely to receive initial HPV vaccination (OR, 1.80; 95% CI, 1.69-1.91) and to complete the HPV vaccine series (OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01-1.23). Among adolescents receiving care in ACOs, providers were responsible for 14% of variability in HPV vaccine initiation and 10% of variability in HPV vaccine completion and ACOs were responsible for less than 1% of variability in HPV vaccine initiation and completion. <bold > Adolescents receiving care from ACOs were significantly more likely to initiate and complete HPV vaccination than were adolescents receiving care in non-ACO settings. Variation in HPV vaccine uptake attributable to providers within ACOs dwarfed variation attributable to ACOs, indicating that vaccine uptake was more dependent on the provider irrespective of the ACO with which they were affiliated.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Efforts to improve HPV vaccination rates may require provider-focused interventions regardless of the overall performance of their health care system or provider organization.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Accountable Care Organizations and Hpv Vaccine Uptake: a Multilevel Analysis. The American Journal of Managed Care, 2024;30(10). The American Journal of Managed Care can be contacted at: Managed Care & Healthcare Communications Llc, 666 Plainsboro Rd, Ste 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Eileen J. Carter, University of Connecticut, School of Nursing, 231 Glenbrook Rd, Storrs, CT 06269, United States. Additional authors for this research include Laurel Buchanan, Jun Yan, Robert H. Aseltine Jr, Yuen Tsz Abby Lau and David M. Krol.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2024.89620. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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