The use of primary medical facilities: the complex case of measles vaccinations in the USA and the UK.

Andrew Kirby

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Abstract

The empirical analysis attempts to extract the reasons for the low vaccination rate in the UK. Although no social data on patients were available, it appears that GP-related factors, such as case loads, lists sizes, etc., do correlate with the failure to vaccinate. Once again, the interplay of many macrolevel factors, such as resource availability, social processes, and attitudes, results in microlevel effects. In this case, it is argued that compulsory vaccination is preferable to persuasion.-from Editor

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPlanning and analysis in health care systems
EditorsM. Clarke
PublisherPion, London Papers in Regional Science 13; distributed Methuen
Pages78-89
Number of pages12
StatePublished - 1984
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • General Environmental Science

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