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Table 4 Immunization status of HCW working in private practices compared to pediatric outpatient clinics covered by the health insurance fund

From: Vaccination status of resident pediatricians and the potential risk for their patients - a cross-sectional questionnaire study in pediatric practices in Vienna

Vaccine preventable disease

Immunization status

Government funded pediatric practices (n = 75)

Private practice (n = 35)

  

Percentage (%)

Absolute number (n)

Percentage (%)

Absolute number (n)

Measles

Positive

100

75

97.1

34

Negative

0

0

2.9

1

Not specified

0

0

0

0

Poliomyelitis

Positive

98.7

74

97.1

34

Negative

1.3

1

2.9

1

Not specified

0

0

0

0

Pertussis

Positive

94.7

71

97.1

34

Negative

2.7

2

2.9

1

Not specified

2.7

2

0

0

Influenza 2016/17

Positive

74.7

56

65.7

23

Negative

20

15

31.4

11

Not specified

5.3

4

2.9

1

Influenza 2017/18

Positive

69.3

52

65.7

23

Negative

26.7

20

31.4

11

Not specified

4

3

2.9

1

Meningococcus B

Positive

32

24

31.4

11

Negative

62.7

47

68.6

24

Not specified

5.3

4

0

0

Meningococcus ACWY

Positive

49.3

37

45.7

16

Negative

49.3

37

54.3

19

Not specified

1.3

1

0

0

Pneumococcus

Positive

50.7

38

42.9

15

Negative

48

36

54.3

19

Not specified

1.3

1

2.9

1

Hepatitis B

Positive

97.3

73

82.9

29

Negative

1.3

1

11.4

4

Not specified

1.3

1

5.7

2