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In Canada, private purchase of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines has been possible since 2006. In Alberta, Canada, a publicly funded quadrivalent HPV vaccine program began in the 2008/2009 school year. There have been concerns about adverse events, including venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with HPV vaccines. We describe the frequencies of adverse events following HPV vaccination among Alberta...
Purpose: A universal publicly funded chickenpox vaccination program was implemented in Alberta in 2002. We examine the epidemiology of medically attended shingles in Alberta from 1994 to 2010.Methods: Incident shingles cases (earliest health service utilizations for ICD-9 053 or ICD-10-CA B02) and their co-morbid conditions for the 12 months prior to shingles diagnosis were identified from the records...
Objective Exploring for evidence of socio-economic health disparities in chickenpox and shingles in Alberta, Canada. Methods Chickenpox and shingles cases were identified from administrative data from Alberta’s universal health care insurance system for 1994–2002. Incident cases were those with the earliest dated utilization of a health service (chickenpox: ICD9-CM 052/ ICD10-CA B01; shingles: ICD9-CM...
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