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CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Universally Recommended Vaccinations: Provider Assessment & Feedback

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An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

Provider assessment and feedback involves retrospectively evaluating the performance of providers in delivering one or more vaccinations to a client population and giving them feedback on their performance. Assessment and feedback can also involve other activities (e.g., incentives or benchmarking).

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends assessment and feedback for vaccination providers based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in improving vaccination coverage:
• In adults and children
• When used alone or with additional components
• Across a range of settings and populations

Results / Accomplishments

Results of the Original & Updated Systematic Reviews:

Original Review (search period 1980-1997):
Fourteen studies qualified for the systematic review.
• Median increase in vaccination coverage: 16 percentage points (14 studies)

Updated Review (search period 1997-2007)
Nineteen studies were identified in the search period considered in this update. Of these, 16 studies with 20 study arms provided common measurements of change in vaccination coverage.
• Median increase in vaccination coverage:
-Overall: 9.4 percentage points (20 study arms)
-Provider assessment and feedback alone: 11 percentage points (7 study arms)
-Provider assessment and feedback with additional components: 5.7 percentage points (13 study arms)
• Reviewed studies evaluated the effectiveness of provider assessment and feedback in a wide range of client and provider populations and settings.

About this Promising Practice

Primary Contact
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Source
Community Guide Branch Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
USA
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Target Audience
Children, Adults
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