This study aims to estimate the clinical and cost impact of Rotarix vaccinations among children aged less than 5 years using insurance claims data from commercial plans and Medicaid low-income population. The impact of incomplete and complete Rotarix vaccination will also be examined, overall and stratified by calendar time of Rotarix vaccination (e.g., 2008 onward).
Insurance claims data from the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database {MarketScan Commercial (2000-2010)} and the MarketScan Multi-State Medicaid Database {MarketScan Medicaid (2002-2009)} will be analyzed separately; no merging of the databases will occur. The claims data extracts are fully de-identified and compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (U.S.) (HIPAA). The children will be observed from birth to the earliest of end of continuous eligibility (due to disenrollment, data cut-off, or death) or 5 years of age. Observation time will be classified using two different definitions of Rotarix vaccination coverage, and analyses will be conducted for each different scenario. The two definitions for Rotarix vaccination coverage are: 1. Rotarix vaccination according to compliance with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-specified vaccination window of 6 weeks to 8 months old. 2. Rotarix vaccination according to compliance with the Rotarix prescribing information (PI) window of 6 weeks to 6 months old. All outcomes will be analysed for 1) vaccination coverage according to compliance with the ACIP vaccination window, and 2) vaccination coverage according to compliance with PI vaccination window; for both Rotarix vaccination coverage scenarios there will be four cohorts. An additional 'complete Rotarix vaccination off-ACIP/off-PI' cohort will be created if more than 5 percent of total person-time in the four cohorts would be complete vaccination if vaccine doses outside of the vaccination window were considered.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1
The data collected for each group will be fully de-identified, interpreted and analysed separately for the 2 databases (MarketScan Commercial and MarketScan Medicaid).
Incidence of first RV episode
Estimation and comparison of the clinical impact of complete and incomplete Rotarix vaccination among children less than 5 years of age
Time frame: During the study period (from 2000 up to 2010)
Incidence of RV-related utilization
Estimation and comparison of the clinical impact of complete and incomplete Rotarix vaccination among children less than 5 years of age
Time frame: During the study period (from 2000 up to 2010)
Incidence of diarrhea-related utilization
Estimation and comparison of the clinical impact of complete and incomplete Rotarix vaccination among children less than 5 years of age
Time frame: During the study period (from 2000 up to 2010)
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