Vaccination Barriers
Many countries including the United States have fallen short of goals to eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases due to in part to the many barriers to vaccination. These barriers include healthcare system, healthcare providers, and patients’ barrier. Increasing the immunization rates is one of the goals of Healthy People 2020 (Swallow & Roberts, 2016).
Health-care system barriers include the overall setup of the system, the timing of immunization, and physical location, lack of insurance, co payment, or not covered by the insurance. Health-care provider barriers include the economy; physician may be hesitant to recommend vaccine despite the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. According to Favin et al., (2012), patient barrier to vaccination
Health-care system barriers include the overall setup of the system, the timing of immunization, and physical location, lack of insurance, co payment, or not covered by the insurance. Health-care provider barriers include the economy; physician may be hesitant to recommend vaccine despite the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. According to Favin et al., (2012), patient barrier to vaccination