Analysis of a bi-state, multi-district, school-based hepatitis B immunization program

ii descriptive correlational research design assessed factors influencing participation and completion rates, and to deter-mine vaccine administration costs, in a school-based Hepatitis B vaccination program. Of 18,046 students in public and private schools in the metropolitan Kansas City Mo., area, 12,986 (73.4%) participated with approximately 75% of these students completing rite vaccine series. Larger schools reported decreased participation and completion rates Both rates were highest in schools providing educational interventions. Schools with a large population of commercially insured students reported low participation rates (65%) but high completion rates (85%). Schools with a high number of Medicaid-eligible students had high participation rates (97%) but low completion rates (67%). The vaccine cost $5.06 per dose to administer.