Table 2.
Reasons for not advising specific vaccinations despite STIKO-recommendation and in the absence of any contraindication (multiple answers possible)
| Totala (n = 1230) | General practitioners (n = 774) | Physician assistantsa (n = 456) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetanus (n = 90) | Influenza (n = 141) | Pneumococcal (n = 183) | Tetanus (i = 76) | Influenza (n = 113) | Pneumococcal (n = 148) | Tetanus (n = 14) | Influenza (n = 28) | Pneumococcal (n = 35) | |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No. (%) | No (%) | No. (%) | |
| Disease is harmless | 0 | 4 (2.8) | 3 (1.6) | 0 | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.4) | 0 | 2 (7.1) | 1 (2.9) |
| Forgot to advise | 65 (72.2) | 74 (52.5) | 129 (70.5) | 56 (73.7) | 60 (53.1) | 107 (72.3) | 9 (64.3) | 14 (50.0) | 22 (62.9) |
| Vaccine is ineffective | 2 (2.2) | 21 (14.9) | 9 (4.9) | 2 (2.6) | 19 (16.8) | 9 (6.1) | 0 | 2 (7.1) | 0 |
| Does not feel responsible for vaccinations | 7 (7.8) | 3 (2.1) | 4 (2.2) | 5 (6.6) | 0 | 0 | 2 (14.3) | 3 (10.7) | 4 (11.4) |
| Vaccine is not safe | 1 (1.1) | 19 (13.5) | 12 (6.6) | 1 (1.3) | 13 (11.5) | 10 (6.8) | 0 | 6 (21.4) | 2 (5.7) |
| Was not aware of recommendation | 5 (5.6) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (2.2) | 5 (6.6) | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.4) | 0 | 0 | 2 (5.7) |
| Risk of the patient to catch disease is low | 21 (23.3) | 38 (27.0) | 51 (27.9) | 18 (23.7) | 33 (29.2) | 43 (29.1) | 3 (21.4) | 5 (17.9) | 8 (22.9) |
| Accounting is too complicated | 3 (3.3) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (1.6) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (7.1) | 2 (5.7) |
| Reimbursement does not compensate the effort | 8 (8.9) | 11 (7.8) | 9 (4.9) | 4 (5.3) | 7 (6.2) | 4 (2.7) | 4 (28.6) | 4 (14.3) | 5 (14.3) |
aOnly Physician Assistants included that stated to be (partly) responsible for vaccination advises in their practice