Table.

Vaccination rates of Dutch nursing homes according to policies on vaccination and consent^*

	No (%) of homes	Mean vaccination rate (No of homes)†	No (%) with ⩾80% vaccination‡	No (%) with ⩾90% vaccination‡
All responding nursing homes	245 (100)	86% (180)	199/243 (82)	120/243 (49)
Institutions with written policy¶	98 (40)	84% (73)	74/98 (76)	48/98 (49)§
Institutions without written policy	135 (55)	88% (100)	118/133 (89)	68/133 (51)§
Always required express consent**	100 (41)	82% (73)	74/98 (76)	41/98 (42)
Tacit consent always sufficient**	106 (43)	89% (81)	96/106 (91)	64/106 (60)

^*Differences between institutions with and without written policy and between those requiring express and tacit consent are significant (P<0.03). 

^†Based on exact vaccination rates per nursing home. 

^‡Based on exact and estimated vaccination rates. 

^§Not significant. 

^¶Nine respondents did not know whether the home had a written policy and three gave no information. 

^**35 homes had different policies on consent for competent and incompetent residents and one gave no information.