Table 1. Individual Physician Practices and Office Policies for Addressing Vaccine Refusal (N = 303).
| Variable | No. (%)a | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | Office policy | ||||||
| Often/always | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | Yes | No | Don’t know | |
| Require parents to sign a form if they refuse vaccination | 168 (57) | 47 (16) | 23 (8) | 56 (19) | 184 (66) | 87 (31) | 9 (3) |
| Dismiss families from your practice if they refuse vaccines in the primary series for their child | 109 (37) | 28 (9) | 17 (6) | 141 (48) | 141 (51) | 135 (49) | 2 (1) |
| Not accept new patients who do not agree to give their child all vaccines according to the recommended vaccination schedule | 100 (34) | 23 (8) | 22 (7) | 150 (51) | 129 (46) | 148 (52) | 5 (2) |
| Not accept new patients who do not agree to give their child some vaccines according to the recommended vaccination schedule | 84 (29) | 42 (14) | 26 (9) | 141 (48) | 124 (44) | 150 (54) | 6 (2) |
| Agree to “spread out” vaccines in the primary series | 58 (20) | 123 (42) | 80 (27) | 33 (11) | 102 (37) | 168 (60) | 8 (3) |
| Not accept new patients who insist on spreading out vaccines | 32 (11) | 31 (11) | 40 (14) | 192 (65) | 84 (30) | 191 (68) | 6 (2) |
| Dismiss new patients who insist on spreading out vaccines | 22 (8) | 20 (7) | 41 (14) | 207 (71) | 77 (28) | 191 (69) | 7 (3) |
| Dismiss families from your practice if they choose to “spread out” vaccines in the primary series for their child | 18 (6) | 21 (7) | 46 (16) | 209 (71) | 78 (28) | 196 (70) | 5 (2) |
| Refer patients to other practitioners within your practice who will allow them to deviate from the recommended vaccination schedule | 2 (1) | 4 (1) | 18 (6) | 267 (92) | 64 (23) | 204 (73) | 10 (4) |
| Refer patients to specific practitioners outside your practice who will allow them to deviate from the recommended vaccination schedule | 9 (3) | 21 (7) | 22 (7) | 242 (82) | 55 (20) | 212 (77) | 9 (3) |
| Parents sign a contract that their children must be up to date by a certain age, but the parents may spread out the vaccines | 14 (5) | 20 (7) | 17 (6) | 243 (83) | 52 (19) | 213 (76) | 14 (5) |
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Some percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding. Missing data for physician practices ranged from 2% to 4% and for office policies from 6% to 9%.