Do Missed Opportunities Stay Missed? A 6-Month Follow-up of Missed Vaccine Opportunities in Inner City Milwaukee Children

Abstract

VOs are frequently missed in inner city children. Most of the MOs were not justified by the valid contraindication of moderate/severe illness. Sixty percent of the children with MOs did not receive age-appropriate immunizations within 6 months. These children are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis.