Fewer than a third of adolescents received a first dose of HPV vaccine by their 13th birthday - Wide variations exist in vaccine rates between states and cities. While human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination rates have risen substantially, just 29 percent of adolescents received a first dose of the vaccine by their 13th birthday, according to a new seven-year study of medical claims by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Health of America Report. Analysis was performed by, and also includes, medical claims data from HealthCore.
April 18, 2018
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