title: [How can the vaccination status in Germany be improved?].
abstract: Notwithstanding that the costs of health are comparatively high in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), the degree of immunisation against different infectious diseases in the population of the formerly FRG is really lower than in that of the former GDR or many other European countries. This fact may be due to the dualism of uncoordinated vaccinations by the Public Health Service on the one hand and be registered medical practitioners on the other. However, a rational strategy of vaccination should take into consideration that vaccination campaigns by the Public Health Service promise higher effectivity and lower costs than individual vaccinations by registered medical practitioners. Therefore, vaccination campaigns should be performed as much as possible by the Public Health Service whereas individual vaccinations should be given by registered medical practitioners only subsidiarely.
authors.affiliation: Staatliches Medizinaluntersuchungsamt Braunschweig.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Wie kann die Impfsituation in Deutschland verbessert werden?