title: Description of the immunization information database: a tool for investigating allegations made against childhood immunizations.
abstract: This paper describes the Immunization Information Database (IID). The IID is designed for cataloguing and systematically analyzing allegations that give rise to public concern regarding the safety, efficacy, and appropriateness of routine childhood immunizations. We describe the IID's eight data tables (Immunization Type; Claim; Claim Basis; Claimant; Source Documentation; Source Type; Claim Analysis; and Claim Analysis Type), and explain how these tables function to create a conceptual map of existing allegations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Room C1743, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. bhlevi@psu.edu
authors.forename: Benjamin H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007345:Insurance Claim Review