Validation of the French national health insurance information system as a tool in vaccine safety assessment: Application to febrile convulsions after pediatric measles/mumps/rubella immunization

Matthieu Hanf (1) , Catherine Quantin (2, 3) , Paddy Farrington (4) , Eric Benzenine (5) , Mounia Hocine (6) , Michel Velten (7) , Pascale Tubert-Bitter (1) , Sylvie Escolano (1)

1 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
2 CIC-EC - Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1432 (Dijon) - Epidemiologie Clinique/Essais Cliniques
3 LNC - Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866)
4 OU - The Open University [Milton Keynes]
5 DIM - Service Biostatistiques et Informatique Médicale (CHU de Dijon)
6 MESuRS - Laboratoire Modélisation, épidémiologie et surveillance des risques sanitaires
7 CRLCC Paul Strauss - Centre Paul Strauss

Domains: Methodology [stat.ME]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Matthieu Hanf, Catherine Quantin, Paddy Farrington, Eric Benzenine, Mounia Hocine, et al.. Validation of the French national health insurance information system as a tool in vaccine safety assessment: Application to febrile convulsions after pediatric measles/mumps/rubella immunization. Vaccine, 2013, 31 (49), pp.5856-5862. ⟨10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.052⟩. ⟨hal-02497742⟩