
The impact of its reimbursement on the hepatitis B vaccine coverage rate was assessed in a study conducted in the general population prior to and after implementation of the reimbursement policy. Reimbursement of the hexavalent vaccine (Infanrix hexa) comprising the DTPa-IPV-Hib components and the hepatitis B valence in a single vaccine was decided in March 2008 in France.



3 Service de protection maternelle et infantile Paris, Direction des familles et de la petite enfance, 94/96, quai de la Râpée, 75570 Paris cedex 12, France.Electronic address: 2 Association française de pédiatrie ambulatoire (AFPA), Commission scientifique, 67, rue Alexandre-Dumas, 73100 Aix-les-Bains, France. 1 Service de pédiatrie générale, hôpital Jean-Verdier, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), avenue du 14-Juillet, 93140 Bondy, France.
