The main thrust of our Perspective1 was to weigh the potential benefits of legislative changes in increasing immunisation coverage against the identified potential for unintended adverse consequences,2,3 in order to assess the balance of risks and benefits. On this basis, we emphasised the importance of fully evaluating the No Jab, No Pay legislation and of teasing out the relative impacts of its three main policy components2 and associated measures, including free catch-up vaccines and incentive payments for GPs, on immunisation coverage.
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- 2. Leask J, Danchin M. Imposing penalties for vaccine rejection requires strong scrutiny. J Paediatr Child Health 2017; 53: 439-444.
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- 4. Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP. Doorstop with David Coleman MP; 2017. https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2017-03-12/doorstop-david-coleman-mp (accessed June 2017).
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