Objective: To evaluate the result of an inpatient postpartum human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization pilot program in a diverse, low-income patient population from an urban, hospitalbased obstetrics and gynecology clinic.
Methods:In this cohort study, we present results from the first two years of the inpatient postpartum HPV immunization program, in which vaccine-eligible postpartum women were identified and immunized during their hospital stay. The program was implemented following educational outreach with prenatal and postpartum clinicians and nurses. Associations between receipt of HPV vaccine as an inpatient and characteristics of patients, and likelihood of and missed opportunities for receiving a subsequent dose of HPV vaccine as an outpatient were determined using logistic regression, time-to-event analyses, chi-squared tests and student's t-tests.Results: From 04/11/2017 to 04/10/2019, 394 (59.2%) of 666 postpartum women were eligible for the inpatient postpartum HPV immunization program. The majority (265/394, 67.3%) received the IPP-HPV dose, 36/265 (13.6%) of whom completed the series with that dose. Among women due for additional doses after hospital discharge, those who received the inpatient dose were more likely to receive a subsequent outpatient dose (138/229) than were those who did not receive an inpatient dose (39/129; Hazard ratio: 2.51, 95% CI 1.76 to 3.58). On average, there were 30.7 fewer (95% CI 5.8-55.6, p<0.02) missed opportunities for subsequent outpatient doses for every 100 eligible visits among women who received the inpatient dose compared with women who did