Characteristics of patients receiving allergy vaccination: to which extent do socio-economic factors play a role?

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"Funding ALK-Abelló A/S and the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation. Conflicts of interest: None declared. Key pointsThe consumption of allergy-vaccination is complex, since the characteristics of patients receiving SIT are dependent not only on the patients’ objective need, but equally important, on the patients’ own perceived HRQL.Household income does not impact on which patients receive SIT.Patients with the highest levels of education, especially those with a university degree, are significantly more likely to seek SIT as compared with patients having other educational levels, suggesting the existence of social inequality in allergy treatment in Denmark.Our results represent valuable information which may guide future attempts to develop strategies for public health policy and practice to decrease under-treatment of ARD.Some barriers to treatment may be reduced by future introduction of sublingual and tablet-based immunotherapy which can be administered at home and requires fewer visits to the doctor."