Increasing influenza immunization among high-risk patients: Education or financial incentive?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 612-620

  Moran, William P ^a   Nelson, Karen ^b   Wofford, James L ^b   Velez, Ramon ^b   Case, L Douglas ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030425474     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00327-0     Document Type: Article

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