Missed opportunities for pneumococcal and influenza vaccination of medicare pneumonia inpatients - 12 Western States, 1995

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1307-1308

  Houck, P M ^a   Lowery, J K ^a  

^a Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BACTERIAL VACCINES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICARE PART A; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031583625     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03550160027015     Document Type: Short Survey

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