A randomised intervention study to examine the effect on immunisation coverage of making influenza vaccine available at no cost

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1038, 1997, Pages 58-60

  Satterthwaite, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY PRACTICE; FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031588680     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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