Impact of postal invitations and user fee on influenza vaccination rates among the elderly. A randomized controlled trial in general practice;Betydning af indkaldelse og brugerbetaling for influenzavaccination blandt aeldre et randomiseret kontrolleret fors0g i almen praksis

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 4270-4273

  Nexoe, Jörgen ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a   Ronne, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0031591429     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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