Postcard reminders from GPs for influenza vaccine: Are they more effective than an ad hoc approach?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-256

  Puech, Michele ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^a,c   Lajoie, Veronique ^b  

^a CSAHS Needs Assess Hlth O   (Australia)

^b Leichhardt General Practice   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WRITING;

EID: 0031924275     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01183.x     Document Type: Article

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