Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine Receipt in Older Persons with Chronic Disease: A Population-Based Study

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 502-509

  Petersen, Rachel L ^a   Saag, Kenneth ^a,c   Wallace, Robert B ^a   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bacterial vaccines; Comorbidity; Health services accessibility; Influenza vaccine; Pneumoccocal infections; Preventive health services; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGED; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INTERVIEWS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033125733     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199905000-00009     Document Type: Article

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