Influenza vaccination, hospitalizations, and costs among members of a medicare managed care plan

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1273-1280

  Davis, James W ^a   Lee, Eugene ^a   Taira, Deborah A ^a   Chung, Richard S ^a  

^a Hawaii Medical Service Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Costs; Hospitalization; Influenza; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HAWAII; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MEDICARE PART C; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035656151     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200112000-00003     Document Type: Article

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