Racial disparity in influenza vaccination: Does managed care narrow the gap between African Americans and Whites?

JAMA

Volumn 286, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1455-1460

  Schneider, Eric C ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035955032     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.12.1455     Document Type: Article

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