Promoting influenza vaccination of elderly patients in primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-389

  Humair, Jean Paul ^a   Buchs, Cristina Rizzi ^a   Stalder, Hans ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Ambulatory care; Influenza vaccine; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036338591     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.4.383     Document Type: Article

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