Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of the elderly in a densely populated and unvaccinated community

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 19-20, 2002, Pages 2494-2499

  Wang, Chong Shan ^a,b   Wang, Shan Tair ^b   Chou, Pesus ^c  

^a A Lein Community Health Center   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Efficacy; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TAIWAN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES;

EID: 0037035860     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00181-0     Document Type: Article

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