Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in Scottish nursing homes: Coverage, policies and reasons for receipt and non-receipt of vaccine

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 19-20, 2002, Pages 2516-2522

  Kyaw, Moe H ^a,b   Wayne, Beverley ^b   Holmes, Eileen M ^a,c   Jones, Ian G ^b   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination; Policies; Scottish nursing homes

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLICY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SCOTLAND; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES;

EID: 0037035863     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00177-9     Document Type: Article

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