Immunization predictors in rural adults under 65 years of age

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-121

  Madhavan, S Suresh ^a   Rosenbluth, S Alan ^a   Amonkar, Mayur ^a   Fernandes, Ancilla ^a   Borker, Rohit ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Immunization; Influenza; Pneumonia; Predictors; Rural

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MARKETING; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0037863797     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049208902238826     Document Type: Article

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