Barriers to Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination in Older Community-Dwelling Adults (2000-2001)

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Zimmerman, Richard K ^a,b   Shen, Shunhua ^a   Jewell, Ilene K ^b   Raymund, Mahlon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization programs utilization; Influenza vaccination; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination; Prevention

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0347129669     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52006.x     Document Type: Review

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