Clinician Satisfaction with Vaccination Visits and the Role of Multiple Injections, Results from the COVISE Study (Combination Vaccines Impact on Satisfaction and Epidemiology)

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Meyerhoff, Allen ^a   Jacobs, R J ^a   Greenberg, D P ^b   Yagoda, B ^c   Castles, C G ^d  

^a Capitol Outcomes Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Waukesha Medical Center   (United States)

^d Pediatric Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 1642458240     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300112     Document Type: Article

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