Patient reminder and recall systems to improve immunization rates

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Jacobson Vann, Julie C ^a   Szilagyi, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECALL SYSTEM; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 32944476275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003941.pub2     Document Type: Review

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