Factors associated with vaccination of medicare beneficiaries in five U.S. communities: Results from the Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative survey, 2003

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Winston, Carla A ^a   Wortley, Pascale M ^a   Lees, Karen A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health behavior; Hispanic Americans; Influenza vaccines; Pneumococcal vaccines

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33645055965     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00585.x     Document Type: Review

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