Racial similarities in response to standardized offer of influenza vaccination: A metronet study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-351

  Schwartz, Kendra L ^a,e   Neale, Anne Victoria ^a   Northrup, Justin ^a   Monsur, Joseph ^a   Patel, Divya A ^b   Tobar Jr , Rodrigo ^c   Wortley, Pascale M ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PC   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health care delivery; Influenza; Race ethnicity; Underserved populations; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646235414     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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