Self-selection and evaluation of influenza vaccination effectiveness among elderly

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 40-41, 2006, Pages 6374-6375

  Yoo, Byung Kwang ^a   Grosse, Scott ^b   Frick, Kevin D ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccination, Vaccine effectiveness, Self selection bias, Instrumental variable method, Bivariate probit model

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

BRONCHITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH STATUS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SELF CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33748302028     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.06.024     Document Type: Letter

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