The effects of socioeconomic factors on the decision to be vaccinated: The case of flu shot vaccination

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 630-634

  Shahrabani, Shosh ^a   Benzion, Uri ^b  

^a THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health survey; Influenza; Probit model; Sociodemographic characteristics; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33749065546     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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