Lack of ethnic disparities in adult immunization rates among underserved older patients in an urban public health system

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1054-1058

  Appel, Alicia ^a,b,c   Everhart, Rachel ^a   Mehler, Philip S ^a,b   MacKenzie, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a Denver Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Westside Family Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Immunizations; Preventive care

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADDICTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750542960     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000228017.83672.c3     Document Type: Article

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