The Influence of Staff and Resident Immunization Rates on Influenza-like Illness Outbreaks in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 562-567

  Shugarman, Lisa R ^a   Hales, Craig ^b   Setodji, Claude Messan ^a   Bardenheier, Barbara ^b   Lynn, Joanne ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING STAFF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33750549927     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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