Using OHIP physician billing claims to ascertain individual influenza vaccination status

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1270-1274

  Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccination; Physician billings; Validation

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN BILLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; VACCINATION;

EID: 33845905495     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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