Patient views on reminder letters for influenza vaccinations in an older primary care patient population: A mixed methods study

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-136

  Anderson, Kelly K ^a   Sebaldt, Rolf J ^a   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a   Karwalajtys, Tina ^a   Ismaila, Afisi S ^a   Goeree, Ron ^a   Donald, Faith C ^b   Burgess, Ken ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccine; Patient satisfaction; Preventive health services; Reminder systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749116626     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405461     Document Type: Article

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