Is performance of influenza vaccination in the elderly related to treating physician's self Immunization and other physician characteristics?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 550-553

  Abramson, Zvi Howard ^a,b   Levi, Orit ^a  

^a Clalit Health services   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health behavior; Influenza vaccination; Physician; Prevention; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 55249111254     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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