Interpretation of primary care physicians' attitude regarding rotavirus immunisation using diffusion of innovation theories

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 4771-4775

  Agyeman, Philipp ^a   Desgrandchamps, Daniel ^b   Vaudaux, Bernard ^c   Berger, Christoph ^d   Diana, Alessandro ^e   Heininger, Ulrich ^f   Siegrist, Claire Anne ^g   Aebi, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Biogen Idec International GmbH   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e Clinique des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Immunisation; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNET; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; ROTAVIRUS; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS INFECTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67650263390     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.05.097     Document Type: Article

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