Office manager and nurse perspectives on facilitators of adult immunization

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 755-760

  Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Tabbarah, Melissa ^a   Hart, Jonathan A ^b   Fox, Dwight E ^a   Raymund, Mahlon ^a   Wilson, Stephen A ^b   Zimmerman, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MEDICAL RECORD; MINORITY GROUP; NURSE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350342661     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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