The timing of influenza vaccination for older adults (65 years and older)

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 7110-7115

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a,b   Tai, Julie H Y ^a,b   Bailey, Rachel R ^a,b   Smith, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Economics; Influenza vaccine; Older adults; Vaccine administration

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 70350572339     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.09.056     Document Type: Article

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