A policy to promote influenza vaccination: A behavioral economic approach

Health Policy

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 238-249

  Tsutsui, Yoshiro ^a   Benzion, Uri ^b,c,d   Shahrabani, Shosh ^d   Din, Gregory Yom ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c WESTERN GALILEE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health Belief Model; Influenza; Inoculation; Survey; Time preference

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK; WORKPLACE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956174159     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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