Effects of mass media coverage on timing and annual receipt of influenza vaccination among medicare elderly

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1287-1309

  Yoo, Byung Kwang ^a   Holland, Margaret L ^b   Bhattacharya, Jay ^c   Phelps, Charles E ^d   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

annual vaccination rate; influenza; mass media coverage; Vaccination; vaccination timing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLICATION; SURVIVAL; TELEVISION VIEWING; TIME;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWSPAPERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956606982     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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