Vaccination mandates vs opt-out programs and rates of influenza immunization

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1786-

  Rakita, Robert M ^a   Hagar, Beverly A ^b   Lammert, Joyce K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049323844     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1478     Document Type: Letter

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