Receipt of influenza and pneumonia vaccinations: The dual disparity of rural minorities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1896-1902

  Bennett, Kevin J ^a   Bellinger, Jessica D ^a   Probst, Janice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare disparities; Immunizations; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; VACCINATION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 78049356816     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03084.x     Document Type: Article

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