Influenza vaccine supply and racial/ethnic disparities in vaccination among the elderly

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Yoo, Byung Kwang ^a   Kasajima, Megumi ^a   Phelps, Charles E ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^b   Bennett, Nancy M ^b   Szilagyi, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650135965     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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