Do vaccination strategies implemented by nursing homes narrow the racial gap in receipt of influenza vaccination in the United States?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 687-693

  Bardenheier, Barbara ^a,e,f   Shefer, Abigail ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Remsburg, Robin ^c   Rowland Hogue, Carol J ^b   Gravenstein, Stefan ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Quality Partners of Rhode Island   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

influenza; NNHS; nursing home; racial disparity; vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954729184     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03332.x     Document Type: Article

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