Voluntary reporting of employee influenza vaccination rates by acute care hospitals in Iowa: The impact of a four year provider-based statewide performance improvement project

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3483-3488

  Helms, Charles ^a   Polgreen, Philip ^a   Polgreen, Linnea ^b   Evans, Thomas ^c   Roberts, Lance L ^c   Clabaugh, Gerd ^c   Quinlisk, Patricia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Iowa Healthcare Collaborative   (United States)

^d IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IOWA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 79954867591     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.056     Document Type: Article

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