Contact and communication with healthcare providers regarding influenza vaccination during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Maurer, Jürgen ^a   Harris, Katherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

2009 2010 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic; Influenza; Influenza vaccination; Patient provider communication; Vaccination reminders

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957892565     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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