Is the influenza vaccination rate of elderly patients affected by raising the vaccination rate of the staff at their primary health care clinics?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 325-328

  Abramson, Zvi H ^a,b   Avni, Ohad ^a,b   Levi, Orit ^a   Miskin, Ian N ^a,b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health behavior; Health care workers; Influenza vaccination; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STAFF; STAFF IMMUNIZATION;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 79959970127     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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