Voluntary to mandatory: Evolution of strategies and attitudes toward influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-70

  Quan, Kathleen ^a   Tehrani, David M ^b   Dickey, Linda ^a   Spiritus, Eugene ^c   Hizon, Denise ^c   Heck, Kristie ^c   Samuelson, Pamela ^c   Kornhauser, Elliott ^c   Zeitany, Raja ^c   Mancia, Susan ^c   Thrupp, Lauri ^a   Tiso, Susan M ^c   Huang, Susan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84055177489     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663210     Document Type: Article

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