Despite small improvement, black nursing home residents remain less likely than whites to receive flu vaccine

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1939-1946

  Cai, Shubing ^a   Feng, Zhanlian ^a   Fennell, Mary L ^a   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856013192     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0029     Document Type: Article

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